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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire
One reason I read this book is because there's a recently very good musical of it (and a hit too). Check it out, everyone I managed to get listening to it, was hooked on instantly, especially girls.
Back to the book. This book is rather slow and rambling. Read it if you don't mind that. I think it helped a lot if you know Wizard of Oz story by L. Frank Baum (sp?), because in this story it turns your "Wicked Witch" into a misunderstood Witch (who isn't a bad character after all). In fact everything in this story is tied up very cleverly with the Wizard of Oz story. Oh wait, there's some discrepancies, but I can't remember any right now, and I have to think about it because the plot is rather complicated, especially when you take into account the original story. If I remember rightly from somewhere, Maguire did not only base his book on Frank Baum book only, but also the 1939 (?) movie, which is not the same from the original book.
Back to the book. This book is rather slow and rambling. Read it if you don't mind that. I think it helped a lot if you know Wizard of Oz story by L. Frank Baum (sp?), because in this story it turns your "Wicked Witch" into a misunderstood Witch (who isn't a bad character after all). In fact everything in this story is tied up very cleverly with the Wizard of Oz story. Oh wait, there's some discrepancies, but I can't remember any right now, and I have to think about it because the plot is rather complicated, especially when you take into account the original story. If I remember rightly from somewhere, Maguire did not only base his book on Frank Baum book only, but also the 1939 (?) movie, which is not the same from the original book.