Helpful Score: 1
I really wanted to like this book. It was getting rave reviews as a musical, but wasn't coming to Los Angeles for quite a while. The concept sounded great: Tell the story of the antagonist. Not just the story from the point of view of the antagonist, like Jon Scieszka's Wolf version of "The Three Little Pigs," but a real meaty story that has almost nothing to do with Dorothy. I really wanted to like it...
Unfortunately, I just couldn't get around Gregory Maguire's style. The first few chapters were interesting, but then it became much more verbose and, at the same time, vague and distant from the events. I guess a good analogy would be a movie that starts off looking good, but then the image starts getting fuzzy around the edges. And then the camera starts shooting from a distance so you aren't exactly sure what you're supposed to be paying attention to. And the image gets even fuzzier so you're not exactly sure what you're looking at.
I really wanted to like it. It was a good concept with an interesting, but poorly executed, plot. I don't think I will read another of his books any time soon.
Unfortunately, I just couldn't get around Gregory Maguire's style. The first few chapters were interesting, but then it became much more verbose and, at the same time, vague and distant from the events. I guess a good analogy would be a movie that starts off looking good, but then the image starts getting fuzzy around the edges. And then the camera starts shooting from a distance so you aren't exactly sure what you're supposed to be paying attention to. And the image gets even fuzzier so you're not exactly sure what you're looking at.
I really wanted to like it. It was a good concept with an interesting, but poorly executed, plot. I don't think I will read another of his books any time soon.
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