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Son of a Witch: Volume Two in the Wicked Years
Son of a Witch: Volume Two in the Wicked Years
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The New York Times bestselling sequel to Wicked, the multimillion-copy bestseller and basis for the #1 smash hit movie starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
When a Witch dies--not as a crone, withered and incapable, but as a woman in her prime, at the height of her passion and prowess--too much is left unsaid. What might have happened had Elphaba lived? Of her campaigns in defense of the Animals, of her appetite for justice, of her talent for magic itself, what good might have come? If every death is a tragedy, the death of a woman in her prime keenly bereaves the whole world.
Gregory Maguire returns to the world of Wicked and the land of Oz to follow the story of Liir, the adolescent boy left hiding in the shadows of the castle when Dorothy did in the Witch.
A decade after the Witch has melted away, the young man Liir is discovered bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully. Shattered in spirit as well as in form, he is tended by the mysterious Candle, a foundling in her own right, until failed campaigns of his childhood bear late, unexpected fruit.
Liir is only one part of the world that Elphaba left behind. As a boy hardly in his teens, he is asked to help the needy in ways in which he may be unskilled. Is he Elphaba's son? Has he power of his own? Can he liberate Princess Nastoya into a dignified death? Can he locate his supposed half-sister, Nor, last seen in shackles in the Wizard's protection? Can he survive in an Oz little improved since the death of the Wicked Witch of the West? Can he learn to fly?
In Son of a Witch, Gregory Maguire suggests that the magic we locate in distant, improbable places like Oz is no greater than the magic inherent in any hard life lived fully, son of a witch or no.
Customer Reviews
Es lo que ven, libro nuevo tapa blanda, en ingles. Llego a Chile, Antofagasta sin ningún desperfecto.
I bought what I thought was a used book, to complete my set of the Wicked series, I was worried about the condition the book would come in as it was only $6 but it looks to b brand new. The spine hasn't even been cracked!
Book was larger in size compared to rest of series.
There was a particular section of this book which caused me to decide, at that particular time while reading, that it was not even in the same ballpark as "Wicked." I just finished this book - MAGNIFICENT! Gregory McGuire wrote these two books - but it very much seems like two distinct and different McGuires! The tone, tempo, pacing -- its a distinction which is maddening, beguiling, and finally cathartic brilliance. Like the saying goes, "it's worth the price of admission!"
I own hardcopies of this 4-book series. I liked Wicked but the rest of the series, for me, are not worth the money. The story is decent but there is way too much text spent on descriptions of the flora and fauna for me.MAJOR CON: the author seems to go out of his way to use HUNDREDS of completely obscure words which deprive the reader of the meaning of the sentence - why would an author want to do that? At first, I just wrote them down to look them up, but then, they became so numerous that I just found it completely annoying! And I have an excellent vocabulary. I would NEVER buy another book by this author.Word examples: gelignite, omphalos, stupa, susurrus, coracles, caitiff, guerdon, polder, picaresquerie etc. etc. Get the picture? So, if you feel compelled to read this series, take it out on loan from your library and use your $$ to buy books you know you will read again. I do not recommend the last 3 books in this series.
Customer Reviews
Es lo que ven, libro nuevo tapa blanda, en ingles. Llego a Chile, Antofagasta sin ningún desperfecto.
I bought what I thought was a used book, to complete my set of the Wicked series, I was worried about the condition the book would come in as it was only $6 but it looks to b brand new. The spine hasn't even been cracked!
Book was larger in size compared to rest of series.
There was a particular section of this book which caused me to decide, at that particular time while reading, that it was not even in the same ballpark as "Wicked." I just finished this book - MAGNIFICENT! Gregory McGuire wrote these two books - but it very much seems like two distinct and different McGuires! The tone, tempo, pacing -- its a distinction which is maddening, beguiling, and finally cathartic brilliance. Like the saying goes, "it's worth the price of admission!"
I own hardcopies of this 4-book series. I liked Wicked but the rest of the series, for me, are not worth the money. The story is decent but there is way too much text spent on descriptions of the flora and fauna for me.MAJOR CON: the author seems to go out of his way to use HUNDREDS of completely obscure words which deprive the reader of the meaning of the sentence - why would an author want to do that? At first, I just wrote them down to look them up, but then, they became so numerous that I just found it completely annoying! And I have an excellent vocabulary. I would NEVER buy another book by this author.Word examples: gelignite, omphalos, stupa, susurrus, coracles, caitiff, guerdon, polder, picaresquerie etc. etc. Get the picture? So, if you feel compelled to read this series, take it out on loan from your library and use your $$ to buy books you know you will read again. I do not recommend the last 3 books in this series.
