I had bought this book after seeing the musical, which I enjoyed a lot and also to have something smaller, lighter after the last couple of big books I read.

The book was Wicked by Gregory Maguire.

I was surprised to find out it was much more adult than the show. In fact by the end of it, I have come to the conclusion that in my opinion the musical and the book don’t share much more than the names and general feel of the characters. It’s that different.

It was fun to read about this richly imagined world, that never really contradicted the original material, but made it so much darker and real.

Hey, I think any book that makes you feel for the Wicked Witch of the West is a winner !

Was it perfect ? No, a couple of things didn’t make sense and especially the ending felt very rushed. Still, I felt compelled enough to pick up the next book in which by now is a series of three.