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

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book is extremely wordy and many of the wordy words are made up, making it a challenging read. It is like the author just added words to make his reading level higher.
If you read this after watching the musical: do not expect it to be even remotely similar. They are so different, I'm not sure how they even can call the play by the same name.
This was very dark and disturbing at times with weird sex mixed in. Overall a weird, long, somewhat boring read. It wasn't too terrible, but still not great.
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