Title: Lost its way after a strong start
Review: The first half of the book is wonderful, but then loses its way. The author's discourses on good and evil, his preaching about animal rights, religion, and so on become tedious. The story stalls and doesn't recover. The final third is a rush to shoe-horn the Wizard of Oz ending onto the story, and it just doesn't work. It became a chore to read.
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