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A review by lillanaa
Oz, the Complete Collection, Volume 1: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz/The Marvelous Land of Oz/Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
5.0
Same deal as most of my other reviews, three books three reviews in one!
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
This one's a classic for a reason, and it holds up to this day. The characters are so endearing, and it sends on such a good and positive note. This got me wanting to reread one of my favourite comics, and I'm so glad to have it in my collection! I love it so much, I know there's not much for me to say here but it's one of those ones that just makes my heart happy. The conflicts are there, but they're at the level of accomplishable with the tools at hand so nothing feels like a drawn out struggle, thankfully. Just an all around good book.
The Marvelous Land of Oz
This book follows the other one perfectly, giving backstory and context, and actual worldbuilding that I wasn't expecting. Tip makes for an interesting protagonist, and the cast of characters in this book almost rivals the first for how interesting it is. This is a direct leadup to the third, and made me genuine excited to read it, I never expected there to be this much here and there to be so many interesting parts to the world, but here we are. I've been endeared to this as a series, now, and I'm excited to see where it ends up.
Ozma of Oz
I'm not sure that this is my favourite in the series so far, but it was fun and cute! Bringing back the characters from both previous books, and adding a few new ones, this definitely feels like more of a succinct "adventure" than the others. There isn't really anything new being done, but that's not a bad thing, we're just getting another fun time. This definitely also felt much shorter than the others, but I won't say that's a bad thing either. Nothing felt like it was dragging, and it was a natural progression from the first two. Cute, fun, and one that actually felt like it had stakes here and there.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
This one's a classic for a reason, and it holds up to this day. The characters are so endearing, and it sends on such a good and positive note. This got me wanting to reread one of my favourite comics, and I'm so glad to have it in my collection! I love it so much, I know there's not much for me to say here but it's one of those ones that just makes my heart happy. The conflicts are there, but they're at the level of accomplishable with the tools at hand so nothing feels like a drawn out struggle, thankfully. Just an all around good book.
The Marvelous Land of Oz
This book follows the other one perfectly, giving backstory and context, and actual worldbuilding that I wasn't expecting. Tip makes for an interesting protagonist, and the cast of characters in this book almost rivals the first for how interesting it is. This is a direct leadup to the third, and made me genuine excited to read it, I never expected there to be this much here and there to be so many interesting parts to the world, but here we are. I've been endeared to this as a series, now, and I'm excited to see where it ends up.
Ozma of Oz
I'm not sure that this is my favourite in the series so far, but it was fun and cute! Bringing back the characters from both previous books, and adding a few new ones, this definitely feels like more of a succinct "adventure" than the others. There isn't really anything new being done, but that's not a bad thing, we're just getting another fun time. This definitely also felt much shorter than the others, but I won't say that's a bad thing either. Nothing felt like it was dragging, and it was a natural progression from the first two. Cute, fun, and one that actually felt like it had stakes here and there.