I read Wicked, then saw the musical. I'm confused because the musical is meant to be based on/around the book, but the two seem to vary quite a lot. Anyhoo, once I'd gotten into it, I thought Wicked was a really cool book.
My boyfriend is currently reading son of a witch, I'll steal it off him once he's finished with it.
Originally posted by YumcarrotsThat's kinda why I don't like the musical. It doesn't really follow the book much (I haven't seen it but I've listened to the soundtrack and I can basically tell what the story by that after listening to it enough times (over 50 @.@).
I read Wicked, then saw the musical. I'm confused because the musical is meant to be based on/around the book, but the two seem to vary quite a lot. Anyhoo, once I'd gotten into it, I thought Wicked was a really cool book.My boyfriend is currently reading son of a witch, I'll steal it off him once he's finished with it.
Can't wait for A Cowardly War! 😄
Originally posted by Bardock42
God, where is floo when I can't deal with the endless amount of absurdities anymore.
Ignorance is a valuable skill
Originally posted by The Phantom
That's kinda why I don't like the musical. It doesn't really follow the book much (I haven't seen it but I've listened to the soundtrack and I can basically tell what the story by that after listening to it enough times (over 50 @.@).Can't wait for A Cowardly War! 😄
The soundtrack doesn't have all the songs from the musical on it.
The musical is quite good (first musical I've ever seen), but Fiyero being the scarecrow and Boq being the tinwood man doesn't really work, and there's no mention of Liir in it 🙁
Can't wait to read son of a witch. From what my boyfriend's said about it, it sounds quite interesting.
Originally posted by Bardock42Would you like me to explain? I use to like it. But after reading Wicked (the book) and listening to the soundtrack so many times while I read the book, I grew tired of it and found it more annoying than I did before. Personally, the only redeeming quality of the show now is the fact that they have an amazing set.
God, where is floo when I can't deal with the endless amount of absurdities anymore.
Originally posted by Wicked ElphieAgreed. I listened to the soundtrack before I quite got that far into the book, so I thought certain things that were going to happen... didn't because of the musical. And if they put Liir in the musical, it would just make people want to attempt a sequel, which I can't see any real onstage musical doing. Grease may have had a second to it, but it didn't have a second onstage musical to it.
Ignorance is a valuable skillThe soundtrack doesn't have all the songs from the musical on it.
The musical is quite good (first musical I've ever seen), but Fiyero being the scarecrow and Boq being the tinwood man doesn't really work, and there's no mention of Liir in it 🙁Can't wait to read son of a witch. From what my boyfriend's said about it, it sounds quite interesting.
And trust me, Son of a Witch is amazing. Very well written.
I saw a bit of the musical on Ugly Betty and it looked TERRIBLE. Talk about a waste of their promotional dollars. I wanted to see it before that, but now...! I liked Wicked, but I find something about his writing style disturbing. Fascinatingly disturbing. I haven't explored his books past Wicked and the Stepsister one because they are so off-putting... despite being so well-written... but someday maybe!