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Summary: Compelling drama for young adults.
Review: Starting with 'A Wrinkle In Time' Madeleine L'engle's 'Time Quartet' uses science fiction adventure to bring accross deep lessons about life and love. The science
fiction is excellent and L'engle's prose generates awe and
wonder at the great mysteries of the universe. Following the lives of one family with such compelling depth that
you feel you should be able to find them in the phone book
L'engle creates a convincing portrait of the pains of adolesence and the growth that comes from it. Get this for
Christmas for someone you love.
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Summary: The best book I ever read!!
Review: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L¡¯Engle is a book that all the science fiction or fantasy lovers of all ages should read. Even though the book is geared towards young readers, it is interesting enough for adults to read. The book is so different and unusual that it makes your imagination travel through time and space with the characters in the book. As you travel throughout the book, you can learn lessons that are important to your life.The book is about a girl named Meg Murry, an awkward, but loving high school student. She finds out that her missing father who is a gifted scientist is being held prisoner by the evil forces on the other planet of Camazotz. With Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Whatsit¡¯s help, Meg, her extraordinarily intelligent younger brother Charles Wallace, and their new friend, Calvin O¡¯Keefe, go on a dangerous adventure through time and space. They fight the evil forces including the giant disembodied brain named IT, The Black Thing, and the Man with the Red Eyes to rescue Meg¡¯s father. Throughout the battle of good and evil, Meg learns few lessons. When Meg arrives at a planet of Camazots, she is surprised at the place. The place represents complete conformity and security, but no personal freedom with its rows of identical houses and identical human beings. Meg learns that being unique and individual is better than being absolutely identical. Another important lesson that Meg learns is that she can not know everything. When she goes to the planet named Uriel, she can accept that the musical dance of the creatures is beautiful even though she can not understand nor speak their language. She learns that being able to feel is more important than the need for total understanding of the world around her. Another theme of the book and an important lesson for Meg is the inadequacy of words. L¡¯Engle demonstrates that verbal speech is not the only way with which we can share our thoughts and feelings. Meg learns her lesson in her rescue of Charles Wallace: she fights over and wins IT through the sheer power of love that transcends spoken language. When you read the book, you can learn few other important lessons. A Wrinkle in Time is a great book that anyone who loves adventures and science fiction should read. I really like this book. In the absence of any ambiguities or shades of gray, the book¡¯s central conflict is clearly and starkly dramatized so that readers of all ages can understand its themes and its messages. The book is very interesting and catches your attention because it¡¯s very different from our normal life: unreal, and very strange. It is so fictional and unusual that it might be too childish for some people. The book is well written. The story flows nicely, but it ends awfully quickly at the end where it should be concentrated the most on: Meg saves her brother by her love, and then is happily whisked home, all in few pages. I also hoped that the author explained about the tesseract which is a wrinkle in time more clearly. The book refers to Christianity at the theological and philosophical level; and while the struggle between good and evil forces in the world is a central aspect of Christian theology, it is also universal in its scope. It is a great science fiction story which is very adventurous, imaginative, appealing and which teaches you very important lessons. I recommend the book to people who like to use their imagination as they read the book.
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Summary: Really good!!
Review: I read this a long time ago, but it's still really good! Read it! Anyway, that's not my real point. Would all those people who are complaining about the "lack of scientific substance" stop?!?!?! This isn't supposed to be a scientific journal! It's a NOVEL! What do novels do? Tell stories! NOT give scientific facts. So, with that aside, I recommend this book to everyone. Have fun reading!
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Summary: A Journey Through the Fifth Dimension
Review: How can you resist a book that begins with "It was a dark and stormy night"? Those seven little words can set the imagination racing in anticipation of a frightfully exciting story.
This one is a time travel story with a sci-fi angle, except there are no confusing paradoxes or problems with the butterfly effect. As far as the author is concerned, you should just bend it a little and charge right in.
This is also one of those rare books where the supporting characters are much more interesting than the main characters.
Meg Murry is a very central character, but she's rather hard to like, not too bright and very whiny. She's understandably devastated to learn that her father doesn't make the sun rise, and that the world doesn't revolve at his command.
Her brother Charles Wallace is more interesting, as he has a fledgling sixth sense thing going on, and at five years old he not only speaks perfectly, but has his mother's permission to use the stove. (That's a serious matter Ms. Engle)
Their new friend Calvin O'Keefe is not fully developed as a character, and neither are Meg and Charles' parents, Dr. Murry and Dr. Murry.
On the other hand you have Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs Which, as well as Aunt Beast, who guide the children on their quest to save Dr. Murry. These are really great characters, and I look forward to reading more about them in books to come.
This is obviously the first book of a series, and judging by the ending, not the last I'll be reading.
Amanda Richards, February 14, 2005
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Summary: A Book that Will Blow You Into The Fifth Demention
Review: I must be the oldest kid on this planet...! Finding this book series after seeing the new movie, was a blessing indeed. I read all 4 books in the boxed issues, and thoroughly enjoyed them.
The levels of meaning in these books are profound. As analogy of a deeper "truths", these tales are fascinating.
On par with Starwars, Neverending Story, The Princes Bride, etc.
If you enjoyed these, do yourself a favour... read this.
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