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drmbumpy's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting story but a bit confusing with so many characters with similar names. In the end I felt I understood the big picture, but may be tough for younger readers.
kimrader111's review against another edition
4.0
Read aloud to my youngest. She still loves this series. I remember how much I loved this as a child. This book most likely began my love of books with time travel. But as an adult I had a little trouble getting into it - the religious imagery is so heavy, but I don't remember noticing it as a child.
ekpowers's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty good, but I'm losing interest in the series. I'm guessing this is why I didn't make it past this book when I was a kid. :)
pam_d's review against another edition
3.0
While this was an interesting jaunt through space and time (on a unicorn no less)this was not on pare with some of the other books in the series. The characters are nicely developed and engaging but I really felt that the supposed main story, eminent nuclear war, was poorly drawn out. I realize that as a children's novel you would have to do that cautiously but L'Engle seemed to just leave the story line alone.
vestabesta's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Very upset that I had to worry about Calvin. Very happy with the ending based on the fact that I worried about Calvin.
ltrinh's review against another edition
5.0
Marvelous. Won't make any sense if you haven't read the other two first, though.
aussiejp's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
hvbh_g's review against another edition
3.0
I wish I could mark this as 3.5 stars because while the story moved quickly and is one of my favorites in the series, the stuff about the Native Americans just gets more and more stupid and unrealistic. Madeline L'Engle could have tried a little harder to research Native Americans and some of the time periods she was writing about.
comradexo's review against another edition
5.0
this is my favorite in the time quintet. the murray kids are all grown up-- charles wallace is fifteen, and everyone is home for the holidays. meg is married to calvin. he's at a conference in england, so the murrays invite calvin's mother to supper.
she thrusts an ancient rune onto charles wallace, with which he is to stop a nuclear war. thus the next adventure commences. there's a unicorn, a new dog, more echthroi, and hope. always hope.
she thrusts an ancient rune onto charles wallace, with which he is to stop a nuclear war. thus the next adventure commences. there's a unicorn, a new dog, more echthroi, and hope. always hope.
lbgandhi's review against another edition
2.0
Ohhhh Madeleine L'Engle where are you going with this series???? I soooooo desperately want to love the rest of the books in the Wrinkle series, but I just don't... You are such a gifted and talented writer, and I see the underlying tones of Christianity in your writing, but I feel your message gets so jumbled up with all these family generations and crazy names and "out in left space" plot lines. It overall makes the storyline too hard to follow for me.
"Hate hurts the hater more'n the hated."
There are some great lessons in these books for kids to grasp onto, I think these get lost in the crazy maze you have to take to get through the book. And as a fairly decently educated adult I'm getting lost, then I know these wonderful themes are getting lost on the younger generation this was intended for. After this book, I may have to take a break from this series and come back to it later.....
"Hate hurts the hater more'n the hated."
There are some great lessons in these books for kids to grasp onto, I think these get lost in the crazy maze you have to take to get through the book. And as a fairly decently educated adult I'm getting lost, then I know these wonderful themes are getting lost on the younger generation this was intended for. After this book, I may have to take a break from this series and come back to it later.....