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just_fighting_censorship 's review for:
The Marvelous Land of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
For my second reading of this book I decided to go with the audio version. Boy was that a mistake. This was quite possibly the worst narration I've ever listened to. Weird voice inflections that made no sense.
In this installment we meet Tip, H.M. Woggle-bug T.E, Jack Pumpkinhead, Mombi, the Saw Horse, and General JinJur.
I found that I enjoyed this book but not as much as when I was a child. Aside from a very loose quest, this book has a few uncomfortable aspects, namely JinJur and her army of knitting needle carrying girls. JinJur is vain and selfish and a very bad female stereotype. I squirmed just a bit when the female "army" was told several times to return to their mothers so that they could cook and clean.
I will forgive Baum, since it seems to be a product of the time it was written. After all we get several very strong female characters throughout his series with Dorothy, Ozma, and Glinda just to name a few.
Part of my 2015 Special 50 Book challenge- A Book More than a 100 years old
In this installment we meet Tip, H.M. Woggle-bug T.E, Jack Pumpkinhead, Mombi, the Saw Horse, and General JinJur.
I found that I enjoyed this book but not as much as when I was a child. Aside from a very loose quest, this book has a few uncomfortable aspects, namely JinJur and her army of knitting needle carrying girls. JinJur is vain and selfish and a very bad female stereotype. I squirmed just a bit when the female "army" was told several times to return to their mothers so that they could cook and clean.
I will forgive Baum, since it seems to be a product of the time it was written. After all we get several very strong female characters throughout his series with Dorothy, Ozma, and Glinda just to name a few.
Part of my 2015 Special 50 Book challenge- A Book More than a 100 years old