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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: This has to be the best book by L'Engle. It's about Sandy and Dennis (brothers of Meg and Charles in A Wrinkle in Time) going back in time as Giants to the time of Noah's Ark. This book kind of proves that the twins are part of the family because everybody else in their family traveled or worked in time/space/biology subjects except them who were just plain ordinary.
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Summary: Great Idea!
Review: What a great idea! I have been waiting for someone to write a fantasy/fiction story on a theme from the Bible for a while! L'Engle is a very talented and diligent author who knows how to expertly put down her thoughts and convictions on paper. Many Waters is an inspiring book, and yes, as a previous reviewer mentioned, it is not for the very young. The book's themes are more for the adolescent who might be struggling with mixed feelings over what true love is and the dangers of surrendering to lust. The Nephilim and Seraphim, who play a big part in the book, are a beautiful analogy of the age- old battle between good and evil. Young adults and struggling teens can find that Sandy and Dennys are true heroes as they dealt wisely with the difficult decisions set before them. Unlike many of today's YA books, Many Waters holds such themes as love, respect to elders, faith, and virtue in high esteem. Your teens will not only find an adventurous read, but will also be challenged to take a second look at the virtues that their present generation label as old-fashioned and out of date. Congatulations, Mrs. L'Engle. A fine work.
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Summary: Many Flaws
Review: The ending comes suddenly and leaves the characters unchanged which made me wonder why the book was written. Also the big difficulty of leaving before the flood has an easy out that is opposed to a challenging climax. And most importantly the biblical interpretation leaves a lot to be desired. Even if you accept the author's premise of Nephilhim being fallen angels, why are there only 12 of them, only 12 good angels, and all at this one Oasis? Why do they keep transforming to and from animals? How can one family build a wooden boat much less the ark in a couple of months? We see nothing of the gathering of animals. The description of people as continualy wicked is strained when we barely see any evil and then someone excuses two men by saying they'd never do the bad thing they did if it wasn't for the Nephilhim. In addition to the twins easy out, their love has an even easier escape. All the good guys listen to stars. I like stars too but I'm supposed to worship God and listen to him. Noah is presented as evil in the very beginning, but then is easily turned. Noah's wife does more ruling in the household than Noah does. God is presented as distant. The world is unconvincingly portayed. And there are still more flaws. The best thing I can say about this book is it is poorly written. The worst thing might be that it encourages confusion over the bible and may well be dangerous. I can't recommend the book to anyone.
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Summary: Not for the younger reader!
Review: My eleven year old daughter and I have enjoyed reading the Wrinkle in Time books together as "out loud" bedtime and long car trip reading. The story lines and display of imagination have been wonderful. I am by no means conservative or narrow minded in my critique of children's books, but I felt blind sided by the blatant sexual conversation in Many Waters and really don't understand the gratuitous insertion so different from anything in the other three books in the time travel series. My daughter actually said "I don't think this is a children's book..." after reading the explicit language which would be more appropriate for my two high school students. This left me disappointed and disturbed by a book that was otherwise very entertaining.
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Summary: Imaginative but Unfulfilling
Review: This work was certainly engaging, and one that I found difficult to put down once begun. I love L'Engle's imagination, and she creates a very believable antiluvian world. While this side of eternity we may never know what the Nephilim, sons of God, and daughters of man are, L'Engle's suggestions are convincing. It was almost a new breed of historical fiction, perhaps better titled mythical fiction. She created a world and characters that one can accept, while remaining very true to the text (unlike other works such as The Red Tent). It is alternative history, or alternative myth, at it's most inventive. Yet it was ultimately unfulfilling. I was left uncertain as to the point of the story, and why Dennys and Sandy had traveled to the past. L'Engle created a great world, but then it seems like so much more could have happened there. This would have been a much better book with a "Part II" attached, where the real action begins after the groundwork is laid. Similarly, the ending occurs so quickly that the reader hardly has time to realize the book is over. Additionally, suprisingly, this book does not seem suitable to children, due to a few descriptions of women's exposed breasts. But I would still recommend it as a light enjoyment for older readers.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I have loved this book for years--while in some ways, it's definitely for a more mature audience than the time trilogy (esp. in some of the sexual content), it's almost easier to get into the story than in the other Murry family books. For one thing, since the twins are the "down to earth" members of the family, it's easier for an average reader to see their point of view--even though they have extraordinary qualities as well (how many of us can speak the "Old Language?"). It's a very good read and it makes you think too, especially if you're a Christian and have heard the Noah story 5 million times already.
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Summary: a madeleine L'Engle fan...
Review: I thought this was an awesom book! A must have! I started reading and couldn't put it down. I love this book!
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Summary: ~ Many Waters ~
Review: I read Many Waters ,By Madeleine L'Engle. I felt the book was very interesting. It was a book to keep you on the edge of your seat. The book was wonderful in the sense of sci-fi. If you like sct-fi books this would be a book for you. Many Waters is about two brothers who go into there mothers lab and get sent back to the time of Noahs Ark. The two brothers find them selves battleing to get back to there own time before the Great flood or Many Waters come.
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Summary: Many Waters
Review: Many Waters is intriguing and innovative. Sandy and Dennys Murry, the twins, accidentally stumble over their scientist mother's experiment with quantum time leaping. A shimmer of light and then they are suddenly at a bleaching hot desert. It is also a different time. A time where ethereal seraphim and nephilim exist. They meet a kindly family. The twins fit oddly into their new comforting lifestyle, doing small things like tending the grandfather's garden and falling in love. They become involved in a series of events, both good and bad and all touching. They change the world around them by winning the characters, as well as the reader, over by their innocent and good will. Near the end, the story climaxes and lapses into something familiar. The fate of the world is decreed by El. It's a enthrallingly beautiful rendition of story from the Bible.
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Summary: Different in a good way!
Review: When I first looked at this book a thought, "Oh, another sci-fi book by Madeleine L'engle." That was fine with me, because I loved "A Wrinkle in Time" But I soon found out that I wasn't getting into a super sci-fi book. I discovered that Many Waters is a more, realistic fiction book. That was O.K. with me too. But when I really got into the book I found out that it was a lot better than I gueesed it would be! If you havn't read it, I suggest giving it a try!
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