Title: detached
Review: Hey, it doesn't take a lot to move me emotionally. I mean, I cry frequently when I read the newspaper in the morning. But this book didn't get me in any way. I didn't feel much of anything for any character--good or bad. There is no in-depth characterization. Seems like everybody is pretty much on the bad side, though Elphaba is supposedly standing up for the animals (a pretty weak stance). I just can't muster any emotion for anybody and that's a pretty bad thing to say for a novel. I think the concept--a prequel to a story everybody already knows--was probably enough to sell the idea. A decent writer in terms of verbiage, but please give me a character I can feel something for.
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