Wicked

I finally finished reading "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire.  I really struggled with this book I started reading it back in August and I just couldn't get into it.  I actually read another book in the meantime just to get a break.  I was intrigued by this story as the musical is so popular and I have heard great things about it.  I have a feeling that the book and the musical are quite different.  I haven't met anyone who has read the book and seen the musical, so if anyone has any input I would like to hear it. 

The book itself was very dark and it moved around a lot.  At the end all the loose ends to came together which helped but there were a lot of parts in the book that I didn't feel needed to be included to tell the story.  I am sure those parts have been left out of the musical.  I never quite got the whole Dragon of the Time Clock thing.  Actaully there were a lot of things that I didn't fully understand.  I would love to have a book club meeting about this book, so I could understand more of the story.  If anyone has read this book and would like to discuss it with me please, please contact me.

I can't say that I would recommend this book, but it did give me an alternative view of the original Wizard of Oz.  It's an interesting idea that the authour came up with.  I hear his other stories are also quite interesting.  Perhaps it was his writing style that I struggled with.  I doubt that I will read the sequel "Son of a Witch" although I was told it was better than "Wicked".

All in all interesting book, not my favourite.