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ladybouse's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Welp, the Nome King is back....that's something...
Spoilers beyond this point 👉
Was it really necessary to defeat him with the exact same method again? I wish I didn't feel so fed up by the end of these...
More than anything I was just glad to see Bungle, the glass cat restored to her glorious self rather than remain altered by the Wizard.
Quotable Quotations 🗣 📢
"There's lots o' things folks don't 'preciate," replied the sailor-man. "If somethin' would 'most stop your breath, you'd think breathin' easy was the finest thing in life."
"Why, I'm not afraid to go anywhere, if the Cowardly Lion is with me," she said. "I know him pretty well, and so I can trust him. He's always afraid, when we get into trouble, and that's why he's cowardly; but he's a terrible fighter, and that's why he isn't a coward. He doesn't like to fight, you know, but when he HAS to, there isn't any beast living that can conquer him."
"I've never been 'specially proud of myself, but I'd rather be the way I was born than anything else in the whole world."
"Aren't you good for ANYthing?" asked Trot. "Yes, I'm pretty to look at, and that's more than can be said of you," retorted the creature.
Spoilers beyond this point 👉
Was it really necessary to defeat him with the exact same method again? I wish I didn't feel so fed up by the end of these...
More than anything I was just glad to see Bungle, the glass cat restored to her glorious self rather than remain altered by the Wizard.
Quotable Quotations 🗣 📢
"There's lots o' things folks don't 'preciate," replied the sailor-man. "If somethin' would 'most stop your breath, you'd think breathin' easy was the finest thing in life."
"Why, I'm not afraid to go anywhere, if the Cowardly Lion is with me," she said. "I know him pretty well, and so I can trust him. He's always afraid, when we get into trouble, and that's why he's cowardly; but he's a terrible fighter, and that's why he isn't a coward. He doesn't like to fight, you know, but when he HAS to, there isn't any beast living that can conquer him."
"I've never been 'specially proud of myself, but I'd rather be the way I was born than anything else in the whole world."
"Aren't you good for ANYthing?" asked Trot. "Yes, I'm pretty to look at, and that's more than can be said of you," retorted the creature.
lisafweeks's review against another edition
4.0
It was pure pleasure to return to the world of Oz and recall characters like The Glass Cat and the Gnome King.
froxis's review against another edition
4.0
What do you get the girl who has everything? Well this wonderful addition to the Oz series...
moon110581's review against another edition
4.0
I kind of liked this one. Instead of one long rambling nightmare of an adventure, there's a few smaller ones with interesting characters and interesting story line. While there was a banquet at the end, it was Ozma's birthday party and he breezed over it pretty quick.
pussreboots's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
lory_enterenchanted's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
2.5
A middling Oz book that has a few striking images but also a lot of repetition of motifs from earlier books.
alexcohrs777's review against another edition
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
reecedarlene's review against another edition
4.0
I appreciated that this book had multiple story lines so as to keep the plot from getting dry. However, there seemed to be some continuity errors. In a previous book, I thought someone had taken away the Glass Cat's vanity so that she stopped repeatedly saying "I've got pink brains and you can seem 'em work!" - yet in this book that phrase is said often. Also, near the end, Professor H.M. Wogglebug, T.E. is talking about his invention of the Square-Meal Tablets as if this is the first time we've heard of them, which it's not. Also I felt like Ruggedo and Kiki were very easily conquered even though they were the main antagonist of the story.
jenmcgee's review against another edition
3.0
It feels rather silly to review Oz books--they're mostly just fluff, after all. That said, this one isn't one of my favorites, maybe because the new character introduced, Kiki Aru, is a boy. Baum's boy characters are uniformly either dull or sullen, with the exception of one who's actually a girl in disguise), so following him from one disastrous mistake to another becomes annoying, and it's a relief when he's turned into a hazelnut about 75% of the way through and pretty much forgotten until the end of the book (no kidding!)
lexxluthor's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5