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  • Out of Oz

  • The Wicked Years, Volume 4
  • By: Gregory Maguire
  • Narrated by: John McDonough
  • Length: 28 hrs and 44 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,079 ratings)

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Out of Oz

By: Gregory Maguire
Narrated by: John McDonough
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Publisher's summary

The stunning conclusion to the smash New York Times best-selling series the Wicked Years

Gregory Maguire's Wicked Years series became national best sellers and the basis for a hit Tony-winning Broadway musical. Now, Maguire returns with the final installment in his transformative work, a thrilling and compulsively readable saga in which the fate of Oz is decided at last.

Once peaceful and prosperous, the spectacular Land of Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, and the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. And look who's knocking at the door. It’s none other than Dorothy. Yes. That Dorothy.

Yet amid all this chaos, Elphaba’s granddaughter, the tiny green baby born at the close of Son of a Witch, has come of age. Now it is up to Rain to take up her broom - and her legacy - in an Oz wracked by war.

The stirring, long-awaited conclusion to the best-selling series that began with Wicked, Out of Oz is a magical journey rife with revelations and reversals, reprisals and surprises - the hallmarks of the unique imagination of Gregory Maguire.

Return to Oz: listen to another title in the Wicked Years series.; Download the accompanying reference guide.
©2011 Gregory Maguire (P)2011 HarperCollinsPublishers
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a bit too long

I loved the other books in the Wicked series, however this one felt out of place and a bit too long. At times it felt a bit too wordy and descriptive.
But I stuck it out since I wanted to know how the story ended. The ending was lack luster and ultimately I could have done without this installment.
If you really want to know how the Wicked series ends read it. However its not really exciting.

The narration itself was great though.

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Wonderful

I was amazed to see this book out this month. I caught it just a few days after it was released. I am in awe of Mr. Maguires writing. The depth and intensity of the language he uses and invents is simply amazing to hear. Mr. McDonough's narration is so extraordinary, it's as if he was born to read these pages and bring them to life. The whole series has been a joy to listen to. There is so much to these stories and this book, it's hard to sum up in a few sentences. You simply have to listen and believe.
Thank you so much for taking a simple guideline and making it so enjoyable without hurting the original story of "The Wizard of Oz".
You are a true Master of Words.
Thank you very much for all your books and this series.

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Beautifully written and performed

Out of Oz is definitely a commitment to get through and intake all the nuance and intricacies of the interweaving storylines, but it is well thought out, well edited, and beautifully performed. It is worth your time! John McDonough gives yet another brilliant slate of character voices, and gives life to the entertaining and creative way Mr. Maguire has chosen to wrap up his series. Bravo, gentlemen!

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Didn't see this coming!

I liked it. quite a strange and abrupt ending, but this is a new telling of the Land of Oz.

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How how's it Rain

What a life! I laughed and I was saddened, I knew what was next & then I didn't.... I loved the play on words and the meaning behind them. This was a very good story to get "OUT OF OZ"! Mr. Maguire your imagination is truly a gift. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. Mr. McDonough thank you again for the narration of this volume. Listening to your voice and how you made each character so different made this audible awesome.

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The best in the series of Wicked!

I loved this one more than any of the others! I would love to read more and hope there will be adventures with Rain.

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Such an Amazing Journey!!!

Loved It!! Great to hear about all the characters! Could not stop Listening to it!

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Great book

love the series. Listen to it over and over :-) I'm sad it's over though

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A Great Conclusion

A beautiful conclusion to an amazing series, the characters and dialog are all spot on, there's genius in the writings of Gregory Maguire, I'm so happy that I experienced it, and the narrator reads it all spot on, this is literally the best one in the series, its hilarious, epic, and a dash of suspense, a perfect treasure, I recommend this to all fantasy fans of both fantasy in literature and fans of Oz in general, thank you for this masterpiece.

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Feeling a bit unfulfilled

Would you try another book from Gregory Maguire and/or John McDonough?

I love Maguire, but I really wish he had been the reader on this book, like he was for book two.

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I was greatly looking forward to the last of the Wicked series, and the promise of loose ends being tied up. Yes, many loose ends find closure, but the ending left me a bit.... unfulfilled. No spoliers here. However the ending and some of the events leading up to it just felt empty. Book one, the ending being a bit ambiguous I felt added to the story. Book two felt the same. Book Three had the promise of more to come. However with book four stumbling back into an open ending, it was just frustrating. I do have a suspicion that if Maguire had been the narrartor as he had been on book two, perhaps there might have been a bit less... empty. Of course though that's speculation. Still a good read. However I'll be honest that I am disappointed.

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