Wicked Book Reviews (plus a little note at the end)

Review #1

Wicked: The Life and the Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years Book #1 of 4) by Gregory Maguire

Paperback, 530 pages
Read: Feb. 25 - Feb. 26
Rating: 4/5
Genres: Fantasy
Summery: 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.

Review: This story starts out with a prologue of Elphaba (The Wicked Witch of the West) Spying on Dorthy and Company (The Cowardly Lion, The Tin Man, and The Scarecrow) talking and theorizing about Elphaba and how she became so wicked. The story then moves to chapter one, which introduces Melena and Frexspar, Elphaba's mother and father, it takes place on the morning of the day Elphaba is born. I really enjoyed this book, I ended up really liking Elphaba and ended up being sad that she died. The book was well paced and gave enough description about the world in where it's set without being to over baring, I liked most of the characters. while i was saddened by some of the reasoning for some of the characters behavior, i over all liked the book, I liked Gillikin's Part the best.

I don't think i'm going to be able to finish When The Wind Blows by James Patterson this month so I'm going to move it to my March T.B.R.(To Be Read) list. So my next and last review is going to be for The second book in the Inside Duology by Maria V. Snyder, Also I'm going to be doing a book haul after i finish Outside In.

I hope everybody has/had a great day : )