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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine l'Engle -- 3 stars for me but 5 stars for appropriately aged people
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Reading this now and feeling guilty that I'm not loving it like everyone else..... I have a feeling my review will be pretty on par with yours.
I agree--I loved it when I was young, but it didn't hold up when I read it as an adult. I am afraid to reread The Arm of the Starfish, although since it was in entirely different type of scifi it might actually hold up better.
As the mother of a pre-teen girl who is about the same age as Meg (12 soon to be 13!) I can vouch for the number of tantrums they can throw. That said, rereading this with her as an adult I was annoyed by Meg more than I was when I read it as a kid.
I'm so glad you all re-read and saved me from disappointment. I loved this when I was little and with the movie release I was thinking how much I no longer remember, but was worried the re-read wouldn't hold up. It is young, young adult.
I just came home from watching the movie, and frankly I was quite disappointed. They made a lot of changes and additions that I didn't understand, and I didn't really find much resemblance to the book.
I absolutely adored this book when I was younger, as my class read it for our grade eight novel study. I still look back on it with fond nostalgia. I may not choose to re-read it, though, just to preserve that feeling. In my memory, my favourite part of the novel was the unique-ness of the world the characters inhabit. You certainly won't find many of the interesting planets and creatures in this book throughout other pre-teen fantasy.
Ellie wrote: "I just came home from watching the movie, and frankly I was quite disappointed. They made a lot of changes and additions that I didn't understand, and I didn't really find much resemblance to the b..."I'm not surprised they did this, given when it was first written and how much scifi has changed, etc.
Ellie wrote: "I just came home from watching the movie, and frankly I was quite disappointed. They made a lot of changes and additions that I didn't understand, and I didn't really find much resemblance to the b..."Nnnnoooo! I am going Tuesday night. I am prepared for it to be a bit of a let down but (1) I am prepared and (2) I love Oprah.
Well, Oprah was awesome, so there is that!
There are very view few movies made from books, even when I read the book after the movie, do I like the movie better than the book. I will probably skip this movie. The Giver movie really upset me. I don't want this movie to hurt my love for this book.
Good idea Jason. I'm an "easy" public, even if I like the book it's hard to piss me off with the movie adaptation, but this was one of the ones I disliked. Also Ender's Game and the second Narnia.
I think this is going to be one of those that I have to consider the book and the movie as two SEPARATE things (as much as I can at least), I've done this with a lot of books turned into movies- and it helps keep the enjoy-ability of the movie- without the constant comparison.
I'd like to see the movie, if only to see what they've done with the book (and not just because one of the world settings was filmed here, because they've digitally altered it out of recognition!) It's safe territory - I only read the book for the first time recently so I don't have any emotions or memories invested in it. When I read it, I had just the same reaction as you, Nicole. Objectively I'm in awe of the imagination that created it out of nothing in the 1960s, and I can appreciate how stunning it was when it came out. I'd probably still adore it if I were a pre-teen. But as an adult with a lot of fantasy and sci fi lodged in my brain, it didn't grab me by the shoulders and shake me.
I read this in Jan and felt much the same way. I had read it as a kid, and remembered loving it, but not much else.I will probably wait for movie to come on TV so there will be some distance between reading book and viewing movie. Our movie theater was packed this weekend when we went to see Black Panther, which I highly recommend!
Well, my movie going plans were spoiled by a nor’easter, so I probably will just wait for it to be released on DVD
Cora wrote: "As the mother of a pre-teen girl who is about the same age as Meg (12 soon to be 13!) I can vouch for the number of tantrums they can throw. ..."Yup.
I did have to read it with my younger, more innocent self in mind. I can absolutely vouch for how amazing it is for the right reader... and how the wrong reader will find so much 'wrong' with it that they'll hate it.
I probably won't ever bother with the movie, mainly because I watch about 3 movies a decade anyway so how would I squeeze it in?
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3 stars
I know I read this book when I was younger and remember liking it, so I decided to reread it in preparation for the movie. I should have skipped the reread and just gone to the movie.
A Wrinkle in Time is targeted at a younger audience than young adult, and I have decided that reading for that age group is too young for me. The story is overly simplistic and the main character of Meg seemed too childish for the age she was supposed to be with regards to throwing tantrums.
BUT, I adore the introductory science-y themes. And the messages of friendship and family and love. And how Meg is truly coming of age and learning about herself and of what she is capable, of her overcoming obstacles and self-doubt. I think those are all amazing themes for pre-teen girls who read this book. Meg is a strong character, and I think young girls can relate to her. I am sure that I did when I read this at age 10 or 11.
I highly recommend this book for preteen girls. And for parents of pre-teen girls to read it with them. That is the beauty of this book and for that I give it 5 full stars. But, for my personal enjoyment as a 35 year old woman with no appropriately aged girl to enjoy it with, I give it 3 stars.