I never read this book as a kid but always heard such good things about it. I really liked it, and can tell that if I had read it as a kid, it very easily could have been one of my favorites.

It's fast-paced, with quite a bit of mystery in the beginning. I really loved that L'Engle doesn't dumb-down the writing. There are some larger words, and plenty of foreign quotes (that are then translated), as well.

I would definitely recommend it to the next generation of readers! ( )

I've finally gotten around to reading this. I'd assumed that I had read it in school, but it didn't take me long to realize that I had not.

It wasn't what I expected, happily. I've more than once picked up a book only to discover that it's a formulaic YA slog, and since this book won the Newberry Medal, I was afraid it would suffer from similar flaws. It's true that the characters and plot are pretty simple, but that's to be expected at a book targeting younger audiences. I found the didactic bits about learning new words to be endearing rather than patronizing. I was a bit bemused when Kindle popped up a suggestion to enable a vocabulary coach, but it is sensible given the supposed audience.

I found the character dialog to be mannered and a bit stilted, but this may be due to its having been written in the late 1950s by someone born in 1920. Perhaps people really did speak that way around Ms. L'Engle. I did find Meg to be a believably human character to the point of her getting on my nerves. I remember being her age and I'm sure I was just as insufferable.

The Christian themes were a bit jarring, though they were well-integrated into the plot. I had read about these themes before I started the book, so I was prepared to see them. I admire a writer unafraid to express their full self on the page.

I can certainly see why A Wrinkle in Time is considered a classic. Dialog aside, the plot still feels fresh and the writing accessible to younger readers. ( )

Tough to rate for me, as it's a children's book that I've been meaning to re-read, as I don't really remember it and I like sci fi. It won a Newbery Medal so it was certainly considered to be a great book.

Meh. The story is told from the point of view of Meg, a misfit 14 year old, always getting in trouble in school due to anger management issues. She is primarily angry about the disappearance of her father, on a secret government mission and unable to contact the family. She is eventually whisked away by three odd women, along with her 5 year old brother and an older boy from her school, on an interstellar adventure to rescue Meg's father.

The Big Bad is a dark cloud that takes over planets and squeezes out individuality. We later learn that the intelligence behind the plague is named IT, dedicated to forming planets in which everyone is the same.

I just found the plotting a bit thin- the rules of the world aren't really explained, and much of the story is padded with Meg stomping her feet and whining about her father failing to save the day. And the children are supposedly sent on this mission due to their strengths, but those strengths don't really come into play that importantly.

I think maybe youth fiction has come a long way- this doesn't hold up that well. ( )

Since I recognise the importance of reading young adult books if I want to write them myself, reading 'A Wrinkle in Time' seemed both necessary and desirable. I enjoyed this story of Meg and co and their battle with IT, but I was left feeling that something about the whole story had been just a little bit rushed - though since this book is just part of a whole quintet, I suppose that makes sense. ( )

I initially read this book as a kid and remember really liking it. However I retained no memory of it at all other than this opinion. I tried to go back and re-read it now, but at a little over half way through I think I'm just going to have to call it quits. I have listened to it on audiobook this go around and have listened to it all begrudgingly. I really wanted to stop earlier but I really really, really really hate not finishing books. However, I don't believe there was a single thing about this book that I found enjoyable. I guess that just goes to show though, reading books at different times of your life can produce very different responses. The characters seem so unrealistic, nothing really makes much sense to me, I am not fond of the writing style, and some of the descriptions leave me not knowing how to picture the environments. I feel like I have gone through this like I would during a boring lecture where everything starts going over my head and I begin to lose my ability to want to place too much attention in it. I have spent so long avoiding going any further that I finally realize I just don't want to finish this and would like to go on to one I might enjoy now.

I understand that this book has won awards and that it is well-loved by many, which I think is great considering that probably means they were able to get something out of it reading it that I was not. However, as far as my opinion goes, I just don't really get it. Maybe as a child, I did. Context can sometimes make or break a thing. ( )