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A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire

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spinnerdriver's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

pantscapo's review against another edition

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2.0

Boring.

mr_sosotris's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Book 3 in the Wicked Years is an oddball. It’s important to the readers in that it answers some lingering questions and fills in some gaps, but it doesn’t do a whole lot to advance the plot. We see events that have already happened from different perspectives, and we do get a small amount of plot in advancing the conflict between Munchkinland and the Emerald City, but overall, this really felt like it could have been a novella. It’s not my favourite, but it does have a very cool ending that deepens the overall mythology in interesting ways, so I’ll give it that.

sammilynnebob's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

_wmjb_'s review against another edition

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4.0

Love this series. I liked this one because it explained a lot of things like who exactly was Yackle and where did she come from? If I didn't have such a long "to read" list I'd re-read it now.