A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet)
by Madeleine L'Engle
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Author: Madeleine L'EngleEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1962-01-01
ISBN: 0374386137
Number of pages: 206
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Book Review: "A Wrinkle in Time" is a waste of time.
Summary: 1 Stars
A Wrinkle in Time starts off intriguingly well, with kids that have odd personalities (Meg & Charles) and supernatural beings that live next door. Then the story becomes skewed when the search for Meg & Charles father begins. First the three entities off handedly speak in dialect other than English quoting this and that, yet that all gets dropped toward the end when the book gets serious. Second one of the entities, Mrs. Whatsit states that she lost her way (in the beginning) being blown off course, yet has no problem going everywhere else in the book, with a slight exception to the ending where she and the other entities abruptly disappear without explanation. And last but not least there is no true science to this book, only glimpses of it, and outdated ones at that. For instance, Megs dad is a physicist who works for the government with large computers with blinking lights that scream out at the reader old mainframes from the 1950s. And an odd explanation of what is a wrinkle in time: a folding of a linear time, such that time no longer continues is a straight line, but bends to meet ones needs; yet they continue to walk in a straight line over this bend. There are many more odd aspects to this book, so if you have time to waste, pick it up and read it. Other wise Id recommend The Witches of Karrez, by Schmitz if you want a good Sci-Fi book to read.
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