Saw the musical Wicked in January, so naturally I had to get my hands on the book, too. I've always thought that the original story of Oz had some huge holes in it, and this one really hit home with me.
So, it's about the Wicked Witch of the West - from here on just WWW. Her youth and how she became what she is in the original story.
It has been a while when I've last read a book that resonated with me in a certain way, but this one really did it. At first, at least.
The book had some about difficult relationships, about growing up being different, about ways of ruling a country... A bit about almost everything that can be difficult to a certain kind of individual. I'm not complaining, really, but I think it had too much of everything and didn't really concentrate properly on anything.
My favourite aspect was perhaps her rebellion against the government, that finally made her Wicked. It was all good propaganda, really, 'cause she really didn't do anything particularly nasty in my opinion. Propaganda and the fact that she was so visibly different - she had green skin etc. This story made a point about how wickedness is a point of view and I very much liked that.
I have always thought this, so it was really refreshing to read something that was written so according to my own views about life. I've sympathized with the Witch the whole time I've known about Oz, because in a way she is just wronged; her sister's shoes are given to a complete stranger, whose house killed her, no less. Then the Wizard tells the same strange girl to kill her, just for being wicked. It has always been difficult for to understand that. Really.
Anyway, all in all I think Wicked was a good read. A bit disjointed in parts, maybe, but always interesting.
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