http://johnlillyblog.disqus.com/enTue, 03 Jan 2006 00:15:42 -0000http://john.jubjubs.net/2006/01/02/wicked-by-gregory-maguire/#comment-1417935I thought this was horribly over-rated... likely because people liked the musical. As a book, I couldn't get over how inconsistent the book was with the original Baum structure of Oz (he did, after all, write 14 books in the series). Maguire could have easily achieved hist goals for the novel within the framework of the charaters and characteristics of Oz. The book also seemed to fizzle dramatically in the last third, as if he didn't really know how to make it all matter.Adam NashTue, 03 Jan 2006 00:15:42 -0000