The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz #1)

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"I must say that I was not particularly impressed by the Wizard of Oz. I've seen the film only once over a decade ago and don't remember being that much fascinated by it neither, albeit I didn't dislike it either. Be that as it may, I decided to pick up the book when I came across it in a local second hand book store for a few euros, it being a huge influence for numerous figures of culture and their works in the last century in the States. What's wrong it it then? Well, the problem in my opinio"

“The Wizard of Oz, to me, is a very good and courageous book. There are some violent parts, such as the Tin Man chopping off 40 wolf heads, but other than those parts this book is amazing. I especially like this book because it shows a strong girl who will stop at nothing to get home.” read more

“Dorothy is actually a dumpy, doughy backwater farmgirl in this book. She would have grown into a stout, strong-limbed muscular farmers’ wife with no time for things like affection or intercourse, but a damn good head for cornshuckin’ at 99 degrees in the hawt Kansassy summer. So the well-worn epithet ‘no place like home’ is of course a vicious ironic phrase meaning ‘shit, you’d better get outta that backwater Kansas wheat paddy before stupidity, indolence, routine, depression and phenobarbital addiction kills the love inside ya, never mind them talkin’ lions and kooky tinmen honey.’ Having said that, I haven’t read the follow-up novels. Maybe she marries a millionaire. Just further proof that adulthood spoils everything and we peak as humans at thirteen. This was my first” read more