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The Time Quartet Box Set (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters)

The Time Quartet Box Set (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters)

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: i remember it fondly
Review: i read Wrinkle again simultaneously to reading the first Harry Potter book.
This experiment was not exactly sound, since i had read Wrinkle before, and not Potter -- (the first books of both series,) but i was curious to see what the Potter cultural obsession was all about, and to see if it really held up against my favorite childhood book.
while i am no great fan of the Potter books, i had to admit that in comparison, Wrinkle seemed to drag.
However, i am still a devotee of L'Engle and i think that books like Wrinkle should be more widely acknowledged.
i devoured L'Engle's books when i was a kid, and i look forward to rereading the rest of this series -- more than i look forward to reading the next Potter book. (sorry Rowling fans!)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Thought provoking, 14 years later...
Review: I returned to this book after 14 years for no apparent reason; in fact, I had a dream about reading it and I remembered how it had intrigued me at one point so long ago. Today I feel that it is still a wonderful book, but two things come to mind that I think are worth mentioning:

First, this book isn't necessarily a young children's book. While it is written such that young people may grasp it, its concepts are complex and fundamental. Today's society feeds on such shallow garbage media that simple ideas like the struggle between good and bad, the value of family and love, would almost seem revolutionary. I recommend that teens, young adults, even the elderly read and enjoy this book. It is wonderful.

My second point is tangentally related to my first point, and stems from reviewing the other reader postings. Children as young as 12 are deriding this book because it lacks combat-style action and an unnecessarily climactic ending. What does this say about American children? They are losing their intellectual capacity, replacing it with pre-packaged, easy to swallow, simply satisfying quasi-drama. Parents, get your children away from popular media (Britney Spears, MTV, Hip-Hop, Hollywood, Jerry Springer...) and sit them in front of a wholesome book. Spend time with them. Teach them about the important things in life. Or else we are all doomed...

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: My Rate On A Wrinkle In Time
Review: I didn't really all that much enjoy A Wrinkle In Time. The reason is this, I think there should have been more action in it. Well besides that, it was an in the middle book. Then again, once you got to the ending, that ruined the book. I think the ending should have been more interesting; I thought it was kind of plain and boring. Also, it kind of just ended. I think it could have went on for at least one more chapter.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A Wrinkle in Time
Review: The book A Wrinkle In time, I thought was very interesting.I enjoyed the parts about time, and tessering.I thought the story line was fairly easy to follow, but tricky at some times.Overall the book was good.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Winkle In Time Evaluated
Review: I didn't like the book.I think it is too loving,like a nursery rhyme. I don't want there to be killing and death but I like action. Harry Potter is always getting in trouble and solving mysteries; Indiana Jones is too. Even Donald Duck and Looney Toons have more excitement. This book is more like Superman compared to all of the X-men. But, I still like the battle with IT and the Dark Thing.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A book to feed the soul and linger in the memory.
Review: This is a special book that will linger long in the memory of any reader who enjoys fantasy, or for that matter, a well told, challenging, thought provoking story.

L'Engle has constructed this book thoughtfully, the action is well paced, and the characters beautifully developed. This development of course continues throughout the rest of the "Time Quartet".

The concept of the Fifth Dimension is wonderful; some may say that this is too difficult for children. I would answer with Madeleine L'Engle's own reason for writing children's books:

"When I have something to say that I think will be too difficult
for adults, I write it in a book for children. Children are excited by new ideas; they have not yet closed the doors and windows of their imaginations. Provided the story is good...nothing is too difficult for children."

Perhaps this is the thing I enjoy most about "A Wrinkle in Time" each time I re read it. It is a children's book that gives children credit for intelligence and understanding and ability to cope with complicated ideas...to me, this is what makes a 'classic' children's book which stands the test of time.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A Wrinkle In Time
Review: This book to me wasn't very interesting to me. I didn't like the ending because it was cheap. They could of added more drama in the ending. The figurative language made no sense to me. I would reccomend this book to people who are interested in a science fiction book with stuff about the 5th dimension.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A Review of A Wrinkle in Time!
Review: I really didn't like the book that much. I would recommend it to an adult, but not to a child. It was somewhat slow in the begining but it became a little better. I would not ever read it again. I hope my little sisters don't ever have to read this.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Really good Book
Review: In the book A Wrinkle in Time I liked it because I thought it was a good book. In the Wrinkle in Time it was about a girl named Meg who was trying to find her father. But in the end after all every thing worked out.I would recomnend this book to you because it is a one of the best books ever! That is my book reveiw for the book A Wrinkle in Time.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Wrinkle In Time
Review: I liked most of the book A Wrinkle In Time. I liked how the story talked about things that no one would ever think about. But, the end of the story was too easy to predict. By reading the book, you could tell what was going to happen in the end. Other than having an easy to predict ending, the story was good. I think people should read it.


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