Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire
I went into this book with super high expectations and to be quite honest I felt pretty let down by it as a whole. Although I haven't seen the broadway musical that is based on this novel, I do have the soundtrack completely memorized and know pretty much how it goes. I think that is really what screwed me over because the book is so different from the play. In the play, I really sympathized with Elphaba as a character and in the book I didn't like her much at all. What I will give the book is that it was really well written. As much as I didn't enjoy it, I couldn't put it down. I never really wanted to give up on it, so that says something, right?
From the Publisher
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil?
Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to be the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.
I went into this book with super high expectations and to be quite honest I felt pretty let down by it as a whole. Although I haven't seen the broadway musical that is based on this novel, I do have the soundtrack completely memorized and know pretty much how it goes. I think that is really what screwed me over because the book is so different from the play. In the play, I really sympathized with Elphaba as a character and in the book I didn't like her much at all. What I will give the book is that it was really well written. As much as I didn't enjoy it, I couldn't put it down. I never really wanted to give up on it, so that says something, right?
From the Publisher
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil?
Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to be the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.
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