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A review by lory_enterenchanted
The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
2.0
I wanted to read this after The Scarecrow of Oz, to see how Trot and Cap'n Bill are introduced. This really very lackluster Baum, there is no tension as the characters are assured nothing can hurt them when protected by fairy power. The first part is just a tour of some uninteresting underwater folk (opportunity for bad puns), and the second part after they are captured by an evil villain is still not very exciting or challenging.
It did make me wonder why in "Scarecrow" Trot did not use the magic ring she was given by the mermaid queen to ask for help, either when sucked down by the whirlpool or when stuck in the cave. Of course, that would have spoiled the rest of the story.
It did make me wonder why in "Scarecrow" Trot did not use the magic ring she was given by the mermaid queen to ask for help, either when sucked down by the whirlpool or when stuck in the cave. Of course, that would have spoiled the rest of the story.