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Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West | Gregory Maguire

It‘s here! 💚🩷💚🩷💚

Part two of a movie musical based on a stage musical based on a book based on a movie musical based on a book. Phew!

#BookAdaptations

Semi serious question. I‘ve been going through my books trying to get rid of some (none so far 😅) and I found my copy of Wicked I tried to read back in high school. Should I give it another go?

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Soubhiville In my opinion, no. I read 2 of his books years ago and honestly don‘t like his writing style at all. The blurbs on back of his books sound so good, but I have ended up really not liking them. 4w

rubyslippersreads I love the Wicked musical and The Wizard of Oz in general, and I did not like the Wicked novel. (edited) 4w

BarbaraJean I vote no as well. I loved the musical and hated the book. I really liked the tagged book by the same author, which I‘d read years before, so I WANTED to like Wicked, but I did not. Go with your high school self‘s opinion!

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BookBr Just to play devil‘s advocate, I LOVED the book and disliked the musical. I thought Maguire really created a solid vision of an Oz for adults, if that makes sense. Lots of weird fairy tale elements to love too. 4w

Prairiegirl_reading I also vote no. I thought it was a disappointment. 4w

Susanita I liked his book about the tooth fairy but bailed on Wicked. 4w

willaful I liked his children's books but didn't get into Wicked. 4w

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BookmarkTavern

Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West | Gregory Maguire

🎶 We couldn't be luckier, I couldn't be happier🎶

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#BookAdaptations #SLC #SLCLitsy

shortsarahrose So cool! I‘m seeing the touring company in July with my mom and sister. 2mo

dabbe 🤩😍🤩 2mo

AnnCrystal 🆒🎭👍🏼💝. 2mo

IMASLOWREADER so cool to see it live… 1mo

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Jen2

Toto | A.J. Hackwith

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Fabulous

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CatLass007

Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West | Gregory Maguire

bailed

I‘m just disappointed.

Susanita I tried to read it many years ago and just couldn‘t get into it. 3mo

CatLass007 @Susanita I gave it a good try but just couldn‘t force myself to continue. 3mo

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 3mo

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Cathyloves2read

Son of a Witch | Gregory Maguire

so-so

I‘ll start by saying that I‘ve always loved the story of the Wizard of Oz.Wicked strayed from the original story a bit, but not enough to bother me. This book strayed a bit too far away for my liking. I hardly recognized any of the original characters or storyline. Maybe that is what the author intended.There are many questions left unanswered, but there are two more books in this series. I may or may not read them.

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lauraisntwilder

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | Lyman Frank Baum

so-so

My favorite part of this one was Eureka the kitten, but she did make me wonder why Toto didn't talk. I thought it was hilarious that Dorothy meets up with the wizard and they don't catch up on what's happened since they last saw each other until they've escaped death, what? 3 times? #BeyondtheYellowBrickRoad

BookmarkTavern Eureka is so fun. She‘s just a little chaos kitten, trying to create drama. 😂 3mo

lauraisntwilder @BookmarkTavern Ha! Yes, chaos kitten is the perfect term! 3mo

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BookmarkTavern

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | Lyman Frank Baum

so-so

Dorothy‘s visit to San Francisco is interrupted by an earthquake, where she falls into the earth. There, with her cousin Zeb, she meets up w/ the Wizard again through many adventures.

The way Baum writes animals suddenly realizing they can talk is always so funny to me. This 1 is very disjointed, w/ almost every chapter being a separate, contained adventure. I did love the fantastical elements of the lands under the Earth. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

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@rubyslippersreads @JenlovesJT47 @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kspenmoll @Soscha @Chrissyreadit @willaful @curiouserandcurioser @Clare-Dragonfly @lauraisntwilder @BarkingMadRead @reading_rainbow @Seabreeze_Reader 3mo

BarkingMadRead I still have to read this! I may read it next month along with the next one! 3mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Awesome bookmark! This Oz story… was not my favorite. 3mo

willaful @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I was never very fond of this one either. 3mo

BookmarkTavern @BarkingMadRead Feel free read as you like! 💕 @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @willaful My mom calls this one and Ozma of Oz Baum‘s attempts to write the other stories he wants, but throwing them all into Oz in the last couple of chapters so he can call them Oz stories. 😂 3mo

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Clare-Dragonfly

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | Lyman Frank Baum

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Very fun and silly story! It reminded me of a couple of the Narnia books—I wonder if Lewis had read it. Dorothy, the Wizard, a boy named Zeb, a horse named Jim, and a kitten named Eureka travel through many lands under the earth, each dangerous in its own whimsical way. The Wizard is kind of a badass in this book. It irritated me that it took Dorothy so long to come up with her solution. But at least her speech didn‘t have so many apostrophes.

Clare-Dragonfly #BeyondtheYellowBrickRoad 3mo

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Andarna

Son of a Witch INTL | Gregory Maguire

pan

Just can‘t get into this like I did Wicked. Something is just not hitting the same. Has anyone felt the same? Read the others? Maybe I skip this one and go to the next?
##wicked #sonofawitch #dnf