Title: Thank goodness I borrowed this....
Review: Like others, I decided to read this book due to all the hype. However, I had thumbed throught it at the bookstore and wasn't fully convinced I would like it, so I borrowed it from a friend. Smart move.While the beginning of the book is somewhat engaging, when Maguire does the first leap of time (and not the last) from Elphaba's childhood to her being in a young lady's school, the plot starts to unravel. Macguire seems to think using sophisticated grammar along with sophisticated ideas constitutes character development. But, as with other readers, I hardly connected with any of the characters and with least of all the main character.I knew how the book would end, but I didn't realize how badly. It almost seemed as if Maguire was up against an editor's timeline and stayed up all night to finish the end. It's disjointed, disengaging and disappointing.Too bad, it was a plot that could of proved extremely interesting had the execution been right.
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