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For every child who doesn't quite fit in Jul 8, 2007 (41 of 42 found this helpful)
Meg Murray was one of my best friends growing up. She was imperfect, and loving, and confused, and wickedly smart, and astonishingly dense, and absolutely could not see the beauty of herself (both inside and outside). As a young girl who was also struggling with these things, I found solace and comfort in immersing myself into books where in "the real world" the same types of issues occurred, but that there were "greater" things going on, that she was so uniquely qualified to work on.
While it is true that the book can be read allegorically, it is a treasure all unto itself. I have many geeky, male friends who enjoyed this book as a child, but it did not resonate with them like it did with the woman I have spoken to. I think this is a book wonderful for all genders and ages, but especially lovely for young girls who are a little smarter than the rest of their class, who feel a little less attractive, and who are just finding it difficult to traverse their world.
Many years later, I still find myself reading or listening to this book at least once every year. When things in life start to get a little crazy, and all of those same feelings come back (only now it is being a little too smart at work, and being a little less socially skilled at networking, etc), I visit my friend Meg, and between the two of us things always seem clearer by the end of the book. :)
It is worth noting that there are 3 other books in this "series". A Wrinkle in Time is the first one, then "A Wind in the Door" (A Wind in the Door), "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" (A Swiftly Tilting Planet), and lastly "Many Waters" (Many Waters). The first three are closely tied, but the last one, Many Waters, I actually only realized existed a few years ago. Instead of Having Meg Murray as one of the main characters the book is about an adventure that her younger, twin brothers have. Still good, but a little different than the first 3.
No matter your age, if you have never read these books, and have a little bit of the "intelligent misfit" about you (or ever did), I strongly recommend you pick these books up!
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This book is amazing. May 5, 2007 (22 of 22 found this helpful)
I read this book in about the 7th grade which was around four years ago. I loved this book when i read it. It combines fantasy and amazing writing into one book. I loved how Meg went to save her brother and father. This book is really truly amazing. When I review a book on amazon that i love, i like to look at the one star review and read why people did not like that certain book. I did the same with this book and learned that a lot of kids under the age of 13 were reading this book, and not enjoying it. They either said that they didn't understand it, and therefore it was boring, or that people can really tesser to another planet. If you do not understand a book, then you should put it down and read it a few years later. Those who stated that no one can really tesser to another planet or place are right, you can't, but this story is fiction, meaning it is not real.
thank you for your time
and i sincerely hope that
you read this book,
Loran
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Great book! Sep 11, 2007 (10 of 10 found this helpful)
I read this book as a child and have re-read it as an adult, it is one of the books that launched my love for reading. Thank you Ms. L'Engle for the great story and adventure. Rest in Peace.
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Sadly, Just Okay Jul 2, 2008 (6 of 6 found this helpful)
I'm happy that so many others liked Wrinkle, anything to get kids to read and think of others or to get adults to travel back to when they were eleven is such a beautiful thing. (Note; I am not a reviewer who gives a synopsis, you can get that anywhere, so if that's what you're looking for you'll want to go elsewhere. I'll just give my opinion, can I do that without you hating me?)
Sadly, for me, I just didn't really feel the main character's longing to get her father back. It was like she was more interested in the adventure of the thing and not the purpose of the journey. I also didn't find her that interesting. I haven't dwelled on the characters at all since finishing the book (the real test of a good one, I still ponder Meggie from Inkheart, Bilbo Baggins, Harry Potter, Charlie Bucket and even old Ms. Trunchbull.) I also found myself liking the supporting characters--that clever little brother and the three aliens--more than our leading lady. All in all, still an okay work.
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Deeper Meaning A Wrinkle Away Aug 28, 2007 (28 of 37 found this helpful)
I've had a beautiful edition of this book sitting on my book shelf for the longest time, continuing to call out to read me, and I finally pulled it down and did, to find a sweet magical tale cloaked around religious allegory. It wasn't until I was three quarters of the way through that I remembered first seeing it as a child in our church's library, nestled next to the C.S. Lewis Narnia books, and now I know why. That's not to say it pounds you over the head with anything. Quite the contrary, aside form a few vague references to God it plays as a simple magic story of a young girl who's Father has disappeared, and she and her brother and friend go to rescue him after being visited by three spectral old ladies. The book has a dated quality to it, feeling very representative of the psychadelic 60s especially in it's vivid desciptions of the other worlds they travel to, however that only adds to it's charms as a classic of children's literature. And whatever you glean form the story, religious or otherwise, its a sweet tale for children and adults alike.