A Wrinkle In Time
A Novel by Madeleine L'Engle
Narrated by Hope Davis
*A Book Review
When I saw the movie trailer to A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L'Engle, I was like- "OMG! I have that book!" So I snagged it and began reading. I'm not gonna lie, it was a rough read. So I got the audiobook ... #element-792d9fa7-62fb-494f-9755-622592ab3dcf .waddons-blog-image.hideImage { display: none;}
Maybe I'm not smart enough for this book.Mathematics has never been my strong suit so I hated it! When a book starts off with a ton of school teachings and mathematics, I'm like, gone baby, gone! I pushed through though... and found the book practically makes no sense. I think I know what the story was about. When things came together, if that's what you call it, I realized, I see why they previous readers compared A Wrinkle In Time to C. S. Lewis. But that's not always a good thing. Is it?
So the story is about brother and sister duo, Charles Wallace and Margaret "Meg" trying to find their father. The world in which the story began was lost on me; I didn't know what time it occurred, but it didn't really matter, since they traveled through time. So I then received a lesson on the fifth dimension. Linear views or folding of time - Oh no, this was something totally different and long winded!
The thing is, the story was not really about finding their father, but more so about preventing world domination by a giant *****! Uh-oh... sorry, no SPOILERS! The story shared the importance of individuality, equality, love, and faith in Jesus Christ. Now I'm a Christian - you know me - but this book preached! I don't know about you, but I don't like my fiction this religious! Well, not like this. I felt let down by the way it all unfolded.
Lastly, the main characters, excluding the father, was a big, fat whiner! I detest whining. And the narrator made it worse by properly carrying out the perfect voice for whining! I couldn't take it to the point, I cried tears of joy when the book finally ended. It set me in mind of an Einstein-ish Never Ending Story. Yeah, that sounds about right. to me, it's not a children's book- it's YA.
Since I listened to the audiobook, which makes book one of my novel collection, I haven't pressed through the stories (A Wind In The Door & A Swiftly Tilting Planet). I kid you not, I don't think I ever will. If the other two books are anything like this - I submit. I give, Game Over, man! Game Over!
I'll review the movie after I've seen it. (I set it on the back burner)
A Wrinkle In Time
Written by Madeleine L'Engle
Audiobook book by Audible
Running time: 6 Hours 26 Minutes
January 2012
Narrated by Hope Davis
*A Book Review
When I saw the movie trailer to A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L'Engle, I was like- "OMG! I have that book!" So I snagged it and began reading. I'm not gonna lie, it was a rough read. So I got the audiobook ... #element-792d9fa7-62fb-494f-9755-622592ab3dcf .waddons-blog-image.hideImage { display: none;}
Maybe I'm not smart enough for this book.Mathematics has never been my strong suit so I hated it! When a book starts off with a ton of school teachings and mathematics, I'm like, gone baby, gone! I pushed through though... and found the book practically makes no sense. I think I know what the story was about. When things came together, if that's what you call it, I realized, I see why they previous readers compared A Wrinkle In Time to C. S. Lewis. But that's not always a good thing. Is it?So the story is about brother and sister duo, Charles Wallace and Margaret "Meg" trying to find their father. The world in which the story began was lost on me; I didn't know what time it occurred, but it didn't really matter, since they traveled through time. So I then received a lesson on the fifth dimension. Linear views or folding of time - Oh no, this was something totally different and long winded!
The thing is, the story was not really about finding their father, but more so about preventing world domination by a giant *****! Uh-oh... sorry, no SPOILERS! The story shared the importance of individuality, equality, love, and faith in Jesus Christ. Now I'm a Christian - you know me - but this book preached! I don't know about you, but I don't like my fiction this religious! Well, not like this. I felt let down by the way it all unfolded.
Lastly, the main characters, excluding the father, was a big, fat whiner! I detest whining. And the narrator made it worse by properly carrying out the perfect voice for whining! I couldn't take it to the point, I cried tears of joy when the book finally ended. It set me in mind of an Einstein-ish Never Ending Story. Yeah, that sounds about right. to me, it's not a children's book- it's YA.
Since I listened to the audiobook, which makes book one of my novel collection, I haven't pressed through the stories (A Wind In The Door & A Swiftly Tilting Planet). I kid you not, I don't think I ever will. If the other two books are anything like this - I submit. I give, Game Over, man! Game Over!
I'll review the movie after I've seen it. (I set it on the back burner)
A Wrinkle In Time
Written by Madeleine L'Engle
Audiobook book by Audible
Running time: 6 Hours 26 Minutes
January 2012
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