A review by lunabob
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
3.0
First I'd like to say that I love spin-offs, re-tellings, etc... of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz and other old stories like that. So of course as soon as I see one, I go for it. Wicked was more of a this-is-how-we-got-here kind of thing. I loved seeing things from the Witches point of view. There were some disturbing parts that caught me off guard, but I love it when books can surprise me. I also loved that the book had me thinking about what "evil" really is and about the aspects of religion.
I wouldn't recommend this for everyone, this isn't one of those books that is on top of my "oh hey, read this because you'll love it because I loved it!" list. As much as I loved I, it was a one time read for me. It was interesting and I plan to read the new three books throughout next year.
I will admit that some parts of the books were boring and seemed to drag on, I would forget what happened in the last few pages and had to go back and read it again, there wasn't much action -mostly talking and traveling-, and Maguire jumped forward a few years for each part.
Otherwise it was a great read.
I wouldn't recommend this for everyone, this isn't one of those books that is on top of my "oh hey, read this because you'll love it because I loved it!" list. As much as I loved I, it was a one time read for me. It was interesting and I plan to read the new three books throughout next year.
I will admit that some parts of the books were boring and seemed to drag on, I would forget what happened in the last few pages and had to go back and read it again, there wasn't much action -mostly talking and traveling-, and Maguire jumped forward a few years for each part.
Otherwise it was a great read.