A review by jessthebeginning
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Very, very different than the movie. This is one of the rare exceptions where the movie is absolutely superior to this. 

There were a handful of quotes I enjoyed, but they were not worth reading through the rest of this. 

I had to read and then re-read (sometimes more than a few times) large portions of the book cause it was so boring I couldn't maintain attention. 

Also, why did this book mention "pissing" sooooo often? Like there's one part talking about a heavy stream of urine, there are children pissing off the side of a building and then contemplating what would happen if they pissed on Elphaba, then one of the kids who just pissed off the side of the building then wets themself out of fear when threatened with being pushed over the edge. I'm sure there are more though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation