Title: Thought-provoking and entertaining read!
Review: If you enjoyed the story of the Wizard of Oz, this is an excellent companion piece. In the original, you saw Oz through the eyes of a stranger, Dorthy Gale. In Wicked, you see it through the eyes of the "Wicked" Witch of the West. But more interesting, you get to know the side characters much more intimately: the Wizard, Glinda, the "Wicked" Witch of the East. You come to understand the Witch of the West's (aka Elphaba) motivations, and how misunderstandings, grudges, timing, misconceptions play an important in the "creation" of a person's identity and ultimately their life; thereby asking the question, "what is evil really?"I also felt that Maguire captured the tone and language that Baum had set in the original story.P.S. Understanding where the winged monkeys come from now, they definitely seem less scary!
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