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Feb 27, 2012
Harold Ogle
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I read this for the first time this month. As an adult reading many YA novels, I was struck by a number of things with this one:
a) in the absence of another, earlier book exhibiting the same plot, I have to assume that A Wrinkle in Time is the template for most YA fiction that has come after. As such, it is an Important Book, but it may strike other first-time readers as it did me: that I'd read it all before.
b) The tone of the book's language is very dry and emotionally remote, a bit like a new ...more
a) in the absence of another, earlier book exhibiting the same plot, I have to assume that A Wrinkle in Time is the template for most YA fiction that has come after. As such, it is an Important Book, but it may strike other first-time readers as it did me: that I'd read it all before.
b) The tone of the book's language is very dry and emotionally remote, a bit like a new ...more
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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This was a good book. It was a little weird and quirky, but I liked it. I also think it would've made more of an impact if I'd read it as a kid. I was a lot like Meg when I was a kid, right down to the glasses. I think every kid who likes fantasy and sci-fi should read it.
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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.
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Cassandra
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Aug 15, 2017
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