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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
Blech. I gotta stop reading short stuff just for challenges. I don't enjoy it.
I found myself hating this book until the last few chapters when everything began making sense. Then I became really interested and then it was over.
My daughter really enjoyed the first book (I didn’t), so we decided to continue on with this series. She says she enjoyed this one more than the first, and while I think it’s a tad bit better (more action), it’s still weird. Dorothy isn’t in this book at all, but if you continue on to book 3, you’ll see how book 2 fits in to the series.
I actually gave this a 3.5 star. I really enjoyed it!
adventurous
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
I'm finding myself truly enamoured with the Oz series. What I like most about this book is the plethora of imaginative characters that Baum has created and the strange scrapes that they get themselves into. When I mention the series to anyone, it seems that the majority of people aren't even aware that there was a series and the others never got around to reading it or never saw it available in their childhood libraries. And it's a shame because it's ingeniously fantastic.
Some of the fun characters you'll meet along the way are Mombi the evil witch, Tip (the boy who was enslaved by Mombi), Jack Pumpkinhead (who Tip brings to life with the Powder of Life), the Sawhorse (also brought to life by Tip), the Highly Magnified and Thoroughly Educated Woggle-bug, and a flying double couch with a mounted head and palm leaf wings (also brought of life by Tip). Characters recurring from the first story are the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and Glinda the Good Witch. Dorothy, her dog Toto, and the Cowardly Lion are missing.
A great deal of the story is involved with Tip making and/or collecting friends. Additionally, a band of girls attack the Emerald City with knitting needles and dethrone the Scarecrow as king. Rather than the Scarecrow seeking to get the throne back, a search is then made for the rightful heir to the throne: the daughter of the king ousted by the Wizard of Oz. And her name is Ozma.
I'm not one of those people who fell in love with The Wizard of Oz as a child because it was a movie forbidden in our home, so my first true encounter with the story was as an adult. The whole 14-book series is available cheaply or free since it's in the public domain. My (nearly) 4-year-old daughter and I have been listening to the audiobooks and/or reading the stories at bedtime on Kindle. Both of us are excited about Book #3 of the series. She's been insisting on role-playing the characters from this book. I think she liked it more than the first book (as did I), but she missed Dorothy in this book (she comes back, shipwrecked, in Book #3, [b:Ozma of Oz|60177|Ozma of Oz (Oz, #3)|L. Frank Baum|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1170538598s/60177.jpg|891152]).
I'm looking forward to renting the movie version of this book. And I greatly recommend the series to lovers of the Wizard of Oz movie and/or first book of the series.
Some of the fun characters you'll meet along the way are Mombi the evil witch, Tip (the boy who was enslaved by Mombi), Jack Pumpkinhead (who Tip brings to life with the Powder of Life), the Sawhorse (also brought to life by Tip), the Highly Magnified and Thoroughly Educated Woggle-bug, and a flying double couch with a mounted head and palm leaf wings (also brought of life by Tip). Characters recurring from the first story are the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and Glinda the Good Witch. Dorothy, her dog Toto, and the Cowardly Lion are missing.
A great deal of the story is involved with Tip making and/or collecting friends. Additionally, a band of girls attack the Emerald City with knitting needles and dethrone the Scarecrow as king. Rather than the Scarecrow seeking to get the throne back, a search is then made for the rightful heir to the throne: the daughter of the king ousted by the Wizard of Oz. And her name is Ozma.
I'm not one of those people who fell in love with The Wizard of Oz as a child because it was a movie forbidden in our home, so my first true encounter with the story was as an adult. The whole 14-book series is available cheaply or free since it's in the public domain. My (nearly) 4-year-old daughter and I have been listening to the audiobooks and/or reading the stories at bedtime on Kindle. Both of us are excited about Book #3 of the series. She's been insisting on role-playing the characters from this book. I think she liked it more than the first book (as did I), but she missed Dorothy in this book (she comes back, shipwrecked, in Book #3, [b:Ozma of Oz|60177|Ozma of Oz (Oz, #3)|L. Frank Baum|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1170538598s/60177.jpg|891152]).
I'm looking forward to renting the movie version of this book. And I greatly recommend the series to lovers of the Wizard of Oz movie and/or first book of the series.
For all the charm the movie has, I'm finding difficulty enjoying the novels. Desperately in need of an editor, the characters, though many, are thin. Luckily the jokes have improved to puns.
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is the sequel to the Wizard Of Oz, a classic that involves a woman being transported to another land after being thrown far from her home with a cyclone. This book takes place with the characters that remained in Oz.
I liked the book okay. I mean it was cute. It was funny. It was as adventurous as Wizard Of Oz. I don't know. I just didn't really enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the first one. I am going to continue to read the rest of the series. I believe they are all stand alone stories. Just because I didn't really like this one as much as I liked Wizard Of Oz doesn't mean I won't like another one just as much if not more than it.
The narrator did a fantastic job on this piece. I love how she gave every single character their own personality. You could tell that she really enjoyed the story. Either that or she's a really good actress. I have to be honest, though. I would have preferred to have the same narrator across the board. It just gives more consistency. That is just my opinion.
I do fully recommend this little series, though. It's a classic. I loved it. I loved the movie as a kid before I knew it was a book. I do intend to get my hands on the rest of the series and read and listen to them as well. I'm ashamed that I never have before now.
I liked the book okay. I mean it was cute. It was funny. It was as adventurous as Wizard Of Oz. I don't know. I just didn't really enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the first one. I am going to continue to read the rest of the series. I believe they are all stand alone stories. Just because I didn't really like this one as much as I liked Wizard Of Oz doesn't mean I won't like another one just as much if not more than it.
The narrator did a fantastic job on this piece. I love how she gave every single character their own personality. You could tell that she really enjoyed the story. Either that or she's a really good actress. I have to be honest, though. I would have preferred to have the same narrator across the board. It just gives more consistency. That is just my opinion.
I do fully recommend this little series, though. It's a classic. I loved it. I loved the movie as a kid before I knew it was a book. I do intend to get my hands on the rest of the series and read and listen to them as well. I'm ashamed that I never have before now.
Spoiler
"At once the men of the Emerald City cast off their aprons. And it is said that the women were so tired eating of their husbands' cooking that they all hailed the conquest of Jinjur with Joy."Boooo!!!
Long live Queen Jinjur of OZ!!!