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4 Dec 2006 Wicked the novel review
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After watching the musical and being told that it had changed most of the storyline I had the urge to read the book and see the actual story that Gregory Maguire had written. I've finished reading the story and it was indeed greatly distorted in the musical. For you see the story in the book is much, much darker...
This is a story of a green-skinned woman named Elphaba. Born into a family that hated her (a preacher of a father, a harlot of a mother, a sister with a handicap, and a brother that hardly gets mentioned) the story unfolds through Elphaba's childhood, her time at University (where she meet Glinda), her life in her elder years and finally her confrontation with Dorothy.
This story I liked. I liked the plot and how it all panned out from start to finish with various twist along the way. I liked how the story was written overall. I found it engaging and made you want to read more and more to find out what happened next. I liked how it was all dark and sinister, which the musical was not. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the musical for what it is (a family-oriented enjoyment show with a happy ending) but I just prefer darker story-telling.
My only complaint about the book was the last third of the book. I felt the ending was very rushed, as if Gregory Maguire was given a 500 page limit for the book and he'd already used up 400 of those pages to tell half the story. It would have been nice if he had an extra hundred pages or so to expand and enrich the story a bit more rather than rushing to the finally.
Regardless Wicked is a fine book to read if you want to expand your mind along the subject of The Land of Oz. However this book should not be found in the children's section of the book store or library as it is quite adult-orientated.
Well how else would you describe one page of the book dedicated to beastality?
GRAX RATING: 4/5
Posted at: 13:48 PM
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