A Wrinkle in Time (utgåvan 1973)

This book would be appropriate for upper elementary grades or for a class read aloud for intermediate elementary grades.
This is the story of Meg and her brother Charles Wallace who must travel through time and face all sorts of new, confusing, and terrifying things to save their dad and possibly the world.

While I appreciated the imagination and creativity behind this story, as well as the unique incorporation of math, I found it a bit slow in the beginning and it left me with an unsettled feeling in the end. I do think this would be a good fit for readers who enjoy science fiction or fantasy fiction stories. ( )

I read this quickly to catch up with Sword and Laser podcast. It's been on my list for a long time and I finally got around to it. I enjoyed it, but it didn't make a huge impact. I might read more of the books, but I don't really have a compelling need to do that. I'd heard before about the religiousness of the book and while I don't necessarily mind, I think it was unnecessary and a bit of out of place. I might've liked this more, had I read it when I was younger. ( )

I'm annoyed at myself for not having read this sooner. So lovely ( )

I do not see this as a classic read. I'm sure in 1962 it was unusual,I get that. But I thought none of the characters were that likeable and the story was not really very tight. Lot's of things happen with no explanation. One little thing that bothered me was the style of conversation was not 1960s it was more like 1920's. No teenager in 1960 called a 6 year old boy "old sport". As I read the movie reviews I see similar comments. ( )

Always interesting to see how a book reads 40 years after the first time - to see what I missed first time round! First thing was the happy medium that Meg's mother wished for her that turned into the Happy Medium with the crystal ball. A coincidence or could it all have been a dream kicked off by that? Second was the mention of God - not surprised I missed that completely as I was 20 before I noticed that the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe had any christian connotations at all. Anyway it is beautifully written with pace and character. ( )