Title: Wonderful Witch of the West
Review: So this is OZ... Very seldom do we get a chance to delve into worlds we explore in literature and movies in this manner. Most often we are left with only the original story and the fascinating theme dies there.Wicked allows us to take what we know about Oz and learn it's history, it's politics, how things work and what the beings there are like.The Wizard of Oz is a fine story and I know of no one that isn't familiar with it, and perhaps no one (I know I certainly never did) gave much thought to Oz itself, but Maguire has taken this concept and made it enticing. While the Wizard of Oz was about Dorothy, Wicked is more about Oz itself and secondarily about Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.Maguire, delves into that mysterious notion that one is not wholly evil nor is one wholly good. He writes a mature story in an intelligent way.It's enriching and satisfying, and definitely worth the time.
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