SRP Book Review #21
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
329 pages
Not as good as Wicked, but I enjoyed going back to Maguire's Oz. It takes a little getting used to how adult his books are, and it's remarkable that he can pull it off with characters that we all have such preconceived notions and images of. Not so much in this book, since not many familiar Wizard of Oz characters appear.
I think the primary difference between Son of a Witch and Wicked (and Mirror Mirror and presumably Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister) is that since it's an extension of Maguire's own re-imagining of a well known tale, not based on a well known tale, it is somewhat less predictable. Not that the others were predictable, but you at least know enough to that in Wicked, when Dorothy shows up, Elphaba's on borrowed time.
A lot was left open at the end, somewhat frustratingly, but it really seemed like he was setting up for another book. If this is the end of Gregory Maguire's Oz saga, I'll be very disappointed, but I really doubt that it is.
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
329 pages
Not as good as Wicked, but I enjoyed going back to Maguire's Oz. It takes a little getting used to how adult his books are, and it's remarkable that he can pull it off with characters that we all have such preconceived notions and images of. Not so much in this book, since not many familiar Wizard of Oz characters appear.
I think the primary difference between Son of a Witch and Wicked (and Mirror Mirror and presumably Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister) is that since it's an extension of Maguire's own re-imagining of a well known tale, not based on a well known tale, it is somewhat less predictable. Not that the others were predictable, but you at least know enough to that in Wicked, when Dorothy shows up, Elphaba's on borrowed time.
A lot was left open at the end, somewhat frustratingly, but it really seemed like he was setting up for another book. If this is the end of Gregory Maguire's Oz saga, I'll be very disappointed, but I really doubt that it is.
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