A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time is a novel I’ve always been interested in picking up because I remember my sister read it as a child and really loved it. Having Disney turn it into a film adaptation is what made me finally plunge in and see what it was all about. It is a timeless tale of a young girl who feels completely misunderstood by her piers and also by her family. She inadvertently is shown just how strong she is, and how her unique quirks are assets when she is sent on a magic journey to find her missing father. Travel through the wrinkles in time with Meg in this classic adventure.
I will put up at the front of this review, that it probably isn’t fair for this book to be judged while I’ve been reading a 14 book series that each contain 800+ pages. I say this because my number one critique of the novel is that there were so many opportunities for small back-stories or elaborations that were just glanced right over. I had to remind myself that this book was geared toward children, and typically they don’t hold on for more than a few hundred pages, but I think that just a little more background would have made this book more gripping and magical; the planets the children visit and the guardian spirits that take them there are so intriguing that I wanted so desperately to know more about how they came to be. I especially feel this way after finding out that the author has built multiple series based around these children; if you do that, you could at least give us a little more complexity with each book. Other then that, this book held my attention throughout and I was so curious to see how the protagonists were going to beat the evil forces of the universe.
I would recommend reading this with your children (especially if you plan on seeing the movie that has just come out) or if you like The Golden Compass series.
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