The End of Oz (Dorothy Must Die, 4)
In this dark, action-packed fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series, Amy Gumm travels from Oz to the twisted land of Ev, where she fights to free Oz from evil once and for all.
My name is Amy Gumm. You might remember me as the other girl from Kansas. When a tornado swept me away to the magical land of Oz, I was given a mission: Dorothy must die. That’s right, everyone’s favorite Wicked-Witch-slayer had let the magic of Oz corrupt her. She turned evil. So I killed her.
But just when we thought it was safe to start rebuilding the damaged land of Oz, we were betrayed. Now I’m following the Road of Yellow Brick as it helps me escape toward the mysterious land of Ev, where the Nome King rules a bleak and angry world. And what I’m about to find is shocking: My original mission may not have been successful.
I thought my job was over, but it’s only just beginning. And it’s up to me to foil Dorothy’s plans for revenge—and finally save the land I’ve come to love.
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This has been a very good series, but as it dragged out, it has begun to feel flat. The whole series has been based on Amy Gumm fighting to defeat Dorothy and Glinda, to end their reign of terror in Oz. That’s all been done. Sure new challenges have come up, but now with this new novel, a new villain has appeared out of the mix, the nome king. There just wasn’t enough set-up here to who this new villain was. Sure there’s some origin to who he was, his place in the grand scheme of Oz, but his connection is loose at best. It did lay out some good groundwork for the ending of Dorothy but it lacked substance.
To be perfectly blunt, this novel could have been combined with the previous one, Yellow Brick War. While the idea of exploring the lands beyond Oz is interesting, if that was the route, Paige could have ended the series and explored a whole new trilogy to explore all the dangers of Ev. It really is such an interesting aspect of the novel to go to this new land that is Oz’s polar opposite, a land of darkness and corruption. It’s an interesting area to explore. There’s just not enough substance to make this novel work on its own, even with an interesting villain like the Nome King. But again, he’s pretty much only introduced at the end of the previous novel and then given the role of main antagonists in this novel. It just doesn’t seem flushed out at all.
Despite that, however, the ending was well done. The way that Amy looks to the past, to who she was, to who she became, to everything that happened in life, it’s a great look at character growth. And, ultimately, her character growth was what allowed her to finally defeat Dorothy and save Oz. It’s still not enough to make this novel feel like anything more than an afterthought. Amy’s a great character, and it’s great that she gets her happy ending, but the novel doesn’t feel strong enough to end the series. (★★★☆☆ | B)
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Also, during all this nonsense, Amy is constantly worried about her dumb boyfriend?! He’s not even nice. Ugh. Who cares. Just do your job.
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Get rid of the dang shoes.
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