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A review by calbowen
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
4.0
My New Years resolution is to read the entire OZ series of books.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an enjoyable read, even though the book is 119 years old and the film that is based on it reaches 80 this year. The two are similar and different all at the same time. This reads like a children's book, and has simple text that all children would enjoy. There is some violence, but no more than what is on television today for children, and nothing graphic. Heads are chopped off of wolves and there are scarier scenes involving spiders, which are nice characters, and winger monkeys, which are servants of a magical hat.
The story is different enough that even having seen the film at least 50 times, this book had me guessing what would happen next, because things do not happen the same way nor in the same order. Eventually, I feel like someone would make the book into a closer to the tale movie, and I would love for someone to do this without having the money heads in Hollywood trying to make the story into something it is not.
On towards book 2, the Marvelous Wizard of Oz.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an enjoyable read, even though the book is 119 years old and the film that is based on it reaches 80 this year. The two are similar and different all at the same time. This reads like a children's book, and has simple text that all children would enjoy. There is some violence, but no more than what is on television today for children, and nothing graphic. Heads are chopped off of wolves and there are scarier scenes involving spiders, which are nice characters, and winger monkeys, which are servants of a magical hat.
The story is different enough that even having seen the film at least 50 times, this book had me guessing what would happen next, because things do not happen the same way nor in the same order. Eventually, I feel like someone would make the book into a closer to the tale movie, and I would love for someone to do this without having the money heads in Hollywood trying to make the story into something it is not.
On towards book 2, the Marvelous Wizard of Oz.