Wicked: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture (Wicked Years Book 1)

I re-read the book to refresh myself for part 2 of the movie release in the fall. Whoa! The book is a lot darker than the movie for sure and there were a lot of other differences to me too. I would recommend reading the physical book vs audio book though because I had to rewind quite a few times during the denser parts of the story.

I enjoyed it, the storytelling, character dynamics, and descriptive world building was great. I found that the last part was rushed and chaotic. It didn’t feel wholly organic to the characters that had been built, more a panicked realization that this story needed to be integrated back with the original telling. I’m still happy to have read it and would recommend.

Did I forget the content of this book from when I first read it 20 years ago? Yes. Do I recommend it? Absolutely not. Will I read it again in 20 years? Yeah,
probably.

Still shocked my parents let me read this in elementary school. What a weird book.

Weird and poorly written. I’m only glad it exists because we have Wicked the musical because of it.

I got too bored and quit halfway through. Musical really is better.