Wicked Musical Tie-in Edition : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
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Book Reviews of Wicked Musical Tie-in Edition : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Book Review: I struggled to keep reading it
Summary: 2 Stars
I recieved this book as a gift, along with tickets to see Wicked. I was so excited to start reading the book, until I actually started to read it. There was just way too many charecters to keep track of. When one of them died, I had to page back in the book to jog my memory on who in the heck it was. It took me 4 months to get through the book. I just found it rambling on & on. So needless to say, I was not excited to see the show after reading the book, but I was surprised. The show was great, the book sucked. If you are going to write a spinoff from one of the most loved movies of all time, thing should really be a little more accurate. I watched the Wizard of Oz again, and the book is inconsistant with the movie. It's a shame because I think this book had tons of potential but fell really flat.Book Review: Exceptionally Twisted
Summary: 5 Stars
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction)
What Gregory Maguire has done is take the sugary sweetness that Hollywood infused into the Land of Oz and torch it like a wicked witch. Here is a fresh look at the characters we all grew up with that will give you a new persepctive not only on the time honored story, but also on life in general. Anyone who can read this book and not come away with a new view on the world around them needs to read it again and pay attention.
Book Review: Awkward interface with original
Summary: 2 Stars
Maguire's lack of success in fitting his story, with the original Wizard of Oz story, condem this book to mediocrity. Its a strong compelling story until the moment Dorothy arrives. The pace changes, the narrative gets crisper, and the story carry forward to the witch's death with far less of the depth and texture than was in the previous pages. I would have much preferred if Maguire had not tried to be so true to the original story and resolved the witches life on his own. The scene where Dorothy kills the witch is just very inadequate - reads almost like a newspaper report. So I, like several others who reviewed here, was disappointed. I suggest either reading to where Dorothy arrives and stop, or begin when she arrives. In either case you will probably enjoy Mr. Maguire's book. Just don't read both. Book Review: One Demensional
Summary: 2 Stars
This book was just blah. There was soo much potential to make this a truly outstanding story, and instead you walk away feeling you only got half the story. The characters were one demensional, the plot seemed slow, pedantic, and irritating like a sticker in your shoe. And what was with the sex scenes? I am by no means a prude, but they just seemed so heavy handed, and you could definitely tell a man wrote them. I wanted to know more about elphaba's inner dialogue (by the way I didn't like the name because I found it detracted from the story. my mind stuttered over it whenever it was on the page. they should have just stuck with fabala.) I expected this to be a really good book. Now I'm putting it on my shelf of disappointments, right beside the da vinci code.Book Review: WASTE OF TIME
Summary: 1 Stars
I read this book because everyone was raving about the play. honestly, the best possible description is: great idea but TERRIBLE product. see the show, don't waste your time reading this.