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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire
As someone who has not seen the broadway, I did not have high expectations for this book. I think I am coming from a regular reader's opinion without comparison to the broadway musical.
The Good:
I like the ideals and questions the book brings about political issues, race, etc. I love the ideas that it was trying to bring to this magical world of OZ. It does make me a bit curious about which ideas the broadway took from this book while making this family-friendly.
The Bad:
-When targeting issues, the book ranges from targetting it on the nose to being a bit surface level. It becomes repetitive to the point that I grew tired of reading the same thing over again.
-I am disappointed that they did not bring much personality to Elfaba's character. There were too many unanswered questions about her as a person. She seems to be only used as a tool to pose a question on whatever controversial subject was bringing brought up. I am aware, that may have been the goal but without knowing who she was, I found myself not really caring about her or anyone else in the story.
-The book is short but feels too long with it's repetitive issues, five-dollar words that go in loops, and many drawn-out scenes that seem to have no impact in the story or never brought up again.
Once again, I like the idea but the execution could have been better.
The Good:
I like the ideals and questions the book brings about political issues, race, etc. I love the ideas that it was trying to bring to this magical world of OZ. It does make me a bit curious about which ideas the broadway took from this book while making this family-friendly.
The Bad:
-When targeting issues, the book ranges from targetting it on the nose to being a bit surface level. It becomes repetitive to the point that I grew tired of reading the same thing over again.
-I am disappointed that they did not bring much personality to Elfaba's character. There were too many unanswered questions about her as a person. She seems to be only used as a tool to pose a question on whatever controversial subject was bringing brought up. I am aware, that may have been the goal but without knowing who she was, I found myself not really caring about her or anyone else in the story.
-The book is short but feels too long with it's repetitive issues, five-dollar words that go in loops, and many drawn-out scenes that seem to have no impact in the story or never brought up again.
Once again, I like the idea but the execution could have been better.