The twist ending saved this book from being somewhat of an irrelevance towards the adventures of Dorothy, the most well known protagonist in the series, into one of the more memorable entries in the franchise. It doesn't quite capture as much of the clever humor as the other book in the series, but it seems Baum was looking to take Oz on from a different perspective, having the Tip native to the imaginative world which the Scarecrow and Tin Woodsman populate. I could see this book as being one of the more memorable, especially for one having read the entire series, as it breaks the monotony of repetition, if only for one chapter in the overlying plot.