The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz: Wonderful Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum

3.84 AVERAGE

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fictional_arsonist's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous lighthearted relaxing 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

spiderharms's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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: No
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thepumpkineater's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes

monwins's review against another edition

4.0
Not was I was expecting when compared to the film, but enjoyable none the less.

prmckinley's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
I enjoyed Baum’s fuller vision of the story of Dorothy and her adventures in Oz. As you can imagine, it’s very different from the MGM film, starting with the fact that Oz is not a dream but real.

zimm1349's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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fabgelous's review against another edition

5.0
Wizard of Oz has been my favourite book as a child.

Re-read it but with this edition before watching Wicked.

madderhatter5304's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Super cute! I've always loved the movie so it was super fun to read the original source material. Some of the parts were weirdly dark, but it also was quite funny too.
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bookish_ghost_girl's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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: No
It's been a long time since I'd read this book so I decided to give the audiobook a listen. I also forgot how very different the book is from the movie, which I knew would be the case. I did laugh at the fact that Dorothy called Toto a meat dog and how they were talking about heart disease. It also made me chuckle when the narrator made the cowardly lion sound like he was going to cry every time he talked.

lena_swz's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous 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