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A review by arthuriana
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
4.0
Wonderfully outlandish and childishly brilliant, this is clearly a novel for the younger readers. It's charming and imparts a good message on its readers: two necessary aspect for a children's book. In those two, this book has delivered rather well.
So why not five stars? Well, it's almost as if it's too outlandish most of the times. This is a problem shared by Alice in Wonderland. Sometimes I just feel as if the authors of these kinds of books got high and wrote down what they saw afterwards. Some might say that they're obviously using metaphor in order to impart messages on adult readers that would otherwise be lost to children, but I feel as if the message was just lost in the lands of outrageous situations.
Still, that really doesn't detract much from the reading experience. After all, this is a children's book and it should be read as such, but be warned: don't question anything while reading. Doubtless, things will get weirder afterwards. Just read and don't question anything--this seems like a good plan as any.
So why not five stars? Well, it's almost as if it's too outlandish most of the times. This is a problem shared by Alice in Wonderland. Sometimes I just feel as if the authors of these kinds of books got high and wrote down what they saw afterwards. Some might say that they're obviously using metaphor in order to impart messages on adult readers that would otherwise be lost to children, but I feel as if the message was just lost in the lands of outrageous situations.
Still, that really doesn't detract much from the reading experience. After all, this is a children's book and it should be read as such, but be warned: don't question anything while reading. Doubtless, things will get weirder afterwards. Just read and don't question anything--this seems like a good plan as any.