We all know the story of Dorothy and her trip to Oz, munchkins, good witches, bad witches, flying monkeys, and loyal friends made of tin, fur, and straw.
But what if there is more that happens after "There's no place like home"?
What if Dorothy comes back, and what if she gets hooked on magic and wants it all for herself? And what if she becomes a horrible person and does horrible things? What if Glinda is working with Dorothy? And what of Scarecrow is a straw version of Dr. Frankenstein but worse?
And then what if what we know as good and evil gets flipped and Amy, a new visitor from Kansas lands in OZ and it more Mad Max than Lollypop Guild?
That's what you have here. And it is really an interesting retooling of the classic story.
It is not perfect. At times I found myself rolling my eyes at Amy's thoughts and wishing the writing was better, typically when it is about Amy and her feelings for boys. But then the story would pick back up and get rolling again. It really is an interesting concept, reexamining what makes someone good and what makes them evil, what is good and what is right, flipping our ideas on their head.
I liked this enough that I am anxious to read book two as well as the prequel stories which started as e-books and have been published together in one paperback edition.
Not the best writing in the world but the story made up for it.
(Finished May 11, 2015)
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