A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) in Overdue Podcast

Jun 30, 2017 Liesl rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, series, young-adult, adapted-for-film, newbery, 2017, overdue, ssr

Engrossing and intelligent. Fantasy is hands down my least favorite genre and the outlandish content occasionally became a little unbearable for me, but the strong universal themes help keep everything grounded. Meg is a flawed yet relatable protagonist, and it was fascinating to explore the relationships that she has with the various other characters, whether established or new. I couldn't help but be intrigued by the three Mrs Ws as well as their various useful skills and capabilities that are ...more

1 like · Like · see review

Oct 02, 2017 Holli rated it it was amazing

Shelves: to-read-library

This book feels like Anne of Green Gables to me. It feels like the Chronicles of Narnia. It feels like Harry Potter. It feels like every sweeping tale of good versus evil that ever made me sad to finish the last page.

I don't know why this book didn't call to me as a kid. I suppose I was turned off by the cover, or maybe the notion of it being sci-fi felt too much like work or math or analytical. Nothing could be further from the truth.

I wish I would've read it then so that I could fall in love ...more

1 like · Like · see review

Jun 03, 2013 Sarah added it

Shelves: not-finished

I tried but even kid science fiction is not my thing!

1 like · Like · see review

Dec 27, 2011 Jennifer Hoque rated it it was amazing

This is my favorite book of all time. I have read it at least 20 times and get something new out of each reading.

Like · see review

Jul 09, 2018 Inge rated it liked it

Shelves: boekenkast

Hmm, I'm not so sure about this. I like the story but in my head I kept on comparing it to Narnia, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter and I just got a little bit too annoyed with the lack of world-building (as compared to you know, king of world-building, Tolkien) which is maybe unfair because this is a children's book. Also the moralistic tone - hmm.. I mean C.S. Lewis can do moralistic but then I don't find it as annoying as here.

But maybe all of this ^ because this is a book for children and ...more

Like · see review