Its A Good Book. I Love The Way It Goes Through The Wicked Witch's Life.

One of the best reads I've had in a long time. I've actually read it 3 times - rare for me. Inspired the hit broadway musical, but don't expect it to match the same playful tone.

Rich, detailed, though-provoking and a reminder that not everything is always as it seems. I loved how allegorical the book was, the power struggle emulates many instances in history, namely the battle between King John and the Pope. Elphie was a great character, complex and yet by the end you were pulling for her to somehow alter the ending of the much beloved "Wizard of Oz" (which now I watch and think "Dorothy, you skank.") My favorite of Maguire's books.