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Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

13 reviews

annagrace43's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Pregnancy

goldenslug's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty

blombern's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body horror

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Torture, and Addiction

lilyabc121's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I highly recommend this book to me this is one of the best books I have ever read , how it was written was amazing the plot shocking but also steady. It was funny yet so mature. The romantic relationship was slow but made you anticipate it more with each book. I wish I could read it for the first time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

I would rate a 12 if you are mature. It has some sexual content not sex or anything just overall and it is very bloody and gory

maddsienicole's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The entire book is a set-up for a “big reveal” you know about all along…. Because it’s listed on the back cover. Some YA books can hold an adult audience… I’m not sure this is one of them. What differentiates it from other Oz retellings is the sheer amount of gore and horror. Don’t read if you can’t stomach graphic violence. The forced “enemies to lovers” romance trope is slapdash and unnecessary, and the constant repetition of “don’t trust anyone” is tiresome and makes it difficult to commit to any of the characters. I’ll read the next book, solely because it seems to center the hero’s journey this book only unfairly teases. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

ly6's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, War, Blood, Gore, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Abandonment

scottyreadsstuff's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I think if I read Dorothy Must Die in middle school, I would’ve enjoyed it more than I did as an adult. The concept of Dorothy Gale being a tyrannical dictator is rather interesting, but I didn’t care for the world-building and “new” systems in Oz. Nevertheless, the plot was gripping enough and during the middle and end I was invested in the action. 

I might continue on with the series, but I haven’t officially decided yet.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Body horror

ka_ke's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

If you love twisted fairytales this one’s for you. I enjoyed the idea of this book even if the writing was basic. I understood who Amy’s character was supposed to be, and enjoyed the fact that she didn’t immediately gain an obsessive love interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Animal cruelty, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation

Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy

abeeg05's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

sweetmusic22's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Dorothy Must Die is a uniquely dark take on The Wizard of Oz.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism