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I got about halfway through it before I had to give it to my friend as a gift. stare Sad am I. But I really liked the way it humanized the witch and made you feel compassion for her. How would you feel if you were the only green kid in school, and it wasn't a chemical imbalance that would go away after a few days? When I repurchase the book for myself, along with several of Gregory's other books, I think I won't leave the fireplace for two days! It's a new twist on old fairy tales we've all grown bored with.

Teehee. No, just an English major. One who is currently critiquing four stories every class, besides whenever my friends shove their stories at me, and scream, "FIX IT!"
stressed Eheh.

Wicked is wonderful, I've enjoyed all of Gregory Maguire's books. He certainly knows how to put a unique spin on fairy tales. Wicked was probably my favorite, with Confession of an Ugly Stepsister close behind.

Though I have yet to read the sequel, Son of a Witch. It's actually the only book by him I haven't read. ^^;;

I really want to see the musical, I was going to when it came to Washington D.C., but tickets were sold out too quickly and I was unable to get one. D;

I haven't read the book, but have listened to the musical soundtrack. It didn't impress me through the first run, but grew on me the second time (I personally found the music very unremarkable and forgettable, not to mention, some of the voices were rather annoying). The story's rather depressing! To have such an ambitious, intelligent character like that in a story, KNOWING how she's going to end up kind of dampens the potential high I would have gotten from it. I'm still looking forward to reading it though.

And... is it just me, or is there some odd kind of tension between Elphaba and Glenda(?). The musical seems to stress the whole "we're best friends/soulmates/possibly-something-more" subtext that I had to laugh at.