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Wow, some things don't age well. Meaning me, not the book--I'm sure when I read this when I was 12, then read it again when I was 13 (which for the record, I did--so that's about 30 years after the book was written), instead of reading it when I was 16 then reading it again fifteen years later (the book is now almost 50 years old!), the feeling of discovery and enchantment would have been much more intense. I'm almost sure it was.
The broccoli patch scene still brought me to tears, but thank good ...more
The broccoli patch scene still brought me to tears, but thank good ...more
I liked this book, but didn't love it, and I had to stop and think for a few minutes at the end to figure out why.
1) I really dislike the cliché that intelligent people, especially scientists, act like complete idiots in a real-world setting. In the case of young Charles Wallace, that is especially annoying, but the father was apparently like that, too. Both of them seem to be of the "Hmmm...I have a remarkably dangerous situation here about which I know little or nothing, so I guess I'll just j ...more
1) I really dislike the cliché that intelligent people, especially scientists, act like complete idiots in a real-world setting. In the case of young Charles Wallace, that is especially annoying, but the father was apparently like that, too. Both of them seem to be of the "Hmmm...I have a remarkably dangerous situation here about which I know little or nothing, so I guess I'll just j ...more
Jun 16, 2009
Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
mg,
fantasy,
science-fiction,
re-read,
classics,
newbery,
fuse-8-top-100-books,
newbery-newbery-honor
It has been so very long since I first read this book. I remember liking it as a child and remembered a few things about it but not in great detail. Re-reading it as an adult was interesting. I couldn't help but compare the writing style with today's books for children. There was something so different, maybe even a little naive in how it was written but also there was a maturity too. It was also interesting to think about the time in which it was written and how that influenced how the story wo
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When I tried to read this as a kid, I just didn't get it and gave up. Reading it now, I really enjoyed it, but felt the need for more depth in the characters.
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Jan 25, 2013
Jennette Neville
marked it as to-read
Dec 25, 2016
Isabelle B.
rated it
it was ok
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