http://askmissa.com/2009/11/06/a-lion-among-men-volume-three-in-the-wicked-year/ Love Life Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:43:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://askmissa.com/2009/11/06/a-lion-among-men-volume-three-in-the-wicked-year/comment-page-1/#comment-15646 Critiquette Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:30:17 +0000 http://askmissa.com/?p=5223#comment-15646 Good point. I guess I just don't see cowardice as an evil, really. I did enjoy Yackle and I think she could have carried the book all on her own, but it's probably bad marketing. It needed to be a character that also appears in Oz canon. Lir/the green baby are probably as far as most people are willing to diverge. Good point. I guess I just don’t see cowardice as an evil, really. I did enjoy Yackle and I think she could have carried the book all on her own, but it’s probably bad marketing. It needed to be a character that also appears in Oz canon. Lir/the green baby are probably as far as most people are willing to diverge.

]]> http://askmissa.com/2009/11/06/a-lion-among-men-volume-three-in-the-wicked-year/comment-page-1/#comment-15634 Tessa Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:02:37 +0000 http://askmissa.com/?p=5223#comment-15634 What timing for this review! I just finished reading this book on audiotape this week. I agree with most of your review - I felt Brr's life story was a chance for Maguire to explore philosophical questions about the causes of perceived good vs evil, which was the original purpose of Wicked and his other books, rather than develop a plot and move the world of Oz forward. I did appreciate that Mother Yackle's role and influence in the previous two books were explained. And while I look forward to a book devoted to Glinda, I too hope that it provides more focus than A Lion Among Men. What timing for this review! I just finished reading this book on audiotape this week. I agree with most of your review – I felt Brr’s life story was a chance for Maguire to explore philosophical questions about the causes of perceived good vs evil, which was the original purpose of Wicked and his other books, rather than develop a plot and move the world of Oz forward. I did appreciate that Mother Yackle’s role and influence in the previous two books were explained. And while I look forward to a book devoted to Glinda, I too hope that it provides more focus than A Lion Among Men.

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