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Maguire had a very good idea here, but I wish he was a bit more focused in his story-telling. I wasn't the hugest fan of the shifts in narrators, and there was plenty in the book that I think could have been left out. I thought that the character development was lacking in some areas (Galinda's shift into Glinda, for instance). I think with a good editing job, the book would be much more enjoyable for me. I did like it a fair amount more on my second read, so maybe I'll end up really liking it u
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I adore this book. I've always thought that there must be more to fairytale characters than the original stories let on.
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I hate the hype of these books. This was my least favorite of Gregory Macuire's
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