I don't remember whether I read this as a kid or not, though I know I read some of the other Oz stories. I was interested throughout, I especially thought the details about Tiktok were interesting, the three winding mechanisms that ran different parts of him. In the end I thought back, and it seemed that not a lot of plot happened--guy lost temper, broke Tiktok, then someone else fixed him, the end. But I was interested enough as it was going, and I can't be as critical of a kid's story that I would undoubtedly have been enthralled with as a kid.