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  • The story started out well enough, but I quickly grew bored with it. The writing is unengaging and rather bland throughout. And for some reason, the author seems to think the reader wants to know when any character decides to take a piss. Literally. I'm sure there's some symbolism there I didn't car ... Continue

    The story started out well enough, but I quickly grew bored with it. The writing is unengaging and rather bland throughout. And for some reason, the author seems to think the reader wants to know when any character decides to take a piss. Literally. I'm sure there's some symbolism there I didn't care to figure out.

    The last part of the book was better than the rest (following as it did hundreds of pages of boring political and religious machinations and thinly veiled allegories on civil rights) but by the time I reached those final 100 pages I was reading not to find out what happened, but just to get through the thing.

    

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• ― Cuzzin Todd said on Feb 2, 2008 | 1 feedback| 1 feedback

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  • It was fun to listen to this talke from a different perspective. So what really happened??? :) This might be a fun book to read for an adult book club. At times I thought it was a little drawn out.

    

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• ― SheReads said on Mar 5, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  • Really clever retelling of a classic story. Maguire clearly has a great mind, and it was put to good use here. The Wicked Witch as you've never seen her before. Looking forward to seeing where the series goes after this.

    

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• ― Jaemi K said on Jan 19, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • "So far, so great." - Demi Lovato
    It's.. okay. :D I love the musical more though, to tell you all the truth.

    

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• ― Spotted said on Sep 23, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  • Not So Wicked Witch

  • A destined, sad and failure character from the "Wizard of Oz." A story is told in the point of view of this sad witch. Everyone has his/her own story that centered around himself/herself. Maybe every vicious bad guy can be sympathized by their own account.

    

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• ― artie said on Jan 7, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Wicked Waste

  • Just finished. Took me awhile. Too much hype on this book. The story was okay but not a page-turner. I did at least finish the book but will wait before reading anymore Maguire books. Maybe I should have read The Wizard of Oz first.

    

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• ― Bibliophile (jjordan) said on Oct 13, 2008 about the Paperback edition| 2 feedbacks| 2 feedbacks

An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Wicked just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature. Line illustrations. [예스24 제공]

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