managedbybooks's review
the writing in this one was super hard to read honestly. i wanted to like it so much, but i couldnt get past the bad writing.
see_sadie_read's review
4.0
3.5
First off, that cover is just awesome pretty. Half Peruvian, angry 'Dorothy' is fearsome and I love her.
Secondly, I appreciate the diversity in the few non-Oz characters available to the author. (The Oz characters are, you know, a scarecrow, a tin man, a lion, a dog, some witches, flying monkeys, munchkins, etc. So, you know, Youngmark was maybe a little tied down with them.)
Thirdly, this book is funny. Utterly ridiculous, of course, but purposefully so. It's completely hammed up. I had a ball with it.
Having said all that, I am glad it isn't any longer than it is. Because for all its humor, it is still the story of Dorothy in Oz, a completely known and predictable plot. It is at the end of the day a one trick pony and if it had been much longer the schtick wouldn't have been enough to carry it and I'd have lost interest. As it is, it ended in time and I enjoyed it quite a lot.
First off, that cover is just awesome pretty. Half Peruvian, angry 'Dorothy' is fearsome and I love her.
Secondly, I appreciate the diversity in the few non-Oz characters available to the author. (The Oz characters are, you know, a scarecrow, a tin man, a lion, a dog, some witches, flying monkeys, munchkins, etc. So, you know, Youngmark was maybe a little tied down with them.)
Thirdly, this book is funny. Utterly ridiculous, of course, but purposefully so. It's completely hammed up. I had a ball with it.
Having said all that, I am glad it isn't any longer than it is. Because for all its humor, it is still the story of Dorothy in Oz, a completely known and predictable plot. It is at the end of the day a one trick pony and if it had been much longer the schtick wouldn't have been enough to carry it and I'd have lost interest. As it is, it ended in time and I enjoyed it quite a lot.
carolined314's review
5.0
A new take on the Wizard of Oz, with a foul-mouthed, hilarious main character. Her voice carries you through with joy and cynicism. I dare you not to have fun with this one.
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