bookedeveryweekend 's review for:

After Oz by Gordon McAlpine

3.0

mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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it's rare i manage to guess how a whodunnit is going to end, but i did it this time. it's a pretty decent book, as far as a murder mystery goes, and i think it's a rather fun way to try to retell "the wizard of oz." but ultimately, all i can say is that this book is fine. the writing style is very straightforward, but the story is a bit predictable and not one i would find myself returning to or thinking about beyond this review.

i did appreciate the somewhat unconventional ending. it's satisfactory, if a little unhappy, but how he's built up the town of sun bonnet, i would have been surprised by anything more.