Reviews - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum

3.84 AVERAGE

heco1206's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

soph22's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny hopeful 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: Yes

This book does read pretty young (which I expected, it’s a children’s book), but I wasn’t expecting how murderous this book is. Lots of head-chopping, lots of animal death, which to be honest, kids will probably love. I think if I’d come to the story knowing nothing, I’d probably have got more from it if I wasn’t so familiar with the story from the film and other media. Still a fun book, but not my favourite.

Content Warnings

rarrrity's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

For a children’s book this was a bit darker in places than I had perhaps realised - a lot more chopping the heads off things and people than in my fave, the film version 😂 but a cute little story with a good message at its heart.