Something Wicked this way DOES come! (Wicked - Gregory Macguire)

Member Name: SpookyMoon

Product:	Wicked - Gregory Macguire
Date:	26/04/09 (46 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Believable,enchanting,cle ver,unique and unusual. Definitely cant put it down!

Disadvantages: Not a children's book and not really anything like The Wizard of Oz (good thing in my books)

Wicked-By Gregory Macguire, is in essence the prequel to The Wizard of Oz. It's kind of a biographical account of Elphaba (the wicked witch of the west) and gives us the story from her perspective. In effect, this story is supposed to tell us how she became wicked.

Although I hated The Wizard of Oz, I adored this book and will be definitely reading the follow up book 'Son of a witch'-which unless I am mistaken, is about Elphaba's son.

This story is really so clever conceptually and is written brilliantly. It isn't a childrens story though, although I believe some mid-teen goths may really enjoy it! It is an in depth and touchingly realistic look at a young girl who grows up with a physical disfigurement. It shows how she lives with it and how she deals with other peoples prejudice. In this way the book is still applicably in a metaphorical way, to our modern (non mystical) world. It takes this wild and enchanting story and puts it in a very pragmatic and entirely believable adult content. Definitely worth a read even if like me, you aren't a fan of the fantasy genre.

Summary: Definitely is a WICKED read