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_lilbey_'s review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
topdragon's review
4.0
I'm nearing the end of the original Oz series by L. Frank Baum now and I was glad to see that he returned to a a story from the very first book in order to fill in a missing piece of the puzzle. We know from way back at the beginning that Nick Chopper, aka the Tin Woodman, was to marry his munchkin girlfriend before being turned from a "meat" body into his nice shiny tin body. But whatever happened to that girl?
This novel covers the adventurous journey to determine her fate. As usual, we follow a group of key characters from the Land of Oz as they make the journey and this time it is the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and a new character named Woot the Wanderer. Along the way we get treated to a repeat appearance from Polychrome and some cameos by Dorothy and Toto as well. This is basically a series of adventure vignettes, almost like short stories strung together to tell the larger tale.
The novel also serves to flesh out some of the back story of Oz itself and how it came to be. Oz was not always a fairyland you see. This novel was originally published during World War I and it reversed a downward trend in sales of Oz books at the time. I can see why. I enjoyed it quite a lot more than the last 5 or 6 and I suppose during a time of such bad news all the time, the reading audience was glad to have such an outlet as a new Oz book to enjoy. If you're tired of the daily news cycle today, perhaps a healthy dose of Oz would be got for you to...
This novel covers the adventurous journey to determine her fate. As usual, we follow a group of key characters from the Land of Oz as they make the journey and this time it is the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and a new character named Woot the Wanderer. Along the way we get treated to a repeat appearance from Polychrome and some cameos by Dorothy and Toto as well. This is basically a series of adventure vignettes, almost like short stories strung together to tell the larger tale.
The novel also serves to flesh out some of the back story of Oz itself and how it came to be. Oz was not always a fairyland you see. This novel was originally published during World War I and it reversed a downward trend in sales of Oz books at the time. I can see why. I enjoyed it quite a lot more than the last 5 or 6 and I suppose during a time of such bad news all the time, the reading audience was glad to have such an outlet as a new Oz book to enjoy. If you're tired of the daily news cycle today, perhaps a healthy dose of Oz would be got for you to...
buddy524's review against another edition
4.0
Definitely one of the more interesting books. Baum tries to do a little more than focus on his standard journey plot in this novel. At times it got a little odd for me, but it's certainly memorable.
elfkey's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
tregina's review against another edition
3.0
While it suffers from the same problem that most of the Oz books do—which is that the adventures they have along the way amount to nothing—I quite liked this one relative to the rest. Especially the resolution of the love triangle, in which the Tin Woodman and the Tin Soldier think their lost love must choose between them, and when they do find her she looks at them in bewilderment and tells them no thanks, actually, that was ages ago and I've got someone else now.
victoriafrost1991's review against another edition
2.0
Why on earth would Dorothy go back to Kansas to her aunt when in a previous book, both aunt and uncle moved to the land of Oz? That makes me confused and frustrated with Baum's lack of consistency in the storyline.
The story about the Tin Man finding his long estranged loved is a good story to flush out a bit more.
The story about the Tin Man finding his long estranged loved is a good story to flush out a bit more.
cowmouflage's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
kitsuneheart's review against another edition
3.0
So many of these Oz books have titles with nothing really to do with the contents (looking at you, "Scarecrow of Oz"), so it's nice to see one where the title character is not only important, but the entire plot revolves around him! And it is ESPECIALLY nice to see a more over-arching plot.
The Tin Woodman relates the story of his human love, whom he lost all feeling for as his body was changed to tin. Since he had promised to marry her, his friends insist it is his duty to follow through, and they go on a journey to find her and achieve the nuptials. We get a nice ending where the female love makes her own decision on her destiny, rounding out one of the few Oz stories with more plot and less randomness.
I'm glad to finally give this story a three-star review, instead of my customary two-star. I wish the Oz series had a little more structure, as with this tale.
The Tin Woodman relates the story of his human love, whom he lost all feeling for as his body was changed to tin. Since he had promised to marry her, his friends insist it is his duty to follow through, and they go on a journey to find her and achieve the nuptials. We get a nice ending where the female love makes her own decision on her destiny, rounding out one of the few Oz stories with more plot and less randomness.
I'm glad to finally give this story a three-star review, instead of my customary two-star. I wish the Oz series had a little more structure, as with this tale.