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orchidlilly's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
It was fine... I guess. New age Christianity isn't really my bag, but it was an ok coming of age story. Which also isn't really my thing. It, for sure, has some less than desirable 60s rhetoric. Like saying women shouldn't wear pants. Or having a stalker love interest and acting like that's fine. Or, like having said stalker be a college-aged boy who is hitting on a 14 year old. Or having said college stalker boy say that an 11/12 year old is brimming with sex appeal. I do not like Zachary, can you tell?Also, what was with that random reference to tessering and the Murrys. Why do the Austin's know what tessering is? How do they know the Murrys? Do they know about tessering and the Murrys, or did L'Engle just add it in the worst possible way as a desperate nod to her more popular book series? I miss the sci-fi of the original four, that at least made all the new age Christian mumbo jumbo bearable. Whatever, I'm in too deep to quit now.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism
Minor: Religious bigotry, Ableism, Cultural appropriation, Adult/minor relationship, and Classism
sallyavena's review
3.0
A little too much boy drama in this one for me. The book is really about Vicky's coming of age in a way. She's 15 and just trying to figure out who she is. I did enjoy the travel log of their trip across the USA and then back again. It was fun to read their camping adventures.
melissa_who_reads's review against another edition
4.0
The summer of a fourteen-year-old girl who camps her way across country with her family ... and on the way finds and questions God, death, free-will, boys, earthquakes, geysers, bears, and her family. Not my favorite L'Engle, but I enjoyed it. More of a period than some of her others. K. liked it as well, somewhat surprisingly given the whole 14-year-old girl protagonist thing.
karinlib's review against another edition
4.0
Re-reading some books by a favorite author. As I have said before, A Wrinkle in Time is a favorite, her other books are very good. I am enjoying the re-read.
eahaynes's review
adventurous
hopeful
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
randalblanken's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
ameserole's review against another edition
3.0
Again, I went out of order with this series but honestly I'm okay with it.
The Moon by Night is the second installment in the 'Austin Family Chronicles'. It's also the second book that I dove into for this series as well. I think the first one was like book 3 or something. I guess I can continue my weird trend with this and go to book 1 and then book 4 but who knows what I will end up doing.
Now Vicky was okay but I couldn't really connect with her. I was, however, super jealous of the family cross country trip. I seriously want to go on one of those, like stop somewhere in each state but for the ones I've been to before I could go somewhere new.
For example, if I got to Florida.. I shouldn't go to Orlando lol. For New York, anywhere where my family isn't. As for where I live.. hmm I'm sure there are plenty of places (like wineries) that I haven't been to before. So I will volunteer as tribute to do that.
Other than that, I was kind of bored with this one. Mostly because I couldn't really connect to anyone or anything. I did try though and I'm glad that I got through another book in this series but right now - I think I need a break from it.
The Moon by Night is the second installment in the 'Austin Family Chronicles'. It's also the second book that I dove into for this series as well. I think the first one was like book 3 or something. I guess I can continue my weird trend with this and go to book 1 and then book 4 but who knows what I will end up doing.
Now Vicky was okay but I couldn't really connect with her. I was, however, super jealous of the family cross country trip. I seriously want to go on one of those, like stop somewhere in each state but for the ones I've been to before I could go somewhere new.
For example, if I got to Florida.. I shouldn't go to Orlando lol. For New York, anywhere where my family isn't. As for where I live.. hmm I'm sure there are plenty of places (like wineries) that I haven't been to before. So I will volunteer as tribute to do that.
Other than that, I was kind of bored with this one. Mostly because I couldn't really connect to anyone or anything. I did try though and I'm glad that I got through another book in this series but right now - I think I need a break from it.
cimorene1558's review against another edition
4.0
Not my favourite L'Engle book by a long shot, but well worth reading, nonetheless. Growing up is hard, and there's no flinching from that fact in this book. Like "Meet the Austens", it's pretty dated in a lot of ways--mainly by many, many references to the Cold War--but I'd say it's less noticeably dated in some ways than the first book, in part because it's mostly about a camping trip, and you don't notice the lack of technology so much because of that. Certainly the US the Austens are travelling through is a rather different one than you would find today (and ditto Canada, which they briefly visit), but I didn't find that such a glaring difference as the picture of home life without computers, cell phones or even much TV in "Meet the Austens". Maybe just because I've never taken a road trip across the US and western Canada.
amibunk's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of my favorite coming of age stories. L'Engle's characters are strong, fully fleshed, and utterly believable. Vicki is the teenager I always wanted to be: artistic, passionate, and beautiful. Despite being written decades ago, the story is relevant and completely recognizable. Lovely, lovely, lovely.