Many Waters

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Den här boken är fantastisk. Mycket intressant syn på hur livet såg ut innan syndafloden. Det här är 4:e boken i Madeleine L'Engles "Time Quintet" ... (show more)

Den här boken är fantastisk. Mycket intressant syn på hur livet såg ut innan syndafloden. Det här är 4:e boken i Madeleine L'Engles "Time Quintet" och den kommer för mig än så länge på andra plats strax efter "A swiftly tilting planet".

Jag älskar verklighetsförankringen i boken och dilemmat om att allt är förutbestämt eller om saker går att ändra på är i ständig debatt. Dialogerna sedan är så otroligt välskrivna att man bara ligger och ryser när man läser dom. Jag rekommenderar den här boken varmt om man är ett fan av Madeleine L'Engles tidigare verk. Har man inte läst henne förut rekommenderar jag att man börjar med "A wrinkle in time" som är den första boken i serien.

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"Because you speak the Old Language there must be some reason for you to be here. But for the future to touch the past can be dangerous. It could cause a paradox. How did you get here?"

"I'm not sure. Our father is a physicist who specializes in space travel, in the tesseract."

"Ah, yes. But space travel is suppose to deal with space, not time."

"But you can't separate space and time. I mean, space/time is a continuum, and...". (show less)

 

 

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By the fourth book, the plot is so weak it took me months to finish a young adult's novel! This series started with exciting, imaginative adventure... (show more)

By the fourth book, the plot is so weak it took me months to finish a young adult's novel! This series started with exciting, imaginative adventures involving unique worlds and characters, so it's downright bizarre that L'Engle would choose to plop two characters into an uninspired story about what Noah (yes as in Noah's Ark) and his family was up to before he built the ark. Needless to say, I won't bother to read the fifth and final book. (show less)

 

 

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  I feel that this is one of the best installments in Madeleine L’Engle’s “Time Quintet” series. In this fourth book, L’Engle decides to stray from the main characters from the first three books and shifts focus to the twin brothers, Sandy and Dennys. Through various turn of events and circumstances, the skeptic brothers come to the realization that they have not been transported to another world, but simply, they have been transported back in time – to the biblical time before Noah built the... (show more)

  I feel that this is one of the best installments in Madeleine L’Engle’s “Time Quintet” series. In this fourth book, L’Engle decides to stray from the main characters from the first three books and shifts focus to the twin brothers, Sandy and Dennys. Through various turn of events and circumstances, the skeptic brothers come to the realization that they have not been transported to another world, but simply, they have been transported back in time – to the biblical time before Noah built the ark.

  Though I am a skeptic about certain biblical stories, I must admit that I enjoyed reading this book as I tried to decipher what was the purpose of the twins being shifted back in time.
  
  This is very different from the first three books as it totally disregards the other members from the Murray family as the twin brothers are unexpectedly transported to another space in time. It is also different in that it is not in chronological order – this book takes place before the third book, which makes the third book somewhat null, as far as the skepticism of the twin brothers.

  The story has some mature elements and I don’t feel that it is adapt for young children. The twins encounter many dangers and experience many things, including lust, envy, seduction, and anger in this place in time. The mature elements of the story can be analyzed further by those time-travel enthusiasts, who can argue about the consequences of changing events in history and the effects on the future. In closing, the Madeleine L’Engle’s writing and storytelling abilities are appearing more cohesive and the depth of the plot can be a source of good discussions amongst readers. (show less)

   

   

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  Reading Many Waters really made me think about the relationships people used to have with God. How amazing it must have been to walk to Him, to hear His voice so clearly. One day, one day.

  And, when I think about the fact that some of the people who weren't on the ark must have believed Noah--like Yalith--and knew they would be left behind to die and still continued on in faith without fear, it gives me hope for this world and all that is to come as the final days draw nearer.

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  Reading Many Waters really made me think about the relationships people used to have with God. How amazing it must have been to walk to Him, to hear His voice so clearly. One day, one day.

  And, when I think about the fact that some of the people who weren't on the ark must have believed Noah--like Yalith--and knew they would be left behind to die and still continued on in faith without fear, it gives me hope for this world and all that is to come as the final days draw nearer.

  Madeleine L'Engle goes into such great details in the story that it made me want to go back and reread Genesis. As far as I'm concerned any book that makes you want to read the Bible is a godsend. (show less)

   

   

  by Facebook-användare on Sep 16, 2009 at 02:23AM

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