Dayna's review
Son of a Witch: A Novel
by Gregory Maguire
I found that he tries to hard to make the Fairy tales seem like real life by adding to many minute details that don't pertain to the story. I agree son of a witch is a disapointment
You hit the nail on the head. Didn't enjoy this book at all.
Dayna's review
Son of a Witch: A Novel by Gregory Maguire
Dayna's review
rating:
"Wicked" kind of annoyed me from time to time ... inspite of the fact that I loved reading Elphaba's story. If that book fell a little short ... then this book (the sequel) completely misses the mark. Maguire did okay when he was writing on the basis of someone else's work ... but here on his own he flounders. Whatever it was that did not sit well with me from "Wicked" is found tenfold in the pages of "Son of a Witch." At first I thought that it was just Maguire's take on bits of Baum's original story that did not sit well with me ... then I thought maybe it was just his style. Now I think it's just a poorly written book from all angles. I kept reading and hoping that it would get better, that the real story would soon begin, but it didn't and it didn't and it didn't and finally I turned the last page ... and it was over. There have been very few times I felt like reading a book was a waste ... this was one of them.
I found that he tries to hard to make the Fairy tales seem like real life by adding to many minute details that don't pertain to the story. I agree son of a witch is a disapointment
You hit the nail on the head. Didn't enjoy this book at all.