The Wizard of Oz (1900)

Almost everyone has seen the Wizard of Oz on TV multiple times, but have you ever read the book, I hadn't. The book is different from the movie in several key ways, although the main story remains the same. There are somethings in the movie that aren't in the book and vice a versa . It made me wonder if when the movie first came out in 1939 were there people complaining because it wasn't like the book, as they would today. I did enjoy reading the story and would recommend it. [bc:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|236093|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)|L. Frank Baum|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1289423013s/236093.jpg|1993810] ( )

**2.5 Stars For having loved the movie so much, I was disappointed when reading this book. There is so little detail when describing the world and the characters that I had a hard time connecting with anything at all in this book. There is definitely a Pollyanna feel to this world of OZ, and there are too many clear cut "good" and "evil" situations and characters. Nothing is clearly black and white in our world and it would have been nice to see the situation and characters fleshed out a little more to show the complexity that the real world clearly contains. I will always love L. Frank Baum for creating such a wonderful world of OZ, but I would have loved more from the original story in terms of plot and character complexity. ( )

The story chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz, after being swept away from her Kansas farm home in a cyclone.

I started watching the new show Emerald City the other day and thought I'd read this again. I haven't read it since college. My history teacher explained the meaning behind everything in great detail about the bimetallic standard, William Jennings Bryan, factory workers, farmers, etc. etc. etc. Every character, place and thing stood for something. I don't remember a lot of it, and I had even forgotten some of the changes from the book to the movie. I actually listened to the audiobook this time. Anne Hathaway is the narrator, and she does a great job. I enjoyed it, and I'm planning to continue the Oz book series. I've never read the others before. ( )

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