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Remarkably, I never read the Oz books as a kid. Weird, I know, but somehow I never went there. (And truly, this is a weird thing. I read *everything*. Maybe TWoZ was too firmly engrained in my psyche as a movie to register that it was a book first? Or was it a shying away from some aspects of it which seemed too childish for me even as a child? Or was it simply that I never had a copy in the house and the library had much shinier and cooler books to draw my attention? No idea.) This was a freebi
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Loved it. My girls loved it. The end. (are you kidding, I could never leave it at that... I'm only going to add that they are mad at me that we have to read two other books before we can get back to this series... okay that was a lie, there's more. This was not as violent and strange as I was expecting. It was much simpler than I was expecting. The lessons to be learned were marvelous AND subtle, which I think is a big plus for a children's book. That's it.)
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Really enjoyed this but felt like I've read it before. It was really strange!
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This book was sad to say a little boring for me. It is just like the movie, well mostly, and so that may have been what was boring, I already knew what was happening. I kept expecting everyone to break out in song. I hardly ever say this but here it goes: the movie is better than the book. Ouch!
If you know me,you know that I have this almost phobia/obsession with this movie. But I like the book better. It won't make me dream about getting attacked by flying monkeys or random guys eith tall hats.
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Re-reading moment of my life
Aug 15, 2011
Inge
marked it as to-read
Sep 19, 2011
Jenny Skinner
marked it as to-read
Mar 19, 2012
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