Reviews

A Lion Among Men, by Gregory Maguire

elphie_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

alexiasophii's review against another edition

5.0

06-2022: Damn, 12 years later and here I am re-reading this book! I admit I had completely forgotten most of the plot, so I can say that those last 30 pages were, once again, VERY addictive haha I kept loving this book, more so than [b:Son of a Witch|13521|Son of a Witch (The Wicked Years, #2)|Gregory Maguire|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1370992595l/13521._SY75_.jpg|845295]. And the more I grow up, the more I like Yackle :)

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Being an enormous fan of Gregory Maguire and Wicked Years, I was dying to read this.
I've finally read it and I must say I loved it. I missed Gregory's writing and the way he can just pull you into action and make you live and feel what the characters are living and feeling.
I think the book really develops some characters and it helps us understand them better, like Yackle and Brr.

The action was a bit slow, the biggest revelations happen in the last 30 pages. I must say that those pages were fantastic! I just couldn't stop reading, it was so addictive and so.. amazing!

Again, another amazing book by our dear Gregory Maguire.

klg30's review against another edition

2.0

Pretty disappointed with this book. It spends so long rehashing old info from Wicked and Son of a Witch. Maguire should have just written a third book in that series and left the Lion out of it. The parts that are about the Lion are depressing failure after failure and makes me wonder why any of it was written.

dorhastings's review against another edition

2.0

Granted, it's been quite some time since I read either Wicked or Son of a Witch, and having Son of a Witch in mind is important. I've forgotten most of it, but if you remember almost nothing, the book eventually fills you in on details you need to know. (Somewhat.) Unfortunately, I don't remember a lot about Liir, so that doesn't help. The book starts really slow, to the point where I wasn't sure I'd finish it. After the first third, though, the book picks up a bit. I'm invested enough to want to read the last book in the series.

nhoff's review against another edition

3.0

I can't get into it. I'll try again later. Okay, I'm trying again since I want to read the fourth and final in the series. So far, better than my last attempt.

findingthefantasticstory's review against another edition

1.0

I found this quite boring. I just hope Out of Oz is better (I'll buy it when it is out in paperback so that all the books match).

bibliophilelinda's review against another edition

4.0

Good story, but again, not as great as "Wicked". Overall, though, I really enjoyed the entire Wicked series.

ppphanon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Yackle and Brr's banter was the best. The going was definitely slow, but for some reason, I felt I read this quick and I had a good time. Unfortunately tho, this third book doesn't inspire me to read the fourth one so I'm likely to stop here.

honeypuff's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

aseid92's review against another edition

5.0

Wonderfully written backstory of the little Lion cub that we all know (and love) as Brr. Worth reading on its own merit, but in order to get a lot of the series self-references it's not recommended.