And how much did you love Glinda's comments about her marriage? *g*
SoaW for me was ups and downs - I was really hyped in the middle of the novel, when Liir deserts the army and goes back "home", but felt a bit let down when the reason for his comatose state turned out to be only a "dragon attack" - I don't know what I expected, but I had a hard time accepting a dictator that wasn't the Wizard. Same with his return to nonchalance during the first meeting with the Birds, although I can't blame the boy. I also don't know what to think of Shell ruling in the same fashion as his sister.
Aaaand then it picked up again with the killing of the dragons, the siege at the mauntery (with Glinda's help! SQUEE) and the demonstration at the end. It seems the events were more high-stakes than Wicked, and yet not, because everything was more conventional.
Liir doesn't know what to say - sometimes she's strong, sometimes she's vulnerable, sometimes she's silly, sometimes she's serious. Together, everything: that's Glinda.
Oh, so much love. And that's why the characterization seemed a bit different for me - Glinda through Liir's POV.
Did I mention we need a sequel? Because we do. It can't end like that.
Seriously? I don't think there's anything left to expand to make an actual sequel. Because SoaW itself was not, to me, a sequel to Wicked, but more of a *conclusion*. The justification we needed.
"She cleaned up green." was such an AWESOME sentence to end the novel. Sigh.
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Date: 2006-06-12 07:19 pm (UTC)SoaW for me was ups and downs - I was really hyped in the middle of the novel, when Liir deserts the army and goes back "home", but felt a bit let down when the reason for his comatose state turned out to be only a "dragon attack" - I don't know what I expected, but I had a hard time accepting a dictator that wasn't the Wizard. Same with his return to nonchalance during the first meeting with the Birds, although I can't blame the boy. I also don't know what to think of Shell ruling in the same fashion as his sister.
Aaaand then it picked up again with the killing of the dragons, the siege at the mauntery (with Glinda's help! SQUEE) and the demonstration at the end. It seems the events were more high-stakes than Wicked, and yet not, because everything was more conventional.
Liir doesn't know what to say - sometimes she's strong, sometimes she's vulnerable, sometimes she's silly, sometimes she's serious. Together, everything: that's Glinda.
Oh, so much love. And that's why the characterization seemed a bit different for me - Glinda through Liir's POV.
Did I mention we need a sequel? Because we do. It can't end like that.
Seriously? I don't think there's anything left to expand to make an actual sequel. Because SoaW itself was not, to me, a sequel to Wicked, but more of a *conclusion*. The justification we needed.
"She cleaned up green." was such an AWESOME sentence to end the novel. Sigh.