Son of a Witch: Volume Two in the Wicked Years
by Gregory Maguire
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Author: Gregory MaguireEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN: 0061714739
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Harper
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780061714733
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Summary: 3 Stars
I will admit that I was not an instant fan of Wicked. It took the second reading for me to be fully engaged in it and not completely confused. Maybe that's the case here as well. Nothing about this book felt similar to the first. It was even more confusing. The characters don't feel the same nor does the land of OZ (but then there is no Wizard...). The first half to 2/3 of the book drag on. All the action occurs in the end, and then it's over. I didn't particularly like Liir. He was a wishy-washy character, and never firmly stood his ground on anything. In the end, he seemed to develop some character. But, it was too little too late. I will probably read the latest in the series A Lion Among Men, but only because the library has it.
Summary of Son of a Witch: Volume Two in the Wicked Years
In this captivating New York Times bestseller, beloved author Gregory Maguire returns to the land ofOz and introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. At the Cloister of Saint Glinda the silent novice Candle tends to him, willing him back to life with her unusual musical gifts. What dark force left Liir in this condition? Is he really Elphaba's son?
He has her broom and her cape-but what of her powers?
Can he find his half-sister, Nor, last seen in the forbidding prison Southstairs? Can he fulfill the last wishes of a dying princess? In an Oz that, since the Wizard's departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up?
For the countless fans who have been dazzled and entranced by Maguire's Oz, Son of a Witch is the rich reward they have awaited so long.
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