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Widely considered a seminal children's book, "A Wrinkle in Time" cautions readers that appearances can be deceiving and that the world is a whole lot more pleasant--and interesting--when we accept one another's differences as beautiful. I first read the book as a child in elementary school and have just reread it now as an adult. The story has not held up as well over time as I had hoped it would. The language is often stilted, the gaps in the plot stand out, and, on reflection, the story is too
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I read this when I was a kid, and for some reason I remember there being more to the book. Maybe my young imaginative mind added all the little extra details I thought I remembered. The story was still fun and original, but it definitely doesn't appeal to me near as much as an adult as it did when I was a kid. I think I may need to back off the juvenile books and just remember them as they were when I read them years ago. I gave it four stars just because I remember how much I enjoyed it when I
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Another book club reread, although this time we abandoned it because nobody's library had it (wait lists were super long). I liked reading it again after the latest movie; it works as a book very differently.
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I adore this book like a fat kid adores cheesecake. I periodically reread it from time to time, and each time it holds up well.
fiction,science fiction
Aug 05, 2010
Nathan
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