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What a thoroughly unfortunate book! If you enjoy L'Engle, and would like to continue enjoying L'Engle, do not read this book.
Polly is a terrible role model: she's bland af and willing to ignore what is unforgivable because ooooo BoYs. Zachary has serious frat boy rapist vibes. Polly's grandparents appear to both be senile I guess? Especially since her grandfather HAS time/space traveled. And yet most of the book, he refuses to believe that time traveling is a thing. WAT
Don't get me started on the whole "noble savage" vibes this book gives off. Even though Polly mentions the concept BY NAME, the whole book reeks of it. Also heavy on the Jesus stuff. That's always been a thread throughout this series, but it gets even heavier in this one (which, given that Many Waters was literally about biblical times, is impressive).
Fan theory: SpoilerPolly slowly loses her mind throughout the course of the book (perhaps a side effect of time travel??). She not only forgives the guy who was fully ok with letting her get murdered for his benefit (Zachary), she then proceeds to fall in love with a guy who was planning to sacrifice her (Tav). She has to be losing her mind...right? That's the only way she could be this stupid? RIGHT?!?
Polly is a terrible role model: she's bland af and willing to ignore what is unforgivable because ooooo BoYs. Zachary has serious frat boy rapist vibes. Polly's grandparents appear to both be senile I guess? Especially since her grandfather HAS time/space traveled. And yet most of the book, he refuses to believe that time traveling is a thing. WAT
Don't get me started on the whole "noble savage" vibes this book gives off. Even though Polly mentions the concept BY NAME, the whole book reeks of it. Also heavy on the Jesus stuff. That's always been a thread throughout this series, but it gets even heavier in this one (which, given that Many Waters was literally about biblical times, is impressive).
Fan theory: SpoilerPolly slowly loses her mind throughout the course of the book (perhaps a side effect of time travel??). She not only forgives the guy who was fully ok with letting her get murdered for his benefit (Zachary), she then proceeds to fall in love with a guy who was planning to sacrifice her (Tav). She has to be losing her mind...right? That's the only way she could be this stupid? RIGHT?!?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Murder
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