Madeleine L'Engle
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Total reviews: 56
Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Disappointment 2 out of 5 stars.
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Somehow L'Engle seems to have forgotten her own characters between her last foray into the Time Series and this novel. The metaphors are less subtle, the characters are more black-and-white and the plot feels like it was already played out in her earlier, better novels.
What bothered me the most was how the O'Keefe parents, now grandparents, are so much more close-minded than in any previous story. They show nothing but disbelief and disapproval at Polly's time traveling adventures, which simply doesn't make sense. Mr. O'Keefe has had his own space-bending adventure and should definately believe in Polly's experience. And both he and his wife have never been anything but supportive of their children's adventures. Their treatment of Polly just doesn't make sense. The same goes for their good friend Dr. Louise, who has been mentioned in other novels (particularly as the namesake of the big, black snake in the orchard).
It seems that L'Engle wanted to explore the debate between faith and science in this story, generally an interesting persuit. But it seems counterintuitive for her, since she seems to have spent much of her career exploring the idea that science and religion are not mutually exclusive. Seriously, is this even the same person who wrote "A Ring of Endless Light"?
Another, less serious, complaint is that Polly seems much less mature and more virginal and childlike than she did in "A House Like a Lotus," which was annoying.
Editorial Review:
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."
A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.
