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Originally Posted by mystmarimatt
Also, as well-written as Wicked the book was, the last 100 pages or so completely fell apart. He had developed a wonderful story arc, but it seemed as if he just lost interest and dropped the ball in order to finish the novel quicker, so I'm hoping that this sequel does not fall victim to that ill, this time around.
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I agree wholeheartedly. It also seemed that the closer he got to the original (movie/book) text, the more it constrained him, and in this case the constraints didn't help his creativity. I discussed this with our own Elphaba; she said that his "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" did not suffer from the same problem. I haven't picked up a copy yet. I'm not sure if I'd want to read the new book ("Son of a Witch"); is he just cashing in on the previous work, or does he have real ideas on this? I don't even remember the kid from the first book...