I liked reading this, but I have a gripe about it. I wanted it to reconcile with The Wizard of Oz. That was the draw for me… to hear the witch’s side of the story. I realize that stories told from two different perspectives don’t always reconcile perfectly due to how people perceive things differently. But neither of these stories were written in the first person. In other words, Dorothy didn’t tell the first story, and the witch didn’t tell the second. I would have liked to see Gregory Maguire take more care to keep the stories in sync.

That said, I’d love to read the Wizard’s story now. He’s the biggest mystery of all.