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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
Read the Book in the Bind up while listening to the audio-book on Scribd.
This book, like Wizard of Oz, was just really cute and fun to read.
I loved Tip, the Tin Man, Scarecrow & Jack the Pumpkin-head. During the last chapter or two, I kind of saw it coming, but I'm glad that throughout the book, it wasn't quite as obvious what was going to happen..For me at least.
There weren't very many boring parts in the book...it kept me totally interested throughout. When I go onto Ozma Of Oz, I don't know yet because I have so many other books I want to get to. Hopefully this one got me out of that slump I found myself in over the last few days or so.
The Narrator, Ron Knowles, was amazing at the voices and reading the book. 5/5 stars for him too!
This book, like Wizard of Oz, was just really cute and fun to read.
I loved Tip, the Tin Man, Scarecrow & Jack the Pumpkin-head. During the last chapter or two, I kind of saw it coming, but I'm glad that throughout the book, it wasn't quite as obvious what was going to happen..For me at least.
There weren't very many boring parts in the book...it kept me totally interested throughout. When I go onto Ozma Of Oz, I don't know yet because I have so many other books I want to get to. Hopefully this one got me out of that slump I found myself in over the last few days or so.
The Narrator, Ron Knowles, was amazing at the voices and reading the book. 5/5 stars for him too!
I liked this a little better than the first book, and that surprises me. So 2.5 stars…
This is the second book in the Oz series and the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The story follows Tip, a boy raised by a witch, who plans to turn him into a marble statue. Tip escapes with Jack Pumpkinhead—a man made of wood and given a pumpkin head—and steals Mombi's Powder of Life. This book follows their journey.
This is the second book in the Oz series and the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The story follows Tip, a boy raised by a witch, who plans to turn him into a marble statue. Tip escapes with Jack Pumpkinhead—a man made of wood and given a pumpkin head—and steals Mombi's Powder of Life. This book follows their journey.
I think it's a kind of sequel to the typical Wizard of Oz story we're all familiar with. Fun, and in large print; made me feel like a kid again. ^^;
If you are at all familiar with the odd, unsettling 1985 movie Return to Oz it might interest you to know that the pieces of that film that were based on Baum's source material were a patchwork of scenes and characters from this book, as well as its follow-up, Ozma of Oz. Incidentally, the latter is one of my favorite books in the series. This one is interesting, if very scattered, but the oddness is about what you might expect from anything even partially connected with Return to Oz.
Surprisingly, considering how successful the first book was, Dorothy isn't really present in this one at all; instead, we follow a spirited boy named Tip, who escapes his servitude under a creepy sorceress and takes to the road with a couple of odd magical companions. This is the first real example after the death of both the wicked witches, of the big contradiction when it comes to magic. Supposedly the only two "bad" witches in Oz were destroyed and the Oz people are all good, BUT as you go along in the series the more you see there's always some no-good magician or sorcerer managing to secretly hole up somewhere, just like there are remote pockets of Oz where evilness manages to still lurk, even under the watchful eye of Glinda and her magic book of records. Additionally, this is the genesis story of Jack Pumpkinhead and the Wooden Sawhorse, two characters who will pop up frequently in later books, and also--significantly--a crucial point in the history of succession to the Oz throne, so for those reasons alone, it's necessary reading for someone who wants to get the full picture of the world of Oz. Though the plot does feel like it's all over the place a bit, at least Tip is a strong character. He's adventurous and bold but a bit rough around the edges. He's not a perfect goody-goody kid. He plays pranks, makes mistakes, and is capable of getting in a bad humor, and this makes him all in all, a bit more "real" feeling than some of the other young characters we meet in Oz, and he really makes the first part of the book, because Jack is sweet but too simple-minded to be very intriguing on his own, and the Sawhorse is too arrogant to feel too warm and fuzzy about.
The second half of the story takes a bizarre turn, as the Scarecrow (serving as sort of an interim ruler of Oz now that the Wizard has decamped) finds himself fighting off an all-girl rebellion, a battle that will eventually have implications for Tip and all of Oz. Apparently, this was Baum's commentary on the women's suffrage movement, which he allegedly strongly supported in real life, but from the point of a contemporary woman it's hard to see that and not feel a little uncomfortable about General Jinjur and her army. Pretty girls armed with knitting needles, these young ladies are simultaneously fierce but also silly and materialistic. Jinjur in particular, seems to be mostly motivated by a hatred of chores and housework more than anything else, and one of their primary objectives when they scheme to take over Oz is to strip down the streets in the Emerald City for their jewelry, and though you have to root for the Scarecrow (though he comes off as rather ineffectual here) the inevitable climax of this episode is very disappointing.
It would be hard for the book to end on this note, but Baum drops a pretty big bombshell at the end that serves as a pretty effective diversion...possibly the biggest twist in the series.
Surprisingly, considering how successful the first book was, Dorothy isn't really present in this one at all; instead, we follow a spirited boy named Tip, who escapes his servitude under a creepy sorceress and takes to the road with a couple of odd magical companions. This is the first real example after the death of both the wicked witches, of the big contradiction when it comes to magic. Supposedly the only two "bad" witches in Oz were destroyed and the Oz people are all good, BUT as you go along in the series the more you see there's always some no-good magician or sorcerer managing to secretly hole up somewhere, just like there are remote pockets of Oz where evilness manages to still lurk, even under the watchful eye of Glinda and her magic book of records. Additionally, this is the genesis story of Jack Pumpkinhead and the Wooden Sawhorse, two characters who will pop up frequently in later books, and also--significantly--a crucial point in the history of succession to the Oz throne, so for those reasons alone, it's necessary reading for someone who wants to get the full picture of the world of Oz. Though the plot does feel like it's all over the place a bit, at least Tip is a strong character. He's adventurous and bold but a bit rough around the edges. He's not a perfect goody-goody kid. He plays pranks, makes mistakes, and is capable of getting in a bad humor, and this makes him all in all, a bit more "real" feeling than some of the other young characters we meet in Oz, and he really makes the first part of the book, because Jack is sweet but too simple-minded to be very intriguing on his own, and the Sawhorse is too arrogant to feel too warm and fuzzy about.
The second half of the story takes a bizarre turn, as the Scarecrow (serving as sort of an interim ruler of Oz now that the Wizard has decamped) finds himself fighting off an all-girl rebellion, a battle that will eventually have implications for Tip and all of Oz. Apparently, this was Baum's commentary on the women's suffrage movement, which he allegedly strongly supported in real life, but from the point of a contemporary woman it's hard to see that and not feel a little uncomfortable about General Jinjur and her army. Pretty girls armed with knitting needles, these young ladies are simultaneously fierce but also silly and materialistic. Jinjur in particular, seems to be mostly motivated by a hatred of chores and housework more than anything else, and one of their primary objectives when they scheme to take over Oz is to strip down the streets in the Emerald City for their jewelry, and though you have to root for the Scarecrow (though he comes off as rather ineffectual here) the inevitable climax of this episode is very disappointing.
It would be hard for the book to end on this note, but Baum drops a pretty big bombshell at the end that serves as a pretty effective diversion...possibly the biggest twist in the series.
adventurous
fast-paced
I had no idea the wizard was so far from wonderful.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Didn't like this one as much as the first. Felt more like a hodge-podge of ideas than a true, old-timey fairytale. Also, what was the old thing about Tip actually being a girl? Like he asks if he will be the same person, and is told "not really", and then becomes a completely different person entirely? Like I don't hate Ozma as a character, but they could have kept some of her original character when she changed. This feel like a book that if it came out today, it would be cancelled for sprouting the "trans agenda", but really, it is just lost in what makes a girl a girl and a boy a boy. Becoming a girl doesn't mean you lose all your mischievous tendencies, nor becoming a boy mean you lose all your glamour and grace. And for being "the most beautiful person in Oz", it really sucks that Ozma made an ugly boy. Like, couldn't have the looks transferred a little? I would have preferred her actually being the sawhorse over Tip.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No