Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Wicked (Wicked Years, #1)

by Gregory Maguire

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, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature.

Reviewed by Terri M. LeBlanc on

3 of 5 stars

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Maguire can be a bit hard to read and this novel is no exception. Deep concepts tied together in beloved and well known fairy tale that many of us are so familiar with that we could recite the movie line for line. It's a dense novel, but I feel the rewards are great when get to the end and learn what really happened up there on the castle walls when the Witch and Dorothy faced off.

Not every good book should be or will be easy to read.

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