A Wrinkle in Time

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It's a hit!

I can remember reading this book over and over again when I was younger. Last night, I decided to reread it, and I learned my love for this book ha... (show more)

I can remember reading this book over and over again when I was younger. Last night, I decided to reread it, and I learned my love for this book has not changed at all.

Meg and Charles Wallace are not normal children. Meg is bad-tempered and stubborn, though she is truly good at heart, and Charles Wallace is a misunderstood genius. But one night, with the help of their friend Calvin, they are sent on a journey through time and space to rescue their father and bring light to a planet overcome with evil.

The book does have many spiritual themes, but they could be from any religion. I do not know if the scientific theories are correct or not, but they certainly make you think. And the characters believable and likable. Meg has her faults, but you can't help but cheer on for her, Charles Wallace is a bit mysterious, and Calvin was probably my first literary crush. xD

I've read a lot of books similar to this, but I'm pretty sure that this one came first, seeing as it was written in 1962. I recommend this to any reader, young or old. This book has a permanent place on my bookshelf. (show less)

 

 

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No, it's a flop!

Another in my list of previously-unread banned books (http://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=2749). I looked forward to reading this one because it has a sc... (show more)

Another in my list of previously-unread banned books (http://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=2749). I looked forward to reading this one because it has a science fiction theme and I was and am a huge geek. But A Wrinkle in Time turns out to be less sci-fi than fantasy, with elements of witchcraft.

Madeline L'Engle cloaks her message in fantasy, the supernatural, and a little bit of sci-fi, but it's strongly Christian. So why is it that her book is challenged so often? Because, I suppose, a certain kind of Christian hates being reminded that Christ preached love over vengeance, hate, and eternal damnation. And then there's the passage where L'Engle gives Ghandi equal billing with Jesus. She should have known that would never fly!

Of course it's also possible that some of the challenges to A Wrinkle in Time come from disappointed science fiction fans . . . if a youngster asked me for a list of good sci-fi books, this one wouldn't be on it. (show less)

 

 

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  It was an alright book but sort of odd and dissatisfying in many ways. The author brushes against what could be fantastic and marvelous things that could be fantastically interesting, then never mentions them again, leaving you dying in curiosity. Also, in the end of the book nothing is really resolved. The evil is not defeated, they mearly escape from it. Although I have seen that there are sequels, maybe more happens in them, but /i have the feeling that Cammazots (sp?) is not a place that... (show more)

  It was an alright book but sort of odd and dissatisfying in many ways. The author brushes against what could be fantastic and marvelous things that could be fantastically interesting, then never mentions them again, leaving you dying in curiosity. Also, in the end of the book nothing is really resolved. The evil is not defeated, they mearly escape from it. Although I have seen that there are sequels, maybe more happens in them, but /i have the feeling that Cammazots (sp?) is not a place that they will be returning to any time soon. I also wish Meg didn't shout and scream and whine all the time. I get that alot from younger siblings, I don't really want to see it in the books i read, or at least not in the major characters. If I do somehow manage to read through another of this author's books, i think it shall be in the far future.... (show less)

   

   

  by Facebook User on Dec 29, 2009 at 07:07PM

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  There are two books I vividly remember from childhood: Charlotte's Web because it was the first book that made me cry and A Wrinkle in Time because it sparked my imagination. After reading L'Engle's A Circle of Quiet, I decided to reread A Wrinkle in Time. When interviewed about what she saw as the difference between writing books for children and books for adults, she commented that there wasn't really one. If you want to present an idea that perhaps adults aren't going to accept, then h... (show more)

  There are two books I vividly remember from childhood: Charlotte's Web because it was the first book that made me cry and A Wrinkle in Time because it sparked my imagination. After reading L'Engle's A Circle of Quiet, I decided to reread A Wrinkle in Time. When interviewed about what she saw as the difference between writing books for children and books for adults, she commented that there wasn't really one. If you want to present an idea that perhaps adults aren't going to accept, then her advice was to put in the form of a children's book, and I think that must have been partly behind her creation of A Wrinkle in Time. With its allegorical elements thinly veiled behind a children's story, it reminds me a great deal of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. All of the literary allusions in Wrinkle must have meant absolutely nothing to me as a child when I first read it, but I was amazed at how many there are when I reread it. If you remember this book from childhood, give it another try and see what's hidden there for adults! (show less)

   

  by Facebook-användare on Nov 14, 2009 at 04:53AM

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