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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
Feminist uprisings and magical, transgender transformations. What's not to love?!
I think this is the most beautifully, delightfully weird book I think I’ve ever read.
I don’t understand why this book has never made it into the public consciousness.
I don’t understand why this book has never made it into the public consciousness.
This was weirder than I expected. Some characters were very Phantom Tollbooth-y. [b:The Phantom Tollbooth|378|The Phantom Tollbooth|Norton Juster|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320476717s/378.jpg|1782584]
This was interesting. I recognized some of the new characters from a second movie about Oz that I saw a long time ago. It was well written and I kind of liked it. Not sure how far I will go in the series though.
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
For my second reading of this book I decided to go with the audio version. Boy was that a mistake. This was quite possibly the worst narration I've ever listened to. Weird voice inflections that made no sense.
In this installment we meet Tip, H.M. Woggle-bug T.E, Jack Pumpkinhead, Mombi, the Saw Horse, and General JinJur.
I found that I enjoyed this book but not as much as when I was a child. Aside from a very loose quest, this book has a few uncomfortable aspects, namely JinJur and her army of knitting needle carrying girls. JinJur is vain and selfish and a very bad female stereotype. I squirmed just a bit when the female "army" was told several times to return to their mothers so that they could cook and clean.
I will forgive Baum, since it seems to be a product of the time it was written. After all we get several very strong female characters throughout his series with Dorothy, Ozma, and Glinda just to name a few.
Part of my 2015 Special 50 Book challenge- A Book More than a 100 years old
In this installment we meet Tip, H.M. Woggle-bug T.E, Jack Pumpkinhead, Mombi, the Saw Horse, and General JinJur.
I found that I enjoyed this book but not as much as when I was a child. Aside from a very loose quest, this book has a few uncomfortable aspects, namely JinJur and her army of knitting needle carrying girls. JinJur is vain and selfish and a very bad female stereotype. I squirmed just a bit when the female "army" was told several times to return to their mothers so that they could cook and clean.
I will forgive Baum, since it seems to be a product of the time it was written. After all we get several very strong female characters throughout his series with Dorothy, Ozma, and Glinda just to name a few.
Part of my 2015 Special 50 Book challenge- A Book More than a 100 years old
Tip is a young boy living in Oz, servant to a nasty witch. He fashions a pumpkin head that comes to life, and they travel to the Emerald City to meet the Scarecrow and Tin Man, falling into the middle of a revolution along the way.
I didn't really enjoy this book, maybe because I listened to it as an audiobook, and I didn't like the narrator. Usually I love the Oz books, but this one fell flat. The characters are so dry, the jokes aren't funny, and even the imaginative setting of Oz felt like a rehash of the same old things from every Oz book. Maybe it was the narrator. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for this book. Maybe because I've been reading the Oz books out of order, so I already knew some of the plot points. It's a good story, but I somehow couldn't enjoy reading it.
I didn't really enjoy this book, maybe because I listened to it as an audiobook, and I didn't like the narrator. Usually I love the Oz books, but this one fell flat. The characters are so dry, the jokes aren't funny, and even the imaginative setting of Oz felt like a rehash of the same old things from every Oz book. Maybe it was the narrator. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for this book. Maybe because I've been reading the Oz books out of order, so I already knew some of the plot points. It's a good story, but I somehow couldn't enjoy reading it.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced