Reviews - The Wizard of Oz

6.06k reviews for:

The Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum

3.84 AVERAGE

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

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.

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.