Not the kind of book I expected it to be.
2 stars
Disclaimer: I did not read the book, A Wrinkle in Time, so the comments here should be seen to only apply to this adaptation of the book, not to the original book itself.
I found this to be a below average book, but only after I had finished reading it. I had heard about A Wrinkle in Time from occasional on-line comments so when I saw this book, I decided to pick it up to see just what it was about. In brief, the book has a strongly religious overtone that tends to overshadow the actual story and action of the characters and doesn't have not enough fantasy/science-fictional elements that I was expecting based on the above on-line comments about it.
The story centres around Meg Murry, a girl with an attitude problem with school, mainly because she is so smart that she finds school boring which brings …
Disclaimer: I did not read the book, A Wrinkle in Time, so the comments here should be seen to only apply to this adaptation of the book, not to the original book itself.
I found this to be a below average book, but only after I had finished reading it. I had heard about A Wrinkle in Time from occasional on-line comments so when I saw this book, I decided to pick it up to see just what it was about. In brief, the book has a strongly religious overtone that tends to overshadow the actual story and action of the characters and doesn't have not enough fantasy/science-fictional elements that I was expecting based on the above on-line comments about it.
The story centres around Meg Murry, a girl with an attitude problem with school, mainly because she is so smart that she finds school boring which brings out the worse in her, especially when she is constantly teased about her missing father, which she insists will return someday. We are then introduced to her younger brother, Charles Wallace, who appears to be gifted in unusual ways and Calvin O'Keefe, a fellow student who yearns to fit in. In the background is Meg's mother who still hopes for her husband's return and her two 'normal' older brothers.
The story becomes more interesting when Meg, Charles and Calvin meet unusual characters, one of who mentions a Tesseract which the mother appears to know of but isn't telling anybody. From there, they are whisked off on an adventure against a universal darkness that threatens their world but that is another story to tell. For now, they are only interested in saving their father from the clutches of a world-spanning entity who yearns for order and obedience from everybody around it.
The book is promising and to other people, it is probably a fascinating book to read. But for me, I find the book lacking the fantastic or science-fictional premise that should drive the story. Instead, it is the more religious outlook and discussions that give direction to the book and the characters.
While I can't say it is a bad book, it is simply a book that didn't meet my expectations for it.