![]() ![]() I didn’t need all the real-life comparisons. The development of the world of Oz was pushed to the back-burner for Amy’s jumbled thoughts and references. It might as well have been a contemporary or fantastical realism. It didn’t even feel like a fantasy! So many unnecessary pop culture references were thrown in here. This didn’t feel like a retelling, much less a reimagining. ![]() I noticed and appreciated the dark undertones of The Wizard of Oz, and I wanted to read an even darker retelling. I wanted to like this book, and it’s not just because I paid full price for the whole series – though that is the main reason. When it takes me more than one month to read a book, and it’s not the size of a brick, there is a problem. And I have a mission: Remove the Tin Woodman’s heart. I’ve been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked. My name is Amy Gumm-and I’m the other girl from Kansas. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. They say she found a way to come back to Oz. There’s still a road of yellow brick-but even that’s crumbling. To be a place where Good Witches can’t be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. ![]() But I never expected Oz to look like this. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado-taking you with it-you have no choice but to go along, you know? September 6th, 2017 – October 11th, 2017 Rating: ![]()
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