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3.6 AVERAGE
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It's sexist to be sure, and I don't like the way everyone treats Jack Pumpkinhead. He's actually a very Zen-like character they should listen to. But the land of Oz is fantastical and Baum writes beautifully and with wit. I think these books really stoked my imagination as a child and I enjoyed them as an adult!
adventurous
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:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
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:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.25⭐️ This book was surprisingly female empowering for its time. L Frank Baum was good at creating a story aimed toward his female audience members. Even though a lot of the ideas for women and girls are dated, the spirit is still there. I found Jack Pumpkinhead super endearing, that poor anxious dimwitted little bean.
Aside from the dated portrayal of women, there were a few issues with continuity that I had but aside from that I thought this was witty and snarky and a little sassy.
And its pretty dope that we got a trans character. A transgender person in a 1904 book was not on my literary bingo card but alas, here we are. This book has decidedly more action in it than The Wizard Of Oz and that assisted in a good time.
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
adventurous
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Remembering that this is a book Of It’s Time that I haven’t read since I was a child, I did enjoy it again. It is Odd but that has always been inherant to the land of Oz and it was good to meet Ozma, who is Tip for most of this book and her life. The implication is that being transformed back into the girl she was a birth hasn’t changed more than her outward appearance is I think fine but something that would need more careful scrutiny when writing it nowadays. I didn’t know that she’d spent her whole life as Tip. To me I remember it being a much shorter enchantment but that’s memory for you. I’ll see how it goes in the later books but maybe Ozma/Tip is more gender fluid? I’m sure mr Baum didn’t think about it at all.
Kind of all over the place, however, it was a fun read and the ending is a bit unexpectedly after all of the weird stuff that happens to the party on their journey through Oz!
The story seemed more thrown together than the first book, but still entertaining.
I don't know what to say i know this world has inspired movies, theater, songs and much much more. I can also see as a young child i may have enjoyed it a lot more, and to have this kind of imagination when the book was published was incredible.
But....
The book felt like a trip, I felt i had fallen into someones head who had to many special cigarettes, or biscuits, i jumped from one place to another with flowers turning to women, Woggle bugs (im still not sure what this is) boys turning to girls......
I did love how characters had thoughts and came to conclusions... that makes the book unique... But the world a bit to dizzy for me.
But....
The book felt like a trip, I felt i had fallen into someones head who had to many special cigarettes, or biscuits, i jumped from one place to another with flowers turning to women, Woggle bugs (im still not sure what this is) boys turning to girls......
I did love how characters had thoughts and came to conclusions... that makes the book unique... But the world a bit to dizzy for me.