The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige
2015; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 68; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bcc.2015.0447
ISSN1558-6766
Autores Tópico(s)Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
ResumoReviewed by: The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor Paige, Danielle The Wicked Will Rise. Harper/HarperCollins, 2015 293p Trade ed. ISBN 978-0-06-228070-1 $17.99 E-book ed. ISBN 978-0-06-228072-5 $10.99 Ad Gr. 8-12 Emerald City is in flames and Amy Gumm, recent recruit of the Order of the Wicked, has failed to kill the evil Dorothy at the beginning of this sequel to Dorothy Must Die (BCCB 5/14). At least Dorothy and her crony Glinda seem to be on the run and the magic that they had been essentially hoarding from Oz is returning to the land. There’s still a ways to go before Oz can be entirely saved, and Amy is now charged with retrieving the Lion’s courage and the Scarecrow’s brain (to accompany the heart she tore out of the Tin Man’s chest) before she can murder Dorothy. The other members of the Order, however, are either injured or lost, and as Amy embarks on the task alone, she ends up dabbling in dark magic and finds herself wondering if she, like Dorothy before her, will be transformed into something truly wicked by the power of Oz. Unfortunately, the breathless pacing and intriguing world-building of the first volume sputter here, with Amy’s narration taking an introspective turn that is often frustratingly narrow. If she’s not excessively detailing her own emotional turmoil then she’s directly describing someone else’s, leaving little for the reader to infer and robbing scenes of emotional depth. Still, Paige is creating a rather brilliantly twisted version of the familiar world of Oz, continuing to turn references from the original works on their heads, subverting any notions of good and evil, and establishing a place of power-hungry players and shifting alliances that will have readers wondering whom they can trust. The action and the plot eventually gather steam in the latter half, so there’s hope that the third book and Amy will rise to the occasion and save Oz once and for all. Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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