I haven't gotten tremendously far in this book yet, however, I can already say, I prefer the movie. I have never read this book before now (even though I am 18), and rather grew up with watching the movie. There are so many dissimilarities between the book and the movie!
I don't think I would have to warn you of spoiler for such a story, everyone knows this one :)
First of all, my main disappointment so far is that of Dorothy's shoes. They are silver! Not red, but silver! Those notorious, amazing, red ruby slippers that we ALL know as Dorothy's footwear in the land of Oz are not an original aspect of the story! Disappointment. *Shakes head*
Another frustrating thing I found was the munchkins, and their.. Lack of shortness. In the book, the munchkins really are not that short, they are 5 ft, the same height as Dorothy. They're supposed to be small, and that's all I can say.
The Tin man, and his story of how he becomes tin is entirely different and all together, somewhat ridiculous in the book. He is put under a curse by the witch by a munchkin (who he is in love with) 's relative who wants to prevent the marriage and he somehow manages to chop off each limb, his head, and then his torso in half - and yet somehow remains the same man (even though he has none of his original body parts) and can function semi-normally. Now, I understand Oz is a magical land and anything can happen etc etc. But really?
The Scarecrow is not so much a charming daft individual as he is annoying so far. And Dorothy has said or thought several things that went against what I believed her personality would be.
I believe I am more passionately agitated about this particular story as it seems to be "messing with" my childhood memories of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - the musical with Judy Garland and the red shoes and the charming Scarecrow who was hilarious and the Tin man who you couldn't help but love. Toto, thankfully, has remained entirely the same this whole time :)
Tune in next time for anther documentation of my thoughts!
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