Title: Dorothy Must Die
Author: Danielle Paige
Reviewed by: Rafia
Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy
Summary (from amazon.com):
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,
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.
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At first, I was like:
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And then I was like:
And THEN I was like:
(this is me trying to out-gif Cassie. Is it working?!?)
But! On to actual words...
As you guys may know, I'm a total sucker for fairy tale retelling. Especially if they are super morbid, bad meets evil (points if you got the Eminem reference), AND THIS WAS ALL THE ABOVE.
So the story starts out with Amy Gumm, our totally not cliched protagonist (SHE LIVES IN A TRAILER PARK) getting tossed around in a tornado. Turns out its not as fun as it sounds...
Judy Garland made it look cute.
She arrives in Oz, but its not like any other magic Oz. It's this morbidly dark version of Oz controlled by the evil yet slutty Dorothy. She rules with her minions, Glinda the Good Witch, the Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman, all equally horrific.
Kudos to Danielle Page for the sick descriptions. I'll never look at monkeys the same...
But after many escapades, Amy is recruited by The Order of the Wicked (WICKED!!), who are involved in badassery and what not and train Amy to take down Dorothy. Yes, beloved blogettes*, AMY WAS TRAINED. She didn't wake up with cool magic or awesome reflexes, and I totally loved it.
Training with the Wicked included:
and
And even more badassery. I will leave it at that, fair blogettes.
This book is a lot of plot development and background, but I would LOVE to see it as a movie or TV show, because the morbid, dark Oz, was described so perfect. The characters were really appealing and while there was a bit of romance, it wasn't so super overpowering but definitely promising.
I'm so glad I picked this up (and kept with it), and I can't wait for the next killing Dorothy book!
And on that note...
Peace out homies~~~
Rafia
PS: You guys have no idea how glad we are to be back. Finally breaking out my gif collection was the best feeling ever, and we can't wait to review more AWESOME and not so awesome books.
LOTS OF LOVE BLOGETTES.
*For our beloved followers. Rafia coined this term first.
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