When I heard "THE END", I uttered a string of profanity because how unbelievable the book is. I still don't understand why Elfaba turned evil, I'm not sure why she was fixated on her sister's shoes, and that doesn't shake a stick at a number of other unexplained events and people in the book.

Whoever "heralded" this book "as an instant classic of fantasy literature" (according to the blurb on Goodreads) should pull their head out from their ass, because this is, without reservation, a terrible book. I'm not sure the author had a plan or a hope, so much as some ideas of imagery to throw into a book and kind of package together.

There are plenty of reviews on here that hit on everything wrong with this book. Go check them out. I'm done thinking about this one.