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Stephen
3.0 to 3.5 stars. Clever and original with some beautiful writing. Plot and storyline are a bit muddled so it is, ultimately, more about the journey than the destination.
Shanshad Whelan
Feb 14, 2009 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy
It's funny looking back over this book's reviews and realizing that out of my goodreads friends (many of whom share similar reading tastes) about half of those who read this loved it, and half truly did not like it. A polarizing book to say the least.

I didn't like it. Don't mind if others do, but it just . . . didn't work for me. It felt like it was trying to be too literary while tromping around Baum's OZ and reimagining it. I was bored, did not care about the characters or what happened to the
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Zen
I found it hard to get through this book, yet I kept coming back to it because I just HAD to know...
Jean Booth
Feb 11, 2011 rated it it was amazing
I read this book a while ago and enjoyed it so much that when I visited New York I saw the play on Broadway. The play's beyond fantastic.
That being said, I reread this book this week and didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. It's still very good, the characters are well developed and the story is entertaining, it just didn't tear at my heartstrings the way the play did.
I'm excited to read the next installment to discover how her son feels about her and to hopefully get more insight int
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Sergio
Jul 27, 2008 rated it did not like it
Joe
Aug 05, 2008 rated it it was ok
Bill
Jan 04, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Cristina
Jan 15, 2009 rated it liked it
Michael
Jan 25, 2009 rated it liked it
Atlas
Jan 27, 2009 marked it as to-read
Scott
Feb 12, 2009 rated it really liked it
Karen
Feb 26, 2009 rated it really liked it
Valerie
Apr 07, 2009 rated it really liked it
Deborah
Apr 22, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Mawgojzeta
May 20, 2009 rated it really liked it
Aladdin  Elaasar
May 23, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Corby
Jun 15, 2009 rated it did not like it
Ann
Jul 22, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: started
Gordon
Aug 17, 2009 marked it as to-read
Katherine
Oct 21, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own, fantasy
Kimberly
Sep 18, 2011 rated it liked it
Tipper
Jun 24, 2012 marked it as to-read
Gena
Aug 09, 2012 rated it did not like it
Amanda
Oct 02, 2013 rated it it was ok
Brandy
Jan 20, 2016 marked it as to-read