Alexandria answers “So, why does everyone hate this book? I...”

abby asked this question about Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1):

So, why does everyone hate this book? I think it is amazing so far and I am prepared to read the other 3 books on the quartet. So, what, it is nearly nothing like the musical we know and love. But that does not make this book bad.

Alexandria My distaste has nothing to do with the musical, as I have never seen it. The pacing is painfully slow, even for a book of this size and as the first b…moreMy distaste has nothing to do with the musical, as I have never seen it. The pacing is painfully slow, even for a book of this size and as the first book in a quartet. The characters are boring with too heavy a reliance placed on our understanding of where they end up. The author's focus on the genitals of baby Elphie, the drug-induced sex in the Philosophy Club, and the references to children pinching their mother's nipples "affectionately" or forcing one another to expose their genitals were just too much for me. I read and write erotica, so sexual references towards adults isn't a problem for me. But focusing on childrens' sexual organs is disturbing and certainly nothing I want to read. Essentially I find nothing redeemable in this book other than the author's decent world building.(less)

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