![]() ![]() This becomes a background theme rather than centre stage in the novel: Animals slowly have their rights taken away, then they are rounded up and ghettoised by violent soldiers, and eventually they are openly being sold as chattal to the slaughter. In Wicked, this is turned up several notches as the Wizard is engaged in a slow and systemic dehumanisation and extermination of talking Animals, who are every bit as thinking, feeling and human as…well, humans. ![]() Frank Baum novel – his magic is fraudulent, and he’s ruling Oz via an elaborate con. The Wizard of Oz is already a bit of a prat in the L. Maguire takes Oz being a dick to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL. But also in tone - the ways political brutality and personal disillusionment are treated are grim and realistic, aka DEPRESSING AS FRICK. This book is firmly adult in content – there’s a fair amount of sex* and violence. The short answer is, it’s a pretty mixed bag! They’re quite different, and I really enjoyed both. So I shamelessly compared Gregory Maguire’s novel to the musical throughout this review. Firstly, it’s sort of creepy and secondly the wizard is a massive douchecanoe. □□□□□ / ★★★☆☆ I was never a huge fan of the Wizard of Oz. ![]()
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