SRC Teen 2018 – Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

This book sounded quite interesting to me after I read the summary. In a nutshell, Dorothy Must Die is about a girl named Amy who is whipped to where Dorothy is in order to kill her because she is going evil with power from her red shoes. Initially I read this book to see blood and sick magic action, where a rebel can reveal some sort of flaw within a seemingly nice society, but unfortunately what I got was a shallow novel that never explores any interesting underlying themes. In fact, a surprising amount of portion of the novel is dedicated to this little love story between Amy and a boy named Nox who is suppose to train her for her to become the perfect rebel. Other than Nox and Pete, all other important characters are female, making the crew look more and more like a harem. The book is written in first-person, but even so I feel like rooting for the antagonists. I personally felt that the book was poorly written. It’s only saving grace is the nicely designed cover and an almost-disney-princess-gone-bad character. Sorry Amy, just a low B for you.

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