Title: What does it mean to be wicked?
Review: I second all of the comments by readers who point out the magic of the questions raised in this new telling of the old story. It really makes me wonder how many stories we have heard that were never, ever the whole story, no matter how much we thought we saw and knew. I want to add that anyone who reads this book is cheating him or herself if he or she does not follow through with the entire series. There is so much fun in this series, with the references to the familiar stories and the humor. Like any great fantasy story, the real magic is in how much we see ourselves and our own society in a world far different than our own; and these have been the very best ways to ask the most stirring questions.Far more serious and dark than the Broadway play, too. And that is a wonderful thing!I think I relate more to Elphaba than to any other literary character. What a world, what a world.
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