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Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die, #1)

Danielle Paige

Start date: July 1, 2016

Finish date: July 31, 2016

Why we're reading this: August 2016 BOTM
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Apr 01, 2015 Carrie rated it liked it

Shelves: library, young-adult, 1st-in-a-series, magic, witches, masquerade-hide-your-face-identity, assassin, wizards

This was much better then I was expecting based on ratings I looked at. Enjoyable but never screamed out to me to keep picking it back up. The ending had an nice little twist that I never saw coming. Time to wait for the library to get a copy of the next book, because it's pretty much a to be continued kind of thing. ...more

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Jan 14, 2014 Logan rated it did not like it

Shelves: young-adult, own-bought-ebook, retelling, 2014-books-read

I always start out really, really wanting to like Oz adaptations, and then they end up majorly disappointing me (I'm looking at you, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West). I liked this one through the first third of the book, but I felt like the tone never quite meshed for me. It had some pretty graphic language and violence, but with a setting and tone that somehow still felt light and fluffy. The more I read, the less I enjoyed it. The lack of a real resolution to the plo ...more

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Feb 17, 2014 Trisha rated it it was ok

"Never underestimate a girl from Kansas."

So here we are. a new re-telling of Oz. The cover, the great title - all played into me thinking this would be a wonderful book.

Sadly, I just never connected with Amy Gumm. I liked the story in the beginning, as we got a few details of her life with her mom. But as soon as she landed in Oz, I was bored. I didn't care for any of her cast of characters - close enough to Dorothy's cast that it was easy to draw the parallels. I think most frustrating was ever ...more

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May 24, 2014 Renuka rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, adventure, romance, action, magic, realistic, suckish-endings, e-book, fairytales

A grisly horror story crafted from one of the most beloved children's stories. It was horrifying, exciting, and pretty fabulous. Review to come. ...more

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