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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not sure the obsession with going back to Kansas. Toto needs serious training. My fave is the Lion, he’s a diva.
adventurous
mysterious
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
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I always thought I'd read this before, but I guess not. I have of course seen the classic movie many times (my sister watched it something like twice a day for several months while growing up), but it was interesting to see which aspects came directly from the book and which were altered or not included. I'm not sure if I would want to read this to my kids, as some parts were quite complex and involved and others could potentially be scary. It's funny to me that Baum says in his introduction that he wanted to write a fairy tale that wasn't as dark as those of Grimm and Anderson, and while that's certainly the case, this book has some parts that you would never see in today's children's books (such as the Scarecrow essentially getting dismembered). As far as classics go, this is a enjoyable story, but it's not a children's book I'm eager to share or re-read.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
First time reading the classic. The Wicked movie came out and a friend gave me that book; I wanted to get a taste for the original world first. I have a digital collection of the ~14(?) books by LFB, will probably read a couple more and then watch Wicked, then read it.
This was a cute kids' book and I can see why it is a classic. So many lessons: the characters with a perceived deficiency variously 1) worked extra hard to make up for it, effectively removing the deficiency and even being better than people without the deficiency, 2) blamed the loss for everything and viewed it as the single reason they weren't successful at everything, 3) only needed a small tangible token to go right back to the same actions but feeling better about it. Widely relatable, I imagine.
I didn't quite understand why Dorothy was so eager to go home - the vague sentiment was never convincing. I love the green glasses (and figured them out immediately), but would hate to see the grime on them from being worn 24/7/365. There were definitely enough interesting worlds or settings to supply many books and I'm looking forward to a couple more. The Hummel figurines town was hilarious.
This was a cute kids' book and I can see why it is a classic. So many lessons: the characters with a perceived deficiency variously 1) worked extra hard to make up for it, effectively removing the deficiency and even being better than people without the deficiency, 2) blamed the loss for everything and viewed it as the single reason they weren't successful at everything, 3) only needed a small tangible token to go right back to the same actions but feeling better about it. Widely relatable, I imagine.
I didn't quite understand why Dorothy was so eager to go home - the vague sentiment was never convincing. I love the green glasses (and figured them out immediately), but would hate to see the grime on them from being worn 24/7/365. There were definitely enough interesting worlds or settings to supply many books and I'm looking forward to a couple more. The Hummel figurines town was hilarious.
APUSH primed me to think this was going to be an incisive satire of late 19th century politics. If it was written as such, it must be much<\b> more subtle than I’m able to recognize. Reads much more like a folktale than it does Candide.
I knew this was gonna be a fever dream and that was definitely a correct memory— pretty sure I read many of the sequels too as a child and they’re even odder