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It has been over 30 years since the first time I read this, and while I remember that I liked it, they were looking for her father, she had a little brother, and there was a winged centaur like creature, I admit I didn't remember much else!
I believe this was one of my first forays into science fiction, as early as grade school and gave me a love of the genre that has never gone away. I can't honestly say as a child how I felt about the characters, but as an adult I can appreciate and relate to h ...more
I believe this was one of my first forays into science fiction, as early as grade school and gave me a love of the genre that has never gone away. I can't honestly say as a child how I felt about the characters, but as an adult I can appreciate and relate to h ...more
I first read this book in 5th grade, and it was the gateway to a lifelong love of fantastical literature. Rereading it all these years later, the book still holds up.
Pretty entertaining for juvenile fiction but:
1. The end just kinda happened with no real explanations as to:
a. How Mr. Murray can just tesser.
b. Who the witches were.
c. Charles-Wallace's TP, and Calvin O'Keefe's gift for languages
Hopefully, they're explained in subsequent sequels. ...more
1. The end just kinda happened with no real explanations as to:
a. How Mr. Murray can just tesser.
b. Who the witches were.
c. Charles-Wallace's TP, and Calvin O'Keefe's gift for languages
Hopefully, they're explained in subsequent sequels. ...more
A complex and engaging read. More theological than I remembered.
A great read and a classic for me.... maybe I should read it again.
I wish I had read this as a kid. It would have been something I would have loved! It loses a bit as a "jaded" adult.
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Mar 03, 2009
Ed
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