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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  sarah_rubyred | Dec 28, 2009 |  I'm not usually a fan of sequels, but found myself absorbed in this one. Maguire's prose is always impeccable and, this is no exception. Through the lense of OZ, he explores the horrors of soldiers being forced to obey orders and the subsequent fallout, the coming of age of Liir, and a host of other social and ethical issues. Definately engaging and true to the characters of Wicked. (  ) peleluna | Dec 15, 2009 | The twists and turns of the plot were interesting enough that I kept reading in hopes of learning to like Liir, or find another character as interesting as Elphaba. There were little glimmers here and there, but it seemed that Maguire would present just enough of a character so that they might be likable or compelling and then reveal their grimy faults and disturbing habits. I've got the next book in the series and I hope it's more like Wicked than Son of a Witch. (  ) lbspen | Nov 29, 2009 | This was a neat follow up to wicked but left so much unanswered. Well written as we have come to expect from Maguire. Not sure if I like it as much as Wicked though, still a good read though (  ) trinibaby9 | Nov 24, 2009 | The sequel to "Wicked", this introduces us to Liir, who may or may not be the son of Elphaba, from the earlier book. Liir tries to find his (possible) half-sister, Nor, and this leads him to the grim prison of the Emerald City, Southstairs. He manages to make his escape from there with the aid of the witch's broom. Later, near-crippled by the dragons who have been attacking various citizens of Oz at the direction of Shell, the self-appointed Wizard, and Liir's uncle (perhaps), he is brought back to life by the novice maunt, Candle, and strives to fulfil a promise to the Birds regarding the dragons, and to a dying princess whose disguise has long ago left her control. An interesting and intriguing book, perhaps a bit less satisfying than "Wicked", with some loose ends that I hope and trust that the concluding book, "A Lion Among Men", will clear up. (  ) burnit99 | Sep 24, 2009 | 
 ''Son of a Witch" is vintage Maguire, thoroughly entertaining even at its darkest. Oz is as complex and satisfying a fantastic world as ever, wonderfully described, from the steam rising out of the marshes to the sloe-eyed young homeless on the Emerald City streets.  Enchanted elephants and dragon death squads — Maguire's sequel to his 1995 best-seller, Wicked, is as fantastical as a novel set in Oz should be.  As a result the story - which is meant to contain great love and great tragedy as well as great invention - tends to slip awkwardly between registers. Maguire may have successfully done away with Dorothy, but he hasn't quite got control of his broomstick yet.  Like the character Liir at its center ("a solitary figure untroubled by ambition, unfettered by talent, uncertain of a damn thing"), the novel suffers from entropy. It wanders around, off-kilter and aimless: "A year passed, another. Nothing was the same, year after year, but little was different, either."
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060548932, Hardcover)
Ten years after the publication of Wicked, beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. There he introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. But he is tended at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by the silent novice called Candle, who wills him back to life with her musical gifts. What dark force left Liir in this condition? Is he really Elphaba's son? He has her broom and her cape -- but what of her powers? Can he find his supposed half-sister, Nor, last seen in the forbidding prison, Southstairs? Can he fulfill the last wishes of a dying princess? In an Oz that, since the Wizard's departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up? For the countless fans who have been dazzled and entranced by Maguire's Oz, Son of a Witch is the rich reward they have awaited so long. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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