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A review by saramhiatt2
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
2.5
2.5 ⭐️ - Listen…some of my biggest issues with this story is that it doesn’t live up to my expectations. As someone who loves TWoO movie, but hasn’t seen the Wicked musical, I expected lighthearted and charming like the movie.
This is NOT the case.
The story/plot itself? Eh. I have to keep in mind that (to my knowledge) nothing in this book is canon to Baum’s original stories. I found myself dreadfully bored through this whole thing.
The writing style is also emotionless. It doesn’t captivate or make you fall in love with characters. I genuinely DGAFF about any of the characters in this book.
In this realm, Galinda/Glinda is a “mean girl,” as is the rest of her posse from Shiz. Elphaba has a shit life from start to finish and I genuinely feel bad for her and the way the world has treated her.
This book is also strangely sexual. Shared partners, orgies, sodomy, beastiality. I felt like most of this was completely unnecessary to the plot. It’s also pretty graphically violent - which doesn’t bother me near as much, and was much more relevant to the plot line.
The whole book feels like a bad acid trip.
Overall - I didn’t HATE it. But I don’t think I would recommend it to anyone. I still will likely read the remainder of the series (since I already possess all of the physical books) but it has not earned a spot to stay on my bookshelves.
This is NOT the case.
The story/plot itself? Eh. I have to keep in mind that (to my knowledge) nothing in this book is canon to Baum’s original stories. I found myself dreadfully bored through this whole thing.
The writing style is also emotionless. It doesn’t captivate or make you fall in love with characters. I genuinely DGAFF about any of the characters in this book.
In this realm, Galinda/Glinda is a “mean girl,” as is the rest of her posse from Shiz. Elphaba has a shit life from start to finish and I genuinely feel bad for her and the way the world has treated her.
This book is also strangely sexual. Shared partners, orgies, sodomy, beastiality. I felt like most of this was completely unnecessary to the plot. It’s also pretty graphically violent - which doesn’t bother me near as much, and was much more relevant to the plot line.
The whole book feels like a bad acid trip.
Overall - I didn’t HATE it. But I don’t think I would recommend it to anyone. I still will likely read the remainder of the series (since I already possess all of the physical books) but it has not earned a spot to stay on my bookshelves.