Title: Buy the soundtrack not the book
Review: First I have to say that Gregory Maguire has a beautiful command with the English language. Overall the thing I enjoyed most about this book was his use of words and bringing things to life with them. However that was the only thing I enjoyed about this book. If you are reading this because you love the musical or the original novels, be careful and know that this book has very little in common with either. In fact I felt that this book betrayed L. Frank Baum original characters and his fantasy world of OZ. I kept waiting and reading hoping I would love this book as I loved the musical, as I loved the original books, unfortunately I felt it was just an excuse to get out some religious and political ideas the author had probably been thinking about for years. It had such potential and fell short. If you like the idea of the story spend your money on the soundtrack of the musical by the same name. That is worth your money!
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