"[A] sassy reimagining of Baum's world. Maguire's canvas is incredibly rich. This last installment is one to savor." -- People magazine (4 stars) "[A] masterwork. Concludes.one of the most audacious and successful fantasy series of the past few decades. Hilarious, heart-wrenching and extremely poignant. The greatest fantasy series make one want to read them again.
That's what I intend to do with this one." -- Washington Post "In four books, Maguire has expanded the mythology of Oz from L. Frank Baum's books and created a land that's just as rich as Middle-earth or Narnia, and balances the serious with the sublime. Out of Oz is a satisfying finish to the Wicked Years saga." -- USA Today "Maguire creates a world we can bear, just around the corner. He does this . with delicious writing; a tapestry of sentences so carefully imagined they brush over your skin as you read." -- Newsday "Maguire has crafted a complex, detailed Oz.
; populated it with a wide range of characters and histories; created complex, layered plots; and dropped in some magic to bring it all together. His Oz envelops a reader in a feast for the senses and for the mind." -- Wichita Eagle "A captivating storyteller. Maguire pays subtle homage to Tolkien and Rowling and even Frank Baum while having a grand old time in the fantastically complicated world he has crafted. Action-filled. [a] deliciously fun novel." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "(A) satisfying finale to Maguire's series." -- Christian Science Monitor "A worthy conclusion to an imaginative and emotionally searing cultural phenomenon.
nobody does fractured fairy tales better than Maguire." -- Booklist "Engrossing, complex . continues to flip the world of Oz on its head while answering new and old questions about Oz and its denizens. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal (starred review) "[OUT OF OZ] will delight Maguire's legions of fans, but will surely seduce a whole new world of readers, who can start at the end and go backwards in time to WICKED to understand the breadth and amazing imaginative landscape of his remarkable work." -- Bookreporter.com #9 New York Times Bestseller -- New York Times.