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mackle13's review
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2.5
This was a cute story, overall, in the general vein of stories like Inkspell and the Jasper Fforde books, where people in books 'live out' their stories, mostly unawares, unless someone, or something, changes that awareness.
The Librarian is the guardian of the stories and is thus tasked with trying to fix them when things go awry.
And go awry they do when Wesley and Taylor end up in Oz and change the story.
I got this as a two book set because Amazon was having a special. I'm glad I got the set because I think I would've been disappointed if I'd just gotten Book One. I mean, Book One basically felt like set-up, and it wasn't until I was into Book Two that I'd actually realized Book One had even ended (me being the story to miss the convenient End of Part One notice...)
Book Two is much more eventful and interesting, by far, though I can't say it left much of an impression other than I did enjoy it - I liked how Oz was clearly based on the books and not the movies - I'll probably read the next when it comes out, but it's not high on my priority list, either.
This was a cute story, overall, in the general vein of stories like Inkspell and the Jasper Fforde books, where people in books 'live out' their stories, mostly unawares, unless someone, or something, changes that awareness.
The Librarian is the guardian of the stories and is thus tasked with trying to fix them when things go awry.
And go awry they do when Wesley and Taylor end up in Oz and change the story.
I got this as a two book set because Amazon was having a special. I'm glad I got the set because I think I would've been disappointed if I'd just gotten Book One. I mean, Book One basically felt like set-up, and it wasn't until I was into Book Two that I'd actually realized Book One had even ended (me being the story to miss the convenient End of Part One notice...)
Book Two is much more eventful and interesting, by far, though I can't say it left much of an impression other than I did enjoy it - I liked how Oz was clearly based on the books and not the movies - I'll probably read the next when it comes out, but it's not high on my priority list, either.
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