A review by chandranolynne
Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This novel feels like L. Frank Baum decided he was going to suffice the kiddos by writing an Oz book without actually writing an Oz book, which I thought was genius. Oz is a pretty large world already, and in this book we actually spend 90% of our time in a land (or lands) just outside of the borders of Oz before finally jaunting over to Oz at the end just to remind the readers that, yes, this actually is still an Oz book. You can notice throughout this series that sometimes Baum's heart isn't totally in it, like he would rather be writing something else, something new. Yet because of the constant requests for more Oz books, he instead introduces these new worlds and characters and ideas of his and just adds these to land of Oz to keep his fans happy, and I think that's pretty cool. Also, Rinkitink and Bilbil are totally up there on my favorite characters list now!