Rating: 3 stars
Cover Synopsis: On a wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murray house and beckons meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe on a most dangerous and extraordinary adventure -- one that will threaten their lives and our universe.
I liked this book. But I wanted to love it. I adore Madeleine L'Engle's biographical works. ("The Two-Part Invention" is one of my favorite books ever.) I admire her mind and the way it thinks. And I loved the themes of love, family, friendship and agency in this book.
But this is definitely a science fiction book. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I've always had a hard time swallowing science fiction because it's just not believable to me. The "Uglies" series I read last month is science fiction, but it was believable. "A Wrinkle in Time" lost me several times with the pure outlandish scenarios and creatures. I even had a hard time accepting that two of the three main characters were real. And I think there are things in the book I'm supposed to "get" but I didn't. Perhaps it requires another reading and further reflection?
It's imaginative, and well written. Contains some interesting themes. The ending doesn't fully resolve, and L'Engle wrote sequels. But I'm not feeling particularly driven to devour them. Yet.
