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hitbooksnotgirlz's review against another edition
3.0
Didn’t love this one. The first story was pretty boring. The second was good: I had been hoping to hear from Polychrome at some point. The third story came in 3 separate parts: Only the last two were of any interest at all, as they were told from Pete’s point of view.
greatolcatsby's review against another edition
3.0
Order of the Wicked 2/5
Dark Side of the Rainbow 3.5/5
The Queen of Oz 3/5
Dark Side of the Rainbow 3.5/5
The Queen of Oz 3/5
celsius273's review against another edition
3.0
The latest installment in the Dorothy Must Die prequel novellas, this third collection tells the tale of Lanadel and how she came to be part of an integral part of the order, Polychrome and her interactions with Dorothy, and Mombi and her story and Pete's became inextricably combined. I think my favorite has to be Lanadel's, but on the whole these were all enjoyable and a really nice fleshing out of the world that Paige has built through all the books and all the novellas.
Again, the first story is of Lanadel and her training with the order and all the things she discovers. However it's not just about her learning to use weapons and magic, what was nice about this story was the way that through her eyes - that of someone living outside of the Emerald City - how Dorothy's actions are impacting all of Oz. Things that happen in this story are alluded to in the main series and in that way, I think this story did what a novella should do - elaborate on a small part of the main series that seems interesting. We get insight into many members of the order - Knox, the witches, the various warriors - especially the way they act and react to each other and just the general dynamic of the order when it's in it's fledgling stages. Perhaps it's not the most happy story, but nonetheless I really enjoyed it.
The second story was about Polychrome and what led her to move Rainbow Falls into the clouds. Essentially, Dorothy breezes in with a nice girl act and Polychrome initially falls for it but eventually shit goes down and the eventual result is the hiding away of Rainbow Falls. We get fun glimpses of Heathcliff and a strange introduction to Bright and while the story overall felt a bit simple and unorganized, it ended up being enjoyable in the end.
The last story was perhaps the most interesting Mombi perhaps was a character that we barely got to learn about in the main series. We learn about how she wants badly to be a witch and how on that quest, she gets tasked with taking care of a boy named Pete. I guess this story is as much about Pete as it is about Mombi and in that vein he gets a chapter of narration where we get to see his oppressive life under Mombi and what he does to live his own life. This was a better novella than Polychrome's but I didn't feel the same connection as I did with Lanadel's, but by no means was it bad.
Really, all of these novellas are nice because they give the little glimpses into the original series that I like yet they are also their own story - kind of like how there were many Oz books beyond Dorothy's original visit. I don't know if there will be more, I'm not exactly sure where the author can pull more stories out, but if there will be, I'm sure you will find me reading them.
Again, the first story is of Lanadel and her training with the order and all the things she discovers. However it's not just about her learning to use weapons and magic, what was nice about this story was the way that through her eyes - that of someone living outside of the Emerald City - how Dorothy's actions are impacting all of Oz. Things that happen in this story are alluded to in the main series and in that way, I think this story did what a novella should do - elaborate on a small part of the main series that seems interesting. We get insight into many members of the order - Knox, the witches, the various warriors - especially the way they act and react to each other and just the general dynamic of the order when it's in it's fledgling stages. Perhaps it's not the most happy story, but nonetheless I really enjoyed it.
The second story was about Polychrome and what led her to move Rainbow Falls into the clouds. Essentially, Dorothy breezes in with a nice girl act and Polychrome initially falls for it but eventually shit goes down and the eventual result is the hiding away of Rainbow Falls. We get fun glimpses of Heathcliff
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and a surprising reveal that he actually has powersThe last story was perhaps the most interesting Mombi perhaps was a character that we barely got to learn about in the main series. We learn about how she wants badly to be a witch and how on that quest, she gets tasked with
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housing OzmaReally, all of these novellas are nice because they give the little glimpses into the original series that I like yet they are also their own story - kind of like how there were many Oz books beyond Dorothy's original visit. I don't know if there will be more, I'm not exactly sure where the author can pull more stories out, but if there will be, I'm sure you will find me reading them.
saffigon's review against another edition
3.0
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!
Cursing is heavy in this review.
This bind-up isn't bad. It is the second best.
Order of the Wicked:
This follows Lanadel. That's both good and bad. Lanadel goes through the same training Amy did. It's the same damn thing. The only difference is that she isn't the chosen one. There's just a lot of fucking drama. I didn't like dealing with the drama. But we got to see more on a character we didn't know a lot about. That's all I got for this novella. I didn't love it. I didn't hate it.
Dark Side of the Rainbow:
I liked seeing Polychrome in her home environment. The relationship between Bright and Poly develops in this novella. I love those two together. Then, Dorothy comes in and does some shit. She's annoying, she's bratty, she's bitchy. Overall, she's a nuisance. She ruins some shit for Poly, and that's it. I really liked this novella. It sounds bad, but I make it sound worse than it really is.
The Queen of Oz:
This story is okay. We get to see how Pete becomes Ozma and how Pete became gay. That's it. That's the story. Again, I make it sound worse than it really is. It was a decent novella. It wasn't horrible and was actually quite interesting and answered a bunch of questions.
Cursing is heavy in this review.
This bind-up isn't bad. It is the second best.
Order of the Wicked:
This follows Lanadel. That's both good and bad. Lanadel goes through the same training Amy did. It's the same damn thing. The only difference is that she isn't the chosen one. There's just a lot of fucking drama. I didn't like dealing with the drama. But we got to see more on a character we didn't know a lot about. That's all I got for this novella. I didn't love it. I didn't hate it.
Dark Side of the Rainbow:
I liked seeing Polychrome in her home environment. The relationship between Bright and Poly develops in this novella. I love those two together. Then, Dorothy comes in and does some shit. She's annoying, she's bratty, she's bitchy. Overall, she's a nuisance. She ruins some shit for Poly, and that's it. I really liked this novella. It sounds bad, but I make it sound worse than it really is.
The Queen of Oz:
This story is okay. We get to see how Pete becomes Ozma and how Pete became gay. That's it. That's the story. Again, I make it sound worse than it really is. It was a decent novella. It wasn't horrible and was actually quite interesting and answered a bunch of questions.