Disclaimer- I never read the book / watched the movie and knew nothing about the plot except “little girl and her band follow the yellow brick road“.
I picked up this very old copy at a 2nd hand bookstore, it was printed at 1994. Yes, I brought it based on the cover.
And just WOW! That book was amazing, so adventurous and wonderfully told. Colorful characters with rich personalities, amazing quotes had me smiling for 90% of the time I was reading it. I was recently disappointed by how un-adventurous 80 days around the world has been, so I came into this one skeptical as well. Now I wonder how children movies and plays did some of that parts, like killing 40 wolves with an axe or taking out the head of a giant spider.
It truly surprised me to know old writing could be so good, as it usually tends to drags about dialogues and titles and describing of scenery, but this one was quick, precise and charmful about all of these aspects so it was always fun to pickup, like I know I’m in for adventures and fun read now.
by xSypRo