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Dorothy Must Die
by Danielle Paige
Actual rating: 4.5/5
When I first began reading this, I was beyond excited! I adored The Wonderful Wizard of Oz when I was younger and seeing how I like retellings I knew I was bound to enjoy this. And I did. A lot.
At the beginning, I wasn't a huge fan, but once we entered Oz I was swept away.
What I LIKED:
•Oz...Oz was magical the first time I encountered it. This time it was dark and creepy. Very creepy. And I LOVED it!! Normally creepy things....well creep me out, but this kind of creepy was awesome.
•Characters: and when I say characters I mean Nox, Ollie, Pete, Jellia, and the Scarecrow among many others. The first four were fantastic...especially Nox. I really like Scarecrow because of his whole "inventing horrible and creepy things," thing that was going on. His experimentation was absolutely chilling. He's a character that truly scares me. That's a good thing right? In books it is.
•THE COVER...its one of the best.
•The elements from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This is an obvious one but there were soooo many more elements and references than I expected and I LOVED it.
•The Plot, and by that, I mean the last half because it was action-packed and chilling and wonderful! The middle was rather slow and the beginning not as I expected. But the ending made up for it completely.
•Amy's PINK HAIR. It's not everyday an assassin has pink hair. Just sayin.
My DISLIKES
These are minor but collectively, they knock off a star.
•Amy Gumm. Now I don't HATE her but I haven't fallen in love with her either. For the majority of the book, she was every bit like the typical ya female protagonist: stubborn, slightly stupid, quick-tempered, sarcastic, and in denial that she has any good qualities in terms of personallity and physicality.
Not that those type of characters are bad. I mean sarcasm and stubbornness is great, but I was just hoping for something else. Despite all of this, I was warming up to her once she started doing things.
•The writing: now this is just me being picky about comma placements, missing commas, sentence structure, choice of vocabulary, etc. but STILL. Danielle's writing isn't horrible by any means at all...but it certainly fell short of fantastic.
•The beginning. Yeeeeaaah I didn't really enjoy the whole thing with Amy and her school rival. I just wasn't feeling the magic right off the bat like I expected. I was appreciative that we did get backstory BUT her situation in life seemed soooo very cliche. I felt like I was watching every highschool drama ever. I just wasn't into it.
My overall thoughts? This book would make a GREAT movie so movie people please please please get on this. I enjoyed it for the most part even with some grievences. The ending was fanatastic and I can hardly wait to read the second book!
In conclusion, I would describe this book as kick-butt, awesome, action-packed, magical, whimsical, and creepy as heck. Creepy in a marvalous way.
When I first began reading this, I was beyond excited! I adored The Wonderful Wizard of Oz when I was younger and seeing how I like retellings I knew I was bound to enjoy this. And I did. A lot.
At the beginning, I wasn't a huge fan, but once we entered Oz I was swept away.
What I LIKED:
•Oz...Oz was magical the first time I encountered it. This time it was dark and creepy. Very creepy. And I LOVED it!! Normally creepy things....well creep me out, but this kind of creepy was awesome.
•Characters: and when I say characters I mean Nox, Ollie, Pete, Jellia, and the Scarecrow among many others. The first four were fantastic...especially Nox. I really like Scarecrow because of his whole "inventing horrible and creepy things," thing that was going on. His experimentation was absolutely chilling. He's a character that truly scares me. That's a good thing right? In books it is.
•THE COVER...its one of the best.
•The elements from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This is an obvious one but there were soooo many more elements and references than I expected and I LOVED it.
•The Plot, and by that, I mean the last half because it was action-packed and chilling and wonderful! The middle was rather slow and the beginning not as I expected. But the ending made up for it completely.
•Amy's PINK HAIR. It's not everyday an assassin has pink hair. Just sayin.
My DISLIKES
These are minor but collectively, they knock off a star.
•Amy Gumm. Now I don't HATE her but I haven't fallen in love with her either. For the majority of the book, she was every bit like the typical ya female protagonist: stubborn, slightly stupid, quick-tempered, sarcastic, and in denial that she has any good qualities in terms of personallity and physicality.
Not that those type of characters are bad. I mean sarcasm and stubbornness is great, but I was just hoping for something else. Despite all of this, I was warming up to her once she started doing things.
•The writing: now this is just me being picky about comma placements, missing commas, sentence structure, choice of vocabulary, etc. but STILL. Danielle's writing isn't horrible by any means at all...but it certainly fell short of fantastic.
•The beginning. Yeeeeaaah I didn't really enjoy the whole thing with Amy and her school rival. I just wasn't feeling the magic right off the bat like I expected. I was appreciative that we did get backstory BUT her situation in life seemed soooo very cliche. I felt like I was watching every highschool drama ever. I just wasn't into it.
My overall thoughts? This book would make a GREAT movie so movie people please please please get on this. I enjoyed it for the most part even with some grievences. The ending was fanatastic and I can hardly wait to read the second book!
In conclusion, I would describe this book as kick-butt, awesome, action-packed, magical, whimsical, and creepy as heck. Creepy in a marvalous way.