The magical mimics in oz Book

An interesting but rather uneven book; Snow has some intriguing ideas and his darker sensibilities would've been a good fit in the postwar era, but he tries to ape Baum's style and too much of the book reads like fan-fiction, with repeated lists of beloved characters thrown in to reassure the reader that they are indeed back after a four-year hiatus. The story is likewise thin and the villains too quickly dealt with. But there are flashes of promise than sadly were never fulfilled, as Snow only wrote one more Oz novel (and the non-fiction overview Who's Who in Oz) before his early death.