This was something I loved about the book, as the dense, twisted, complex tone of helped to characterize Elphaba for me the lost, sparser, somewhat unconnected, occasionally clumsy writing very much characterized Liir for me. This is his story, and so yes, it is a very different book than and it would ring false if it wasn't. It's something I find rather amusing, considering Liir's struggle throughout the entirety of the book: to find his own voice as he is asked over and over again both by his own desires and by the needs of others to take Elphaba's place. And a sequel can be more than just the continuation of its predecessor's story. īut here's the thing: a book is more than the sum of it's parts. The story is badly paced (most of the 'action' happens in the last third), the reader spends most of the time being confused as to what's going on (while it is a third person narrative, it is limited third person), some of the characters seemed half-drawn, the narrative is very disconnected (occasionally, emotionless), it completely lacked an ending (.I won't spoil things, but it's left very open ended), and most importantly, that it is nothing like. To those who hated it, I say this: I see what your problems are. You will notice, however, that I gave this book five stars.
I've read a lot of reviews for this book and most people seemed to hate it.
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