[ SECRET POST #2678 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2678 ⌋

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Comments

[ozaline]

If you don't mind dark and depressing with a fair bit of purple prose the first book is quite good. Maguire is a lot more taken with the movie than with the original books, but he does draw a lot of elements from the later books too while still mostly forging his own new world with some familiar faces.

In my case my fascination with Baum's books started from reading Wicked, so I take the reverse path of most people. I also dream of publishing some Oz works of my own so the fanfiction elements don't bother me much either.

That being said: I do think the middle two books are a disappointment, there is so much that is magical and mysterious in Wicked, and left deliberately hanging cause it wasn't meant to be a series, and when it later gets explained I can't help but feel it's a let down. I think the last book is superb though (but then it touches on some elements of Oz that are quite personal to me). My suggestion is to skip Lion Among Men entirely (You kinda need to read Son of a Witch and it does have it's good points)... Out of Oz I consider a must read though.

[crunchysunrises]

Thanks so much for the thoughtful recommendations! It's definitely given me the motivation to pick the first book up and give it a go. Thanks so much!