From the Bookshelf of 101 Books to Read Before You Die…

A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)

Madeleine L'Engle

Start date: July 1, 2014

Finish date: July 31, 2014

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

No group discussions for this book yet.

What Members Thought

May 06, 2017 Suki St Charles rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: never-too-late-to-read-classics, 2017-goodreads-challenge, around-the-year-in-52-books, catching-up-on-classics-book-club

When this came up as one of my book group reads, I was very excited because it was a childhood favorite of mine; I had read and reread it many times. However, when it came down to actually reading the book I had a really hard time getting started, because I was afraid it wouldn't stand the test of time. I ended up enjoying it very much-- it was a nostalgic, literary equivalent to comfort food. There were some political and religious motifs I recognized as an adult that had not been part of my ch ...more

4 likes · Like · see review

May 27, 2016 Kressel Housman rated it liked it · review of another edition

Read with my class in fifth grade. I don't think I got the depth of it at the time. ...more

2 likes · Like · see review

Mar 06, 2012 Alana rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: children-youth, books-to-film, political, in-a-series, classics, sci-fi, newberry-medal, 1001-children-s-books

Another re-read for me, this was delightful as the first time (or two?) reading it through.

I, was surprised by the number of Christian and scriptural references, some directly speaking of Jesus, that were used, although characters also alluded to Buddha and other figures from other world religions, which made that aspect a bit confusing. L'Engle seems to be promoting religion or philosophy in general, though the majority of her quotations came from the Christian Scriptures.

I listened to an audi ...more

1 like · Like · see review

Jul 14, 2018 kaotickitten rated it liked it · review of another edition

I have had this on my TBR list for a while. I always believe you should read what is considered to be a classic at least once a year.

I personal liked the manga version of this book better. In this version the characters seemed so flat. I wish the details of this were as beautifully portrayed in this version as the manga.

The main characters were Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin. They each had character flaws that were hard to work vet look. Meg never seem to get over being a little whiny. Charl ...more

Like · see review