A review by mjfmjfmjf
Oz: The Complete Collection by L. Frank Baum, W.W. Denslow

3.0

And thus I finish reading the original series of Oz. There were tons of books written later by other people but I figure this is quite enough. It took me two years reading from the local library from pretty amazing reprint versions with the original artwork. And it was worth reading and I wish I had read it earlier. And I would have read it to my kids. But on its own, separate from its obvious impact on the world, this series did not hold up to time and was generally unimpressive. There was too much repetition and not enough interesting plot. The characters were imaginative and silly and endlessly weird though, which is definitely the series' strength. 3.5 of 5.