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Son Of A Witch: Volume Two in The Wicked Years

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This book is very dark and very entertaining. I would definately reccomend it to anyone who read the wicked and loved the backstory and the whole political underbelly part of it. If you've just seen the musical, and never read novel i would reccomend not reading this one until you have, or else you'll have absolutely no idea whats going or who any of the characters are. The only familiar characters represented from the show are Glinda & Dorothy's crew (and just in small cameos). But Overall I thought it was a great sequal and as usual Gregory Mcguire went into great detail about the world of oz, constantly giving new information about the places and peoples involved in the story.

I really enjoyed reading the first book in the series "Wicked" and seeing the live production show. I was very excited to read "Son of a Witch." I finished the book and was disappointed. I do not plan to read the third book. I thought "Wicked" was very innovative to tell the story of Oz from a different view point. I had no interest in reading about the wicked witch's supposed son, and the story did not hold my interest. I finished the book not satisfied and I have no plans to keep it in my book collection, I gave it away to my sister-in-law. Disappointing.

Love the title----and the book! This is the continuing story of WICKED which, unless you've been living under a rock, you know about. I didn't really feel that it dragged at all. I read it from cover to cover in one evening. I think the fact that it deals more with Liir's character growing and developing more than actual "action" probably puts some people off. I get very caught up in this version of Oz, however, so I like to read these things. I thought it did a great job following in the footsteps of Wicked. Must also recommend the books: KATZENJAMMER by Jackson McCrae, and the novel CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER.

Macguire's wicked series is ammmaazzing! could not put 'Son of a Witch' down. When I first bought the series I thought it was more for youth, but definitely a more adult read. READ THESE BOOKS!

I do not often read a sequel that is better than the original but I felt that this was the case with Son of a Witch. If you loved Wicked then this is a must read. I didn't love Wicked but found this sequel to be a much better read. Not great, but better.

I am in awe of Maguire's in depth details about the land of Oz and all its minute inner workings. He has created another book as rich and complicated as Wicked and even when you 'think' you know the answers you still find that he can create doubt in your mind...

Well done. Fluid and dark, new and old all in one package.