Hurrah! A review from Arthur! I thought you'd been pretty quiet recently, but now I see you were bogged down in despair. Coincidentally, have you read Wicked?

Not yet; it's not really engaged my interest.

That's fair. It's almost not entirely worth it. It's interesting for a bit but then it's too heavily constrained by the story it's re-telling, if that makes sense. Things happen because they occur in the original book, not because it seems sensible/relevant that they should. The musical looks fun though!