Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Author: Danielle Paige
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pub. Date: April 1, 2014
Format: Paperback ( March 31, 2015)
Source: Given to me

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I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero. But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado—taking you with it—you have no choice but to go along, you know?

Sure, I've read the books. I've seen the movies. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. But I never expected Oz to look like this. To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. There's still a road of yellow brick—but even that's crumbling.

What happened? Dorothy. They say she found a way to come back to Oz. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. And now no one is safe.

My name is Amy Gumm—and I'm the other girl from Kansas. I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked. I've been trained to fight. And I have a mission: Remove the Tin Woodman's heart. Steal the Scarecrow's brain. Take the Lion's courage. And—Dorothy must die.


First of all, I want to apologize for not posting  yesterday like I usually do. My computer was being very stupid because electronics hate me. It's still being stupid and stubborn as I write.

So, Dorothy Must Die. I was pretty surprised by this book. It was nothing like I expected it to be! I understood that Dorothy is evil and such, but I didn't realize how dark the book was. I was expecting a fluffy book with a villian and a few bad henchmen. Everything in Oz is basically destroyed, polluted, and dead. The munchkins are in slavery and Dorothy is addicted to magic... She's seriously getting high off of it and needs more and more.

The main character, Amy Gumm, doesn't have the best life either. Her mom is a druggie, her father left her, and she has been bullied all her life at school. She has never been able to afford nice clothes and lives in a trailer. You would think that when she was sent to Oz everything would be better, but no. It's basically hell.

When Amy arrives in Oz through a tornado, a mysterious man with bright green eyes helps her, but then soon disappears. He ticks me off because he keeps appearing through the book, won't answer Amy's questions, and randomly disappears without a goodbye.

Soon, WICKED finds her. WICKED is a group of wicked witches who are working together and are attempting to destroy Dorothy. Since Amy is from the "Other Place" like Dorothy, she is asked to join and kill the evil ruler. Amy agrees and is taught magic while simultaneously falling for the handsome Warlock, Nox.

I really loved Amy's character. She's so sarcastic and I love a sarcastic protagonist. She's such a strong person after what she has gone through! Amy wasn't a whiny character and I always related to her and  felt what she felt. It was so frustrating when people wouldn't answer her questions! I wanted to understand all the mysteries like Amy, but everyone would reply, "Trust no one, Amy. Not even me.". EVERY CHARACTER SAID THAT TO HER. GAH.

The way Danielle wrote out the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Lion was TERRIFYING. The Lions eats your fear, the Tin Man has knives for fingers and has been adding parts to himself for years, and the Scarecrow has been draining the brains of Ozians to feel smarter. He literally drains the brains then inject what he has collected into his brain... gross, okay?

The way she described these character just freaked me the heck out, but I loved it. Their characters really contributed to the fear and sadness of this book. Every time they were mentioned, my heart began to beat a little faster. I could never imagine coming face to face with them. 

I really did enjoy this book and I am very excited to read the following companions! The covers are so interesting to me. The whole time I read Dorothy Must Die, I couldn't help but constantly think of my favorite musical Wicked. I kept expecting Elphaba to appear and break out into song.

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