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Elphie: A Wicked Childhood (The Wicked Years, #0)
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DNF'ing @ 25%. I really, really wanted to love this one because Wicked was great, but this book is practically unreadable to me. The writing is � well, I don't even know how to explain the writing. There are short, repetitive sentences that are written in such a way that they just don't make much sense. I wouldn't exactly call it purple prose, but it's like the text kind of skirts around what it's trying to say instead of saying it directly? I dunno. I read some sections of this book out loud to my husband to make sure it wasn't just me who found it incomprehensible, and he said that it sounded like I was reading poetry (and not in a good way). I don't know why Gregory Maguire decided that this was the writing style he wanted to use for this one, but it just does not work for me. I gave it until the beginning of Part Two hoping that something would change, but it didn't and I can't suffer through another 220 pages of this, sorry.
Many thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for providing me with an advance copy of this book to review. Its expected publication date is March 25, 2025.
Many thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for providing me with an advance copy of this book to review. Its expected publication date is March 25, 2025.
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August 6, 2024
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Aug 06, 2024 05:48PM
Oooh very interested! I loved the musical and the original too. Happy reading Jamie!
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Thank you, Esta! Me too - I was so excited to see this one on NetGalley!
So sorry that this book is a DNF for you, Jamie! I really love Wicked so I was really looking forward to this book too! I hope your next book is five stars!
Onto better!
Nora wrote: "So sorry that this book is a DNF for you, Jamie! I really love Wicked so I was really looking forward to this book too! I hope your next book is five stars!"Thank you, Nora! Hopefully you'll love it - I'm sure the story is great but I just could not get into the writing style. Happy reading!
Sujoya(theoverbookedbibliophile) wrote: "Onto better!"
Definitely! My next book is already much, much better!
Dee wrote: "oh no! SAD :("
I know, right?! Hopefully I'm just an outlier and everyone else loves it!
Flor wrote: "😒😒😒😒😒😒"I know - I was so sad. I really expected to like this one much more than I did! 😩😩
Thanks for the warning to avoid in that case, Jamie! The style of writing described doesn't appeal to me at all, I know for a fact! Onto better my friend!
Wicked review, Jamie! Too bad it did not work for you. Suffering through it would have been no bueno. :)
Esta wrote: "Thanks for the warning to avoid in that case, Jamie! The style of writing described doesn't appeal to me at all, I know for a fact! Onto better my friend!"I just saw a new review that says this one was written in a similar style to the other The Wicked Years books so maybe I'm way off base! I've only read the original Wicked and didn't feel that it was all that similar (I went back and double-checked when I decided I despised the writing in this one, lol), but I have no idea what the others in the series are like. But, yes, on to better reads, for sure! Thanks, Esta! 🙂
Chris Lee wrote: "Wicked review, Jamie! Too bad it did not work for you. Suffering through it would have been no bueno. :)"
Ha ha, I totally missed the opportunity to use a "wicked" pun in my review and now I'm sad. 😃 Thank you, Chris - I'm definitely glad to be on to other books!
🤔Ouch! sorry L💕ve, onto the next! i hope it is much better.
✘✘ ~ Paulette & Her Sexy Alphas❥✘❤️ wrote: "🤔Ouch! sorry L💕ve, onto the next! i hope it is much better."Thank you, Paulette! The next book is already much better! 🙂
Jamie wrote: "✘✘ ~ Paulette & Her Sexy Alphas❥✘❤️ wrote: "🤔Ouch! sorry L💕ve, onto the next! i hope it is much better."Thank you, Paulette! The next book is already much better! 🙂"
yeah that just happen too me too
Definitely My Pleasure 💕Jamie �
Oh, no! Good for you on DNF -- I know that's rough sometimes. I hope you find something much better soon :)
MonReads wrote: "Oh, no! Good for you on DNF -- I know that's rough sometimes. I hope you find something much better soon :)"Thanks, Mon! 🙂 I hate DNF'ing books, especially ARCs, but this one was just unbearable for me ...
Jamie wrote: "MonReads wrote: "Oh, no! Good for you on DNF -- I know that's rough sometimes. I hope you find something much better soon :)"Thanks, Mon! 🙂 I hate DNF'ing books, especially ARCs, but this one was..."
Totally get it. And my feed isn't showing stuff chronologically, so I'm writing comments on your statuses when you've already reviewed the book, OY.
MonReads wrote: "Totally get it. And my feed isn't showing stuff chronologically, so I'm writing comments on your statuses when you've already reviewed the book, OY. "Ha, no worries! I just commented on your review of Safe and Sound and then saw that you'd commented basically the same thing on mine. Everything is out of order! 😆
Esta wrote: "Oooh very interested! I loved the musical and the original too. Happy reading Jamie!"OMG the musical is so amazing! Liked the book too! But the musical! Anyhow... :)
