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Son of a Witch (Wicked, #2) - Community Reviews back

by Gregory Maguire
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CharlotteBuriedinBooks
CharlotteBuriedinBooks rated it 11 years ago
Was he the Witches Son? The title would have you believe it, the fact is that Elphaba didn't know for certain, and she certainly never treated Liir as her son, more of an inconvenience.This book starts with the discovery of a young mans broken body found in the middle of no-where. He is taken to a...
a TeMPLe of WoRDS
a TeMPLe of WoRDS rated it 12 years ago
(See my review of Wicked for the beginning of the story) After finishing Wicked, I immediately began Son of a Witch and was unable to put it down. Another absolutely brilliant book from Gregory Maguire. I cannot wait to "sink my teeth" into the rest of the novels. An amazing writer.
JasonKoivu
JasonKoivu rated it 12 years ago
I love the Wicked series books for the fact that apparently they are "NOTHING LIKE THE PLAY!" to the point that it angers fans of the stage version. If you have time, read some of the one-star reviews for the first book (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked). It's hilarious how mad these ...
Mellkoh
Mellkoh rated it 12 years ago
I liked the writing and language of this book. However, my complaint, as with the middle books of any series, is that it just feels like a set-up/stepping stone for the rest of the series. I also wish that we'd gotten more closure in at least one quest Liir had (trying to avoid spoilers). I will ...
Xalaila's book diary
Xalaila's book diary rated it 12 years ago
Entretenido y de fácil lectura, aunque Wicked es muchísimo mejor.
Kathryn Lively, Reader
Kathryn Lively, Reader rated it 12 years ago
I will admit I did not enjoy Wicked very much, but when I saw this book heavily discounted on Kindle I thought I'd give it a shot. I thought the book was okay - at times a bit difficult to follow - but in actuality not as interesting as Wicked. Wicked had the advantage of an engaging main character ...
Second Bookses
Second Bookses rated it 13 years ago
Ten years ago, Gregory Maguire turned the familiar tale of The Wizard of Oz on its ear with Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. The book, his first, became a best seller, then was adapted into a hit Broadway musical, Wicked. with Son of a Witch, Maguire returns to Oz, picking...
Goat Heads and Sand Burrs, P. Kirby's Reading Blog
A caravan traveling through an isolated part of the Land of Oz comes across a corpse. This isn’t the first they’ve seen on their journey, but the others have been “scraped,” the faces of the dead removed with surgical precision.Except this body isn’t dead. Yet. Though badly beaten, Liir Thropp, a ...
Vilja Reads
Vilja Reads rated it 15 years ago
After finishing the book and peeking at other reviews here on GoodReads I was suprised to see that so many people hate both the Wicked novel and Son of a Witch with such passion! I found both highly enjoyable reading. The writing might be a little disjointed, but I never liked streamlined one-though...
Angel Martinez - Writer, Reader, Woman about town
Surprising, poignant and ultimately satisfying - this was not what I expected and so much more than I'd hoped for.
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