Book Review

Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


When this first came out I was excited to read it, but never got around to it until now. After reading it, I feel that I didn't miss out on much by putting it off. I wasn't nearly as impressed with this book as I was its prequel, Wicked.

At times I felt that I could turn ahead a couple of pages and not really miss any of the general story. It seemed that the editors wanted this book to be longer and Maguire obliged them with filler. That filler was mostly descriptions of Liir walking to and from places in Oz. I get that this was a part of the story but he could have fleshed out some of the other areas with more information rather than another paragraph of "Liir walked and it was tiresome."

Only one real question I had got answered by the end of the book. I'm still filled with lots more, and I hope that the third book in the series does a better job of answering those questions.

I would have a had time recommending this book, even to fans of Maguire's writing.



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