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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

Madeleine L'Engle

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Jan 19, 2010 Philip rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, young-adult, children

My favorite theme/topic in books is time travel. I've always thought it would answer all of the arguments in the world. I mean, Hawking says it's possible, right? And generally, scientifically speaking, his word is gold. Granted, he did say one time that the absence of tourists from the future is a pretty good argument against it. Well, besides... it's not like time travel doesn't exist... it's just that we only know how to progress (and often regress) forward through it.

So, I liked this book fo ...more

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Aug 28, 2007 Holly rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: not-for-kids-only, sci-fi-or-alt-reality

I loved this book as a child, but on re-reading it, it was a bit like meeting up with a dear old friend and finding they will only talk about their cat and their obsession with French cheeses. Or maybe, like going home and finding your room filled with sewing machines, chintzy pictures, and boxes of your old photo albums of Lynda Carter pictures.

Yeah, exactly like that.

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Aug 04, 2013 Ray (user2637) rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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I thought I had read this in grade school but when I started it again, at suggestion of an acquaintance when I asked for a time-travel (sci-fi) book with a female protagonist, it didn't seem familiar at all. Sadly, there's only a little time-travel with none of the fun and difficult results of time-travel, and also this isn't sci-fi, but rather fantasy. :(

Meg, supposedly the protagonist, is whiny and annoying. I don't understand why a 2 billion year old star is suggesting the Christia ...more

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Apr 22, 2007 junia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: yummy

awesome.

Re-read it... Love it more. This is my third or fourth time I think. A little annoyed with the Cal/Meg in my opinion unnecessary romance but whatevs. Didn't detract that much. Love this book!! ...more

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