I enjoy going back to a world that I loved as child and being reminded that there must have been some nastiness going on below the surface, so I read this and Wicked. Maguire's Wicked Years books are most interesting in that they re-imagine Oz from the perspective of an adult who understands politics. The easiest way to retain a reader is to set your story in an already rich, beloved, and iconic world. This consistency lends credence to this account and makes it easy to pick up the story and keep going. The characters remained consistent to what we learned previously.
I could only see one thing that differed from Wicked, so pretty good. And what is going to happen to Oz with the land in turmoil and looking to boil over at any time?Gregory Maguire keeps the story going. There are still questions, What happened to Dorothy?, The Tinman, Scarecrow and Lion. Yet when he decides to do something, he sticks to it.This sequel introduces us to new characters while expanding on the old ones carried over. Liir does not have the confidence in himself that other’s do. Through Liir’s memories we go back in time, to cover the years in between and how he came to be broken and comatose, tossed away like yesterday’s trash.Liir is looking for Nor, at the same time, due to the fact that many believe he is Elphaba’s son he is asked to help the oppressed. She brings him back to life.The young man is Liir, he had been with the Witch when she died, he had been living with her for years. He is taken to a mauntery and tended by Candle, silent but with a gift for music. A decade after the Wicked Witch dies, a young man is found barely alive in a gully.
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