Review: A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire

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Note: I'm feeling very ranty today. You've been warned..

A Lion Among Men (Book Three in The Wicked series)

by Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire is a really hit-or-miss author for me. Some of his books I really enjoy reading. Mirror Mirror was excellent. Others are unbelievably awful. Lost was so insufferable for its “quirky”-but-actually-irritating

Comments

[lysythe]

Honestly speaking, I preferred the bits with the Dragon and its crew. I actually flipped forward to read those before going back to read properly.

[iluvpoto]

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE?

I really haft to find the first book, NOW.

[lizziebelle]

I've only read the first one, and my reaction to it was mostly lukewarm. I didn't love it, I didn't hate it. I thought Elphaba's story was very interesting, until she suddenly turned into Evil Witch for no apparent reason. But then I've always had high standards when it comes to fantasy, and I'm often disappointed by wildly popular books.

[anita_drink]

I'm completely with you on this. I was so disappointed with the first book that I didn't bother to read the rest. BOO. BOO, I SAY!

[foolonthehill]

the only book by him I really liked was Confessions of an Ugly STepsister, and really do fall into the "I didn't like Wicked and don't see why everyone is in love with it" group