started this book on April 24th :) really enjoying it so far. Stratt is quite different in the book compared to the movie, she's way more brusque in the book than personable. While I haven't finished the book yet, I just think that the philosophical exercise that Stratt makes the audience ponder on is quite softer of a blow in the movie. She's almost cold in the books, but she has to be. She has her own mission and she WILL NOT fail in completing it. The movie gives her moments that allow you to ground her as part of the team that makes the crew, not just as an appointed leader among all world leaders; this is not how the book made her feel (at least to me). She doesn't make compromise nor does she reconcile with "what could be," because she knows and creates answers. It's almost socratic, tbh.

the local cafe I go to has the English translation of this, and I'm thinking of going there regularly to read more 🤔

Started reading this today. Let's hope my attention span lasts me the first book (at least), and then the entire series 💔💔💔💔💔 idk how i read entire series' in a week when i was 14. I've grown to be a movie person

Self-flagellating but unfortunately relatable. I love the satire and humor in the book, especially how self-aware the character is to their own ego. especially the part where the persona recounts stalking a man just to fucking bump into his shoulder LMAO mf was on a MISSION. talk about one-sided beef

I got this book a few months after it came out more than a decade ago, and now I'm picking it up again with a fresh set of eyes after whatever the hell Wicked & Wicked For Good were. I'm already several chapters in and it's pretty cool so far. I remember this book being quite dark for 13 year-old me so I wonder if I'd think differently now

lmao. Amy is such a teenager 😭 this rlly is a book for teens LOL but i'm enjoying it

Pretty OK book. MC is giving not like other girls and I don't really get her attraction to Nox. But it's an enjoyable story lol I'm reading the second book now 🤣

Chapter 10 :D

World building is still peak but the anticlimactic ending kinda annoyed me ngl. I already downloaded the third book but I don't know whether to follow the publishing order or the Maun Series > Prequel order.

Starting this now and continuing the series. I read this in 2014, I don't remember all of the events but I remember being sad, and that's the only detail I can recall. I'm not ready 😢Oh, Dorothy they can't make me like you but they can't make me outright hate you

this was a really good prequel. god i feel so bad for Dorothy but espeically distraught for Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. I love it when authors provide backstories for villains and you’re able to understand the path that led them to disregarding their humanity. What’s even more interesting is that this prequel was released BEFORE the first main book was published. Oh I’d love to see this series as a TV show but Im sure hollywood has had enough of anything related to Oz now.

“why would a man be theree WHY WOULD A MAN BE THEREEEEEEEEEEEE”

I actually totally forgot to write a review on this book. As soon as I finished it, I read the next two prequels and forgot to even update repov lmao This is probably my second favorite prequel from the series, the first favorite being ‘Return to Oz’ as it retold Dorothy’s descent to corruption. This one comes second though because I just wissshhh it were longer, I enjoyed the lion’s story so much! Though, in a literary sense I understand why it couldn’t be dragged on. The lion’s character encapsulates how pride can take central focus when you’re looking to justify your vanity. The lion is very similar to Dorothy in that sense, wherein the struggle of wanting more puts into question what there is to live for—that maybe a little evil can create something to be brave for. It’s not wrong to want more, but where Dorothy and the Lion stumble is that they completely forget that there is virtue in our actions, virtue they’ve been missing while living. He corrupts his bravery when his courage is turned into spite when Ozma literally spells out that he cares more about his pride than good and evil—that he likes the thrill of fighting, not the purpose of the fight itself. I think it’s also about time that I name out a gripe I have with the entire prequel series, though. All of the backstories show us how the villains chose evil, but it’s like none of them are self-aware enough to question whether they’re being wicked, when Oz (even in the original books) has put so much importance is discerning whether one is Wicked or Good. Mombi eventually says the “Wicked vs Good” has completely been thrown out the window, but it’s like nobody has learned from it. I can excuse farmers, winkies, animals, or other Ozians turning on each other because they’re not exactly in positions of power, but the LION, SCARECROW, and TINMAN just having 0 self-awareness AFTER being given gifts????? sometimes u guys just pmo