false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166564765m/13521.jpg 13521 18 <p> Ten years after the publication of <i>Wicked</i>, beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. There he introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. But he is tended to at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by the silent novice called Candle, who wills him back to life with her musical gifts. What dark force left Liir in this condition? Is he really Elphaba's son? He has her broom and her cape&#8212;but what of her powers? Can he find his supposed half-sister, Nor, last seen in the forbidding prison, Southstairs? Can he fulfill the last wishes of a dying princess? In an Oz that, since the Wizard's departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up? </p> <p> For the countless fans who have been dazzled and entranced by Maguire's Oz, <i>Son of a Witch</i> is the rich reward they have awaited so long. </p> 845295 book 2005 Son of a Witch: A Novel total:10775|5:1459|4:3186|3:3776|2:1764|1:590| 10775 35485 16402 1405 5 14 false false Sat Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jul 04 10:22:34 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 10:55:31 -0700 2008
To those who hated it, I say this: I see what your problems are.

The story is badly paced (most of the 'action' happens in the last third), ...more...]]> 1 8 false false Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 23:38:31 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 01:20:19 -0800 2008
An explanation....I liked Wicked and I have read all of Maguire's other books. Every time a new Maguire book came out, I read it and they seemed to p...more...]]> 2 6 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 16:41:18 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 21:00:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 5 false false Fri Aug 03 16:04:34 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 16:20:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 6 false false Sun Dec 16 08:28:05 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 11 18:40:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Mar 22 10:50:17 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 10:10:21 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 10:49:58 -0700 2008 **********
Well....either my tastes have changed since "Wicked," or it was the superior book. "Son of a Witch" didn't seem very concl...more...]]> 1 3 false true Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 10:39:45 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 16:19:46 -0800 2008 Son of a Witch because I had read Mirror Mirror and Wicked . I really liked Mirror Mirror --it was a very creative and interesting reimagining of Snow White. I enjoyed Wicked considerably less, but it held some interest until the end. It had a lot mo...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 15:38:06 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 15:38:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 16:05:51 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 16:11:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 17:48:35 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 16:52:32 -0700 2008 Wicked, I had an inkling I was going to like Son of a Witch even better, especially given the beginning, with the spate of senseless "scrapings" and the discovery of the unconscious boy, who turns out to be Liir, the book's protagonist and the potential son of the Wicked...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat May 05 11:01:02 -0700 2007 Sat May 05 11:13:07 -0700 2007 I am a great an of Maguire and enjoy while being grossed out by his realistic (read graphic) descriptions of nearly ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jan 02 12:05:30 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 12:08:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 23 12:47:34 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 25 15:07:35 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 10:52:20 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 23:18:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jun 27 13:58:28 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 14:03:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 12:47:45 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 12:47:45 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Thu Aug 09 12:40:26 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 13:32:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed May 09 23:34:06 -0700 2007 Wed May 16 16:58:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 01 15:30:30 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 15:34:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jul 25 07:08:35 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 07:08:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=13521