waterbear0821 's review for:

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

4.0

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was remarkably boring but somehow I was still very invested and enjoyed it. Very little happened and the characters were bizarre and unrelatable but the basic premise is so strong that the satisfaction of seeing a story I knew inside this weird political drama carried me through.  It’s more complex and therefore more successful than the play/movie in leading the reader to consider and inhabit the witch’s perspective. The writing is interesting and enjoyable. At the end, I didn’t feel emotional. It felt inevitable, which, of course, it was. This is a rambling review for a rambling book.