Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction)

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction)
by Gregory Maguire

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction)
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Author: Gregory Maguire
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-01
ISBN: 0061350966
Number of pages: 560
Publisher: Harper
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Book Review: Great Characterizations. Bad plat.
Summary: 3 Stars

I have read this and the next two in his Wicked series. I really enjoyed the characters and was engrossed in the world crafted by Gregory Maguire. However, he has a serious fetish with people who can't do anything and the idea that EVERYONE who isn't a good person is a hypocritical sinner (Except, strangely, Dorthey). Elphaba only succeed in one thing in her life. She didn't commit a massacre in the name of the cause. The same can be said of her son and the Lion (oh well, I guess Elphaba also saved the Cowardly Lion). I will finish reading what he has wrote because I really do enjoy his writing. And I am sure I will have the same thing to say about them all. So take it for what it's worth.

Summary of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction)

When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil?

Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to be the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.

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