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Jen
Aug 24, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
I loved The Wizard of Oz as a kid, so the premise of Wicked - The Wicked Witch of the West's life story - was too good to pass up. I wasn't expecting so much political intrigue, but it was kind of fun, and I loved that she was a vegetarian and a progressive. The exporation of what constitutes evil was also intriguing. But something about the overall delivery was a little lacking. Maybe it was just too long, and some time periods too belabored. The section before Dorothy makes her entrance really ...more
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Rebecca
Feb 23, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: general-fiction
I got my sister to buy this for me for xmas a few years ago when i became obsessed with th musical Wicked, but I didnt get around to reading it till now. Haha - the musical is only VERY loosely based on this book.

I enjoyed the book and the world is very interesting, Never read the Wizard of Oz so cant compare books. The things I found most frustrating was there were many things that were never made clear, and I like Elphaba so I wanted things to be okay at least for her in the end. :(
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Reads with Scotch
Nov 16, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: hysterical
To be honest I never finished it. It was funny, I did laugh a couple of times out loud, but I got really board with it really fast, I think I made it to the halfway point.
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Jasmine
Nov 08, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: book-club
Love it! So fun to revisit characters from my childhood, and see them through adult eyes. Adds great dimension to already familiar characters.
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Tracey
Dec 21, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: due-for-re-read, recommended-tcpl, libraryread
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Lakedaemon
Oct 03, 2007 rated it did not like it
Shelves: fantasy
Melissa Sarker
Oct 12, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Joseph Patla
Oct 14, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Melissa
Oct 17, 2007 rated it liked it
Tamara
Oct 23, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Megan
Oct 25, 2007 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: books-i-regret-reading
Tina
Nov 08, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: sf-fantasy
Brittany Darner
Dec 07, 2007 marked it as to-read
Jessica
Jan 27, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy, fiction, own, 2004, fairy-tale-inspired
Inky
Mar 23, 2008 rated it really liked it
Barbara
Mar 27, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: favorites, before-2007
Barbara
Apr 04, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: before-2007
Lauren
Apr 04, 2008 rated it it was ok
Shelves: fantasy
Amy
Apr 28, 2008 marked it as books-i-own-to-read  ·  review of another edition
April
May 03, 2008 rated it really liked it
Mick
Aug 06, 2008 rated it liked it
Luzcasa
Aug 25, 2008 marked it as to-read
Tayla36
Mar 14, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, paperback
Michael
Apr 08, 2009 rated it it was ok
Ross
Apr 14, 2009 marked it as unread
Shelves: imported, to-shelve
Emma
Apr 22, 2009 marked it as to-read
Amber
Jan 05, 2010 marked it as to-read
Ryan Bassette
Mar 08, 2010 rated it liked it
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