Helpful Score: 1
I did enjoy it more than the third, but I was still disappointed. I found most of the characters two-dimensional and without actual personality. A couple of the secondary characters had a spark, but the primaries just plodded along whatever path they were taking with no real investment. Running for your life isn't interesting if you don't really care one way or another. Fascinating mysterious objects are introduced only to be dropped at the end of the scene and only mentioned later in passing. Wicked was interesting and showed promise, but every book since has left me wishing for a re-write by a more dynamic author. Such a a great concept, ending with a resounding "thud".
This was a solid delivery of the final installation in this series. Kind of sad in the revised picture it paints of Dorothy, for everyone who loved the original Wizard of Oz. I don't really care for the characters in these books, and it's hard to care too much what happens to them. But it's certainly entertaining and well written.
Like many others, I was long awaiting this final installment of Maguires Wicked Years series, and it did not disappoint. I think this is a series that you either love or hate, I know few people who feel neutrally about it. Ive anxiously awaited every new book to come out, and I have sang the praises of this series from the moment I picked it up.
Maguire has truly taken and modified a world we are all at least moderately familiar with, following both the mythology of L. Frank Baums original world of Oz, and merging it with his own. The entire idea of the Wicked Witch of the West having any descendents is of Maguires creation, but hes done his research and created a fabulous new Oz that does a great job of continuing his own characters as well as combining them with those that Baum created.
To read the rest of my review, please visit:
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Maguire has truly taken and modified a world we are all at least moderately familiar with, following both the mythology of L. Frank Baums original world of Oz, and merging it with his own. The entire idea of the Wicked Witch of the West having any descendents is of Maguires creation, but hes done his research and created a fabulous new Oz that does a great job of continuing his own characters as well as combining them with those that Baum created.
To read the rest of my review, please visit:
http://www.dorolerium.com/?p=3301
Harder to get through than the other books
Much more readable than I found book 3 to be! Still dense, took quite a while to read. Nice ending to the series. Enjoy!
