Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Rating(Goodreads): 3.83/5 Rating(Personal): 4.2/5 Summary (Goodreads): I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero. But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado—taking you with it—you have no choice but to go along, you know? Sure, I've read the books. I've seen the movies. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. But I never expected Oz to look like this. To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. There's still the yellow brick road, though—but even that's crumbling. What happened? Dorothy. They say she found a way to come back to Oz. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. And now no one is safe. My name is Amy Gumm—and I'm the other girl from Kansas. I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked, and I've been given a mission: REMOVE The Tin Woodman's heart, STEAL The Scarecrow's brain, TAKE The Lion's courage, And then-- DOROTHY MUST DIE. My Review: I like to think of myself of a person who has a reasonably acceptable vocabulary with horrendous grammar, but when I think of the book Dorothy Must Die the only two words that run laps around my mind is "utterly fantastic" Dorothy must die is a modern twist on the age old classic Wizard of Oz. We meet the classic character Dorothy with a twist on her character. Instead of the sweet innocent Dorothy we meet the controlling manipulative one. Not only does Dorothy must die take the regular and classic characters from Oz and manipulates them in such a way that it keeps the reader in anticipation of more, wanting more, needing more. Dorothy must die is the kind of book that keeps you engrossed, it's the kind of book that you get lost in, live the lives of the characters. It is a truly enjoyable past time and gives a refreshing, modern twist of the dreary classic Wizard of Oz. When Danielle Paige takes you to post-apocalyptic Oz I knew this book had to be a real treat. My first initial reaction to this book was "Oh another one of these" and i was less than excited to continue on, yet something about Paige's writing made me continue on, was it her plot development, suspense, elements of literature, I have no idea, but I am so glad that I trekked through the story. The part of a story that I judge the harshest is the ending. It can't be anything less than perfect, and endings are hard. You can try to tie up all loose ends but somehow you never will. There will always be some critic running his mouth on all the things you did wrong, but the ending of Dorothy must die left me like a crack addict on with-drawl. It was extremely painful for me not being able to read the next book just because i was addicted to it. Dorothy to die is a must read and a truly enjoyable experience.
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