{This is my first post here, pls mods let me post it, I need help} This might sound silly, but I’m 14 and I bought the book. I didn’t know anything about it at first, but then I looked into it (and checked whether it’s appropriate for a 14-year-old). Even so, I’d still like to read it—not because I’m particularly interested in the drug or sexual content (I’m not sure how much of that is actually in there, but the librarian mentioned it). Anyway, for those who have read it: is it really too intense for a 14-year-old, or is it manageable. Oh, and also my english is B2, is the book is gonna be too hard for me? Any tips, or any idea of what I should expect?

Decided to just post this pic of me in my Glinda cosplay. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do🩷🩷🩷🩷

Is it time for me to be discouraged and resign?
No, I still can say no
There’s one last place for me, the last I had in mind
but where else can I go?
I’ll never come back here, that’s the lie I told myself
till I was left on my own
when all the rest forsake you, that’s where they have to take you
there’s no place like home

This is Elphaba’s arc. She misses her friends, her family, she wants love and acceptance but not at the expense of her cause and not when she knows too much to turn a blind eye but she doesn’t want to do it alone anymore. She didn’t go back to Emerald city because she accidentally turned a living person into a can opener, or to stop the wedding, she went back because she had nowhere else to go when even her own family didn’t want her and her own cause rejected her. The women was desperate, and grasping at straws and her last plan was crawling back to the place it started thinking that maybe she can find a way to expose the Wizard (this was a scene between Elphaba and Glinda before Wonderful but it was also deleted!- she tries to extort the wizard using the Grimmerie he can’t read).

This scene in particular was only 2:18 seconds…. It would not have had that much effect on the runtime.

*BTW slide 4 I believe was an option on the scene (Jon self admitted he does a lot of these) I included it because it was cute, and that’s likely where it would have went.

Has anyone else read the book yet? I enjoyed it. It wasn't the the back story I thought it would be but it was interesting. I do think it is Gregory Maguire most concise story which to me made it a much easier read than some of his past books.

I have plot points I want to hear other people's opinions and speculations about them.

Sorry I chose tours for the flair, there's no Musical - West End option

I'm from the US and knows what the Wicked playbills look like from the inside. But the West End programmes look super interesting to me.