A Ring of Endless Light (Austin Family Chronicles, #4) in Around the World in 80 Books

Jul 17, 2011 mstan rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: american, for-young-adults-or-children, src-summer-2011

I was so disappointed in this, because it is highly rated by many of my friends, and the poetry is truly lovely. Maybe I would have loved it if I had read it when I was a teenager, or if I had read the first three books in the Austin family chronicles...

Things that bothered me:

1) The cluelessness of the female protagonist, who lamented her lack of looks yet managed to snare three boys in one summer and string them all along for a while, going from one date to another, sometimes within the same d ...more

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Mar 24, 2018 Karen rated it really liked it

This is a re-read for me. I am reading through L'Engle's YA books in publication order. A Ring of Endless Light came out in 1980. I cannot decide which book I like better: A Wrinkle in Time, or this one. I like this book because it features dolphins so prominently, and like dragons, I can't get enough of dolphins.
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Nov 29, 2012 Heather-Lea rated it it was amazing

What a beautiful ending. I loved that I felt so close to Vicky and wished that I had a similar relationship with the rest of the family as well. I may need to start with Meet the Austins and work my way back again.

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