When I was a kid, I wasn't so sure about the movie, The Wizard of Oz. Something about it always gave me the creeps. I'm guessing it was the Wicked Witch.
But, as I've grown, the classical Wizard of Oz has become more of an interest. A magical land with sparkly red shoes, how could I not like it?
This led me to buying Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige at Barnes and Noble several months back.
Dorothy Must Die is about what happens after Dorothy goes back to Kansas. You think Dorothy is this sweet, innocent, gingham print dressed little girl. But in this book, Dorothy is a power hungry, shall I say, witch?
The book provides an interestingly dark spin on a wholesome story, years and years afterward.
It took a few chapters to get into the book, but as I got used to being in a completely different Oz and learning all these new witches' names, I wanted to find out what it was Dorothy was up to in the Emerald City.
It was almost a tragic story of a good girl gone wrong.
And then it got worse.
Dorothy's three friends? Total jerks. The scarecrow is experimenting on brains and injecting his brain with other people's brains. The Tin Man is a soldier of doom. The Lion sucks fear out of humans and eats them for dessert. It was awful. The cute little cowardly Lion became the exact opposite. And Dorothy. Dorothy, Dorothy, Dorothy. She is just the worst. She's a princess with a sick and twisted mind.
I don't want to give it all away, but reading the last bit of this book just before bed was not a good idea. One of the creepiest/grossest/uncomfortable things I've ever read is contained within this book. Maybe I spook easy but…
I warned you.
Good luck.
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