How do I write this review without sounding to scathing? Honestly I did not enjoy reading this at all. The language was to dense, and then somewhat lightened towards the last quarter, then became dense again at the end. Shame on Gregory Maguire's editing team for not cutting out like a good 200 pages of the book.

This just makes me appreciate the musical more, the way that they shined this diamond in a ruff is remarkable. Save your energy and don’t read this book. Just enjoy the movie and musical.