it sure looks like the whole book to me! With excerpts from the subsequent books.

I personally love Wicked: both novel and musical. I think that both creators are geniuses and that they should get every award they were nominated for and to be respected and appreciated. But, most people don't realize that the novel was brought to the public first and the musical is based on the book. Greg is a great author and the book was meant to change your POV of Elphaba. I read the book and then watched the musical which made it play more understanding. However, if you did watch the musical, it's not a problem but remember that the book was made first, more mature (so wait a few or several years depending on the age), and it's mainly for older people than the age of 13. But, I wouldn't buy it since I have the actual thing, lol:)

Does this purchase have the whole book, or is this just extra stuff?

I am thirteen and I have read this book twice. The musical is coming to town in a couple of months. I asked for tickets to the musical for Christmas. I paid like $18 for my book, this is a great deal. Buy it

This is one of my favorite books and to have it more accessible is even more appealing. I just hope when they make a movie, it is around the book and not the musical.

This book came before the musical and I feel that people don't appreciate how amazing it is. I hated the book the first time I read it, but now I think it's really really good! So entertaining!

First things first, the book was written before the musical not the other way around. So yes, the book is very different than the musical in some aspects but the musical is still largely based on the book. The musical was adjusted to be more appropriate for a wider audience. I suggest people do a little more research before making comparisons between the novel and the musical. I love both the novel and the musical. The novel was written for a more mature audience while the musical, as I stated before, was adjusted to include a younger audience thus omitting or changing certain aspects.

Why was this book even published? THINGS TO BE SET STRAIGHT: It is not like the musical AT ALL if your child loved the musical, dont bring your child ANYWHERE NEAR this book. It spends too long talking about DISGUSTING (and i mean YUCK) BORING things that no one cares about. oh and the ending? Well lets just say there are no suprises. DONT BUY THIS