I'd be hard pressed to find something nice or good to say about this book to make someone want to read it. I slogged through it (as did my roommmate and my mom) and I have NO idea how such a good musical was made out of such a piece of drivel. I've read books where the main characters weren't terribly likeable, but in this book it's worse - I just didn't care about any of the characters or what happened to them.

So why am I setting this book free? Well, maybe somebody out there will like it better than we did - as apparently most reviewers did.

Thankyou for sending me this book!!!

Received it yesterday, & hope to start reading it this weekend.

9/28/04 started reading the book on Friday night (9/24) am currently about a third of the way through it. Currently it's an ok read, not brilliant but not unreadable either.

9/30/04 finished the book this morning, 1st part of the book was interesting & an easy read, later sections seemed to drag or the plotline jumped around a bit too much.

The book was readable, it's not the most brilliant book I've read...... I would like to read The Wizard of OZ (only seen the film) & compare the two books.
As i've already mentioned I enjoyed the start of the book, the story had my attention but on finishing the book I felt empty, i didn't like the way it was resolved/concluded. Something didn't feel right.
Overall I think if you've got the time & are curious, give the book a chance, just to get a different perspective on a familiar story.

RELEASE NOTES:

This is one of several books that I had shipped over via m-bag when I moved back to Australia. As yet the play has never hit the Aussie stages, it'll be intersting to see if a production is ever developed.

Releasing the book to a fellow BX'r ......... enjoy!

To be released via Savers set of stores on Friday