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Loading... Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the Westpor Gregory MaguireSéries: The Wicked Years (1)
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adorará Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se gostará deste livro. I loved this & thought it was alot of fun..very entertaining & funny!!! Who would've thought..a book about the life of the Wicked Witch! She actually had friends? WOW! :) (  )1   Ames3473 | Nov 28, 2009 |  This is great! I love this fresh take on things. it won me over right away. 1 trinibaby9 | Nov 24, 2009 | Excellent tale. (  )1 woodge | Nov 20, 2009 | Gregory Maguire, with his work Wicked, really put himself into the limelight. Of course, in this instance, his protagonist Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, really puts the "lime" in limelight. That is, to say, she's green. Maguire, following past success as a children's author, took one of the most beloved children's books and made it real, focusing on the misunderstood Elphaba, and how she became so wicked in the first place. This also firmly placed him in the caste of "parallel novelist," in which most, if not all, of his general works to date have been heavily inspired by previous works of beloved fiction. Wicked does a role reversal of the expected characterizations of Oz. We're to root for the bad guy, who really isn't all that bad; she just doesn't appreciate the oppressive government of Oz, especially as it treats animals and Animals (that is, animals gifted with speech) the same, though one is clearly capable of rational thought. Maguire's Oz is real, grizzled, gritty, and nothing like the happy magic land Baum made it out to be. If you find Oz to be sacrosanct, you may wish to avoid this one. But, if you enjoy Oz, and wish to see more work inspired by it, then this is definitely a book for you. Since it's publication, Maguire has written two other novels to follow in this parallel storyline, which may also be worth reading when you're done being Wicked. (  )1 aethercowboy | Nov 17, 2009 | This book was the worst. If you like books written by misogynists (if every female character in the book is either a b**** or a dope then I'm guessing that Maguire hates women) who are into freaky sex scenes, then by all means read this book. The premise is great, but yuck, the characters are horrible and story just draaaaaags. (  )1 renee_desroberts | Oct 30, 2009 |  sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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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.
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