“I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be.”
Book: A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet #1, Kairos #1)
Author: Madeleine L’Engle
Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Children’s
Synopsis: It was a dark and stormy night.
Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry 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.
Winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal, A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in Madeleine L'Engle's classic Time Quintet.
What I think about it…
The Story
Lots of traveling – or tessering – and fun adventures, the story revolves around Meg, her youngest brother Charles Wallace and her schoolmate turned friend Calvin to find Meg’s and Charles Wallace’s physicist father who tessered / wrinkled somewhere and was imprisoned by IT. With the guidance of the Mrs. Ws, it is up to Meg, Charles Wallace and Calvin to save their father and win the fight against the Black Thing that’s threatening not just earth but the entirety of the universe.
The Life Lessons
There are lots of life lessons that I picked up in this book. One is to embrace our own uniqueness; then accepting the truth that we can’t know everything; third is that not all things can be expressed in words and that is okay; and lastly, that above everything else and at the end of the day, love will always win.
My Verdict
This is weirdly magical (if ever there is such a feeling) and I don’t know if it’s aimed for kids but I so felt the message of this book. I love how L’Engle inserted bible scriptures here and there. Though it was kinda difficult for me to imagine what kind of world was out there outside of earth, it was still enjoyable and again, pure magic.
MY RATING
★★★☆☆
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