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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Another wondrous Oz adventure. Baum brings back old characters in a most satisfying way and in a way that children delight in. He truly wrote to make the children happy.
I'm beginning to think I should give up on the series, because I like them less and less each time.
(Pluspunt)
'The Road to Oz' is een kinderboek en ondanks dat ik nu volwassen ben, vind ik L. Frank Baums boeken erg amusant.
(Minpunt)
In vergelijking met de andere boeken vind ik dit boek minder leuk, omdat ik de "pay off" ook wel de climax (dat is Ozma's verjaardagsfeest) minder spannend vond dan de climax in de andere boeken. Vandaar dat ik dit boek 3 sterren geef.
'The Road to Oz' is een kinderboek en ondanks dat ik nu volwassen ben, vind ik L. Frank Baums boeken erg amusant.
(Minpunt)
In vergelijking met de andere boeken vind ik dit boek minder leuk, omdat ik de "pay off" ook wel de climax (dat is Ozma's verjaardagsfeest) minder spannend vond dan de climax in de andere boeken. Vandaar dat ik dit boek 3 sterren geef.
I find these Oz books by Oz creator L. Frank Baum to be charming and cozy. The Road to Oz is a journey story which starts out with Dorothy lost in Kansas. The roads seem scrambled so she is unable to get home. She meets the Shaggy Man with his "love magnet," as well as several other new eccentric characters. As the travel, they discover they have entered fairyland and seem to be heading in the direction of Oz on foot. There is light danger along the way, but no main villain or conflict. The worst thing that happens to anybody is a temporary head transformation, one character gets a donkey head, another gets a fox head. The Scoodlers who remove their own heads and throw them to attack were a bit threatening, but easily defeated. Once the travelers arrive in Oz, the story devolves into a trotting out of familiar characters (Tin Man, Scarecrow, Ozma) and a few new introductions. Basically Ozma's birthday celebration takes up the final few chapters. The only thing I really enjoyed in that last segment was Santa Clause showing up for the festivities. Really!
These get very, very annoying as the series gets past Book 3 or 4
This is a perfect place to leave the series. Ozma’s birthday party brought back just about every character from the previous books. I may pick up the series again at some point to see if there are any other good entries among the fourteen books but at this point they’re becoming a bit tedious and repetitive.
Ranked from favorite to least up to this point in the series:
1. Ozma of Oz
2. Land of Oz
3. Wizard of Oz
4. Road to Oz*
5. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
*I almost rated Road lower than Dorothy and the Wizard because Button Bright was exceedingly annoying and the Shaggy Man was giving me creepy vibes, but I liked the birthday party stuff in the second half of book five better than anything in book 4.
Ranked from favorite to least up to this point in the series:
1. Ozma of Oz
2. Land of Oz
3. Wizard of Oz
4. Road to Oz*
5. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
*I almost rated Road lower than Dorothy and the Wizard because Button Bright was exceedingly annoying and the Shaggy Man was giving me creepy vibes, but I liked the birthday party stuff in the second half of book five better than anything in book 4.
More of the same. A story with no real beginning or ending or plot. Just walking from one side of a map-less world to another, meeting strange beings and lands and travelling on. Sure the ideas are interesting but they don't go anywhere. And the characters have no substance.
Light and fun
A very light read but features all the fun and whimsy of the Land of Oz. It’s wonderful to meet many new fun characters from other lands while also getting a role call of all the characters we live so dearly!!
A very light read but features all the fun and whimsy of the Land of Oz. It’s wonderful to meet many new fun characters from other lands while also getting a role call of all the characters we live so dearly!!
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A