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leahygurl 's review for:
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire
I think I’m in a minority of people who haven’t seen the show, haven’t seen the movie, and read this book. So I can’t say the show influenced my feelings about this book.
It sucked. It was boring, it meandered, it felt like the author sat there with a thesaurus next to him and just plugged in words that he thought sounded intelligent. Without giving anything away, it got slightly more interesting at the last chapter. I had a hard copy of this book that I gave away before I finished the audio version because there is no way I’m going to read this book again. And likely will never read this author again.
Like many other reviews, the idea of seeing this classic story through the Witch’s eyes had so much potential. But it was so badly done that I won’t be recommending this book to anyone. This one stays permanently shelved for me.
As a side note for anyone with this concern, this book has several scenes that are for mature audiences. I didn’t feel they added to the story at all, but it is what it is.
It sucked. It was boring, it meandered, it felt like the author sat there with a thesaurus next to him and just plugged in words that he thought sounded intelligent. Without giving anything away, it got slightly more interesting at the last chapter. I had a hard copy of this book that I gave away before I finished the audio version because there is no way I’m going to read this book again. And likely will never read this author again.
Like many other reviews, the idea of seeing this classic story through the Witch’s eyes had so much potential. But it was so badly done that I won’t be recommending this book to anyone. This one stays permanently shelved for me.
As a side note for anyone with this concern, this book has several scenes that are for mature audiences. I didn’t feel they added to the story at all, but it is what it is.