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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Muy tierno. Lo leí en un plis. Te vuelves a sentir niño, muy recomendable para recuperar la fe en la humanidad.
I think I had high hopes for this adaptation and it just wasn't that good.
I read or listen to "Wrinkle in Time" about once a year. Obviously it's one of my favorite books (as are the two sequels...Many Waters and Acceptable Time aren't sequels really). I was simultaneously overjoyed and trepidatious when this project was announced. And I have to be honest...when I saw the cover I was horrified. Calvin looks awful.
Now that said, I have to say on finishing the title that it was well done. I quite enjoyed it. It was very respectful to the original material. In reading this, I heard Madeleine speaking the lines (she reads the audio book). I think she would have liked this as much as she disliked the TV movie some years back (I really didn't mind the movie & I know I'm in the minority).
Now THAT said, I agree with other reviewers, the color choice was just poor. When you have a character called "Man with red eyes" and his eyes are actually robin's egg blue...it just doesn't work. If the color had been red/pink, it would have worked better...but I think we should have gone black and white or full-ish color. So bad marks there and also for the depiction of Aunt Beast. She and her people looked a bit goofy...and the suggestion of faces was just not right for the characters.
When you spend as much time with a book as many of the audience of Wrinkle have, nothing will live up to the vivid pictures in your head. This was OK, and I do hope they do Wind in the Door too.
Note to Publisher: putting a quote from James Patterson on the back cover of this book is like putting a quote from Ed Wood on the DVD of "Citizen Kane." No that's an insult to Ed...he was a better writer than Patterson.
Now that said, I have to say on finishing the title that it was well done. I quite enjoyed it. It was very respectful to the original material. In reading this, I heard Madeleine speaking the lines (she reads the audio book). I think she would have liked this as much as she disliked the TV movie some years back (I really didn't mind the movie & I know I'm in the minority).
Now THAT said, I agree with other reviewers, the color choice was just poor. When you have a character called "Man with red eyes" and his eyes are actually robin's egg blue...it just doesn't work. If the color had been red/pink, it would have worked better...but I think we should have gone black and white or full-ish color. So bad marks there and also for the depiction of Aunt Beast. She and her people looked a bit goofy...and the suggestion of faces was just not right for the characters.
When you spend as much time with a book as many of the audience of Wrinkle have, nothing will live up to the vivid pictures in your head. This was OK, and I do hope they do Wind in the Door too.
Note to Publisher: putting a quote from James Patterson on the back cover of this book is like putting a quote from Ed Wood on the DVD of "Citizen Kane." No that's an insult to Ed...he was a better writer than Patterson.
Really enjoyable read about time travel, independent minds and embracing your flaws. Quick pace and very likeable characters had me page turning to find out the outcome.
(Also nice reading this after Slaughterhouse 5)
(Also nice reading this after Slaughterhouse 5)
I thought the 50th anniversary of A Wrinkle in Time was a good impetus to pick up the graphic novel of one of my favorite books. I was really looking forward to seeing IT and Aunt Beast . BUT, I think the illustrations are really creepy. Charles Wallace looks creepy even before IT grabs him and I don't think the blue and white illustrations do much to enhance the story. Overall, I say stick with the novel on this one.
Beautiful adaptation of one of my all-time favorites. Read the full review at Slatebreakers: http://slatebreakers.com/2013/01/28/review-a-wrinkle-in-time-the-graphic-novel-adapted-and-illustrated-by-hope-larson/
I liked this version better than the novel since it was less religious-heavy.
fast-paced
Reading this made me worry that if I reread the novel again now I will find it overly simplistic and not very compelling, hopefully it was just the adaptation. The art is good but the characters didn't all look like I imagined them (mostly Meg and Charles Wallace) and that annoyed me - I think graphic novel adaptations of things I love are not for me.
Beautifully done with very little (if any) deviation from the original piece. Well worth the time spent, but now I just wanna clean out Larson's imagining of the text and get back to what I remember from reading Wrinkle as a kid.