{"id":837,"date":"2014-06-30T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=837"},"modified":"2015-06-22T17:30:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T00:30:14","slug":"dorothy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/dorothy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Must Die &#8212; Teen Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;review by Kara, teen reviewer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.aspx?type=xw12&amp;isbn=0062280678\/LC.GIF&amp;client=pasap&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><em>Dorothy Must Die\u00a0<\/em>by Danielle Paige<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1591\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/03\/five-stars-300x70.png\" alt=\"five-stars\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/03\/five-stars-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/03\/five-stars-1024x238.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>So here\u2019s the plot. Amy, a girl who is neglected by her mother and abandoned by her father, has a sucky life. Not only has she been ostracized because she lives in a trailer park, but, after ignoring Al Roker\u2019s weather warnings, is swept up in a tornado and finds herself in Oz. This Oz is not like the happy, bright, and musical Oz that we see in the 1939 The Wizard of Oz, but rather, it is an Oz that has been taken over by a dictator, and that dictator has a proclivity for blue and white gingham.Well the title is onpoint. But overall the book was long and drawn out. The book is divided into three major parts (and because I don\u2019t want to spoil it, I will not elaborate on what these parts are), but it would do better with only two. It can be argued that three parts made sense and is important for the development of the plot, but for each part, the author takes a while to get to the main point. Once things do start to happen, they happen rapidly, an abrupt and somewhat confusing change from the slowness.<\/div>\n<div>Along with an awkward plot pace, the characters are unbelievable. This might be a result of the author trying to emphasize Oz\u2019s bizarreness, but it left me, as a reader, annoyed and frustrated by some of the character\u2019s choices. I just couldn\u2019t see much depth to the protagonist and her relationships with others.<\/div>\n<div>But even though the character\u2019s and pace are a little off, the entire world of Oz is pretty amazing. The author clearly put a lot of effort in creating a believable Oz that has ties to the original books\/movie with some parallels to the real world and it shows. The plot stays true to original tale of Dorothy and her entourage, not altering but elaborating in a believable way.Overall it is a good idea\/concept, but it is written in a way that kind of made me frustrated that there is going to be a sequel. I would suggest people with a lower tolerance for protagonists they cannot emphasize with stay away, but people who are interested in the plot to read it, because I haven\u2019t seen one that has quite the same idea as this one. 5 stars. &#8211;Kara, teen reviewer<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Find the book in our library: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pgpl-mt.iii.com\/iii\/encore_pasadena\/record\/C__Rb1515661__SDorothy%20Must%20Die__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=pasadena\" target=\"_blank\">Dorothy Must Die<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;review by Kara, teen reviewer Dorothy Must Die\u00a0by Danielle Paige \u00a0 So here\u2019s the plot. Amy, a girl who is neglected by her mother and abandoned by her father, has a sucky life. Not only has she been ostracized because she lives in a trailer park, but, after ignoring Al [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teen-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2014\/06\/dorothy-must-die.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s5ZwbD-dorothy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6735,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2022\/the-bright-and-the-pale-teen-book-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":837,"position":0},"title":"The Bright and The Pale &#8212; Teen Book Review","author":"Teen Blogger","date":"January 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Review by Amber Elias, 15 The Bright and The Pale\u00a0By Jessica Rubinkowski At the center of an unforgivingly cold world, ruled by the ruthless Czar and its apathetic dictator, Valeria of Ludminka pushes her way through life. 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