Title: Not too impressed
Review: I would actually give this 2.5 stars if that were an option. I'm not sure why this series of books became so popular. One one level, the idea of reconstructing the world of Oz is interesting. Beyond that, I didn't feel this novel created a meaningful or cohesive narrative. The protagonist's character seemed to be inconsistent, two-dimensional much of the time, and unsympathetic through most of the story. Relationships with other characters rarely developed in a meaningful way, and those that seemed promising lost cohesion after awhile. It was very difficult to get a grasp of the motivations or inner workings of the protagonist's mind throughout much of the book. She actually seemed very uninterested in herself, which made it hard to invest in her. I found by the end that I still didn't care about the characters or the story itself. Disappointing, given the hype!
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