Sure, she encounters the other characters, but nothing is said about having to take out Dorothy’s biggest supporters until AFTER Amy flubs up her assassination attempt at the very end.
You read that right! The WHOLE book is spent mainly focusing on Amy’s arrival in Oz, her training with the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked to kill Dorothy, and her infiltrating the staff of Dorothy’s palace so that she can kill the ruby-shoed princess. *SPOILER* – Amy isn’t told she has to take out the three henchmen before she takes on Dorothy until the END of the book. The biggest disappointment was expecting to see Amy take on the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Lion individually to take back their gifts from the wizard, and instead, I got an entirely different story. I had such high hopes for this one, and those hopes crashed harder than Amy’s trailer-ride into Oz. What do I NOT love? Well, when it comes to this book, frankly, a lot. Another fun fact? I’m actually not-too-distantly related to Judy Garland through the Gumm family (I did enjoy the not-so-subtle homage in Dorothy Must Die’s main character’s name being Amy Gumm). My first NaNoWriMo project? A really poorly put together novel set in a fantasy world that combined characters from fairytales and classic lit, including the Wicked Witch from Oz. Give me a fractured fairytale, and I’ll be a happy girl. The day this book was catalogued, it was MINE, and I couldn’t wait to jump right in.Ī little background on me: I LOVE retellings.
I ordered a copy for our Young Adult section, and I was also the first patron on the hold list. The goodreads description of Dorothy Must Die interested me enough to add it to my to-read list, but when I happened to stumble across the Epic Reads site and saw how much hype and promotion they were giving this book, I figured it had to be something worthwhile. My to-read list is a mile long, so when I want to immerse myself in a book, I’m extremely picky about which one I choose. This absolutely kills me because I had such high hopes for this book. This book is a LIAR.Īfter finishing this book today, I tried to step away for awhile and examine the book as a whole, but I just couldn’t get past the disappointment that consumed me as I closed in on the final few chapters and realized that there wasn’t enough book left for anything to actually happen. You see the back cover of this book? Did you read what it says? Do you believe that these will be the events that transpire within its pages? Well, DON’T. Fair Warning - Spoilers Ahead! The back cover of Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
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