The Story of Word.

I browsed through the information superhighway, searching for answers to a question I asked myself almost daily: How can I increase my brain capacity?

On this quest for knowledge I learned a couple of things:

1. TV is Evil.
As you stare mindlessly at the flickering TV screen, your brain essentially goes into zombie mode, because it doesn't have to work. As much as I love Mulder and Scully, my brain is just hanging out in neutral until the mystery is solved.

2. How to Exercise Your Noggin.
Actively using multiple senses at once makes a great work out. You can:
- listen intently to the rain and focus on the scent of a candle,
- indulge in a piece of chocolate whilst studying a work of art,
- etc. etc. etc.

3. Read a book.
THIS is the inspiration for my blog. When I learned how fabulous reading was for brain stimulation, I immediately started the task of listing books that could challenge my developing mind.

This is the journal of my progress. As I finish each book, I will record my thoughts and impressions here.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Completion Date: 5/26/2009
Rating: *
Number of Pages: 519

I'm not really in the mood to write an especially long or deep review about this book. Sorry. I mean, I definitely could say some stuff in this review, but I'm really not into it.

So! Basically this book is extremely different from the musical. Not especially happy. I mean, it was a good book. It may have gone a tad over my head at points, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It really puts the whole Wizard of Oz thing in a whole new light. It shows that, though Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) was wicked, her intentions weren't such. She had her beliefs, she just carried them out in a more...rude...way. Another thing I liked about this book was that it confronts the nature of evil and good vs. evil a lot, and it's really iteresting to read. It makes your brain work extra hard.

There are some things that I certainly did not like very much in this book. Sex and language were the main things. The Turtle Heart/Melena affair, a few F bombs, Fiyero and Elphaba's affair, were a few of the...risque things that occurred. The thing that I really didn't appreciate very much was describing the night at the Philosophy club in such detail. Very little was gained from that. I suppose that it was just to explain what happened to Tibbit, but Gregory Maguire certainly gave me a little too much information, in my opinion. I can see how Fiyero and Elphaba's affair was necissary to the story, and I didn't mind that too terribly much, but describing human/Animal sex did not make me happy. I'm just warning people that this is not an innocent book in the slightest. Just beware before venturing into the book.

You know, I mostly really liked the book. It's very well written, and it shows that even the Wicked Witch of the West has a soul (even if she, herself, doesn't think she does). All she wanted is forgiveness. It teaches an excellent lesson, and it really is very entertaining. I will admit that this book is certainly not for everyone, so just proceed with caution. :D

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