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daniellelyra 's review for:
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
I first tried to read this book as a kid. I was five years old and the library edition of this book had the coolest cover I had ever seen: obviously, the story inside of it would be just as great. I was five though, and realised very quickly that the book was a bit beyond my reading level - so I put it back on the shelf.
I didn't pick it up again until now, as an adult...young adult...and only after a trusted friend's recommendation.
It was fantastic. It's very rare that I read a book all in one shot (you see, this is pretty difficult if you're dyslexic, and also very busy with many other things), and sure this one wasn't very long (or difficult to read), but I read it all in one shot. That counts for something. It was enjoyable. Not to mention how the cover art of the library edition still captures my imagination (judge me all you want about my obsession with books' covers; I'm an artist, and book cover illustrations are fairly relevant to my interests with art), bonus points there.
Sometimes, rarely, I'll read something - someone's thoughts, or fiction, and everything just clicks. In the most cliche sense, I feel like the speaker/author and I have the same imagination, like we are seeing the same things through different lenses. I rarely come across this feeling, so when main aspects of this book gravitated around shadows, something controlling called 'central', greek mythological references, and references to modern science - I was thrilled. I understood it all.
I even understood all of the subtle (and overt) Biblical references. These I was not so pleased with. The subtle references are understandable, they show an understanding of the basis of old Western culture if anything, and Biblical references in Western literature has been very common and cultural almost for the past 1000 years. I can deal with the subtle references. I can appreciate those to some degree. I do not like the overt Biblical quotations, quotations of Christian hymns, and how all of the characters openly attributed one thing or another to god or the Christian religion. I see many people comparing this book to the works by C.S. Lewis. I disagree. C.S. Lewis' writing was overtly religious, but in a symbolic and literary way. The religious aspect of 'A Wrinkle in Time' was just annoying. Granted, I'm not religious at all, so I'm sure I am biased in some way. Otherwise, this book was fantastic.
I didn't pick it up again until now, as an adult...young adult...and only after a trusted friend's recommendation.
It was fantastic. It's very rare that I read a book all in one shot (you see, this is pretty difficult if you're dyslexic, and also very busy with many other things), and sure this one wasn't very long (or difficult to read), but I read it all in one shot. That counts for something. It was enjoyable. Not to mention how the cover art of the library edition still captures my imagination (judge me all you want about my obsession with books' covers; I'm an artist, and book cover illustrations are fairly relevant to my interests with art), bonus points there.
Sometimes, rarely, I'll read something - someone's thoughts, or fiction, and everything just clicks. In the most cliche sense, I feel like the speaker/author and I have the same imagination, like we are seeing the same things through different lenses. I rarely come across this feeling, so when main aspects of this book gravitated around shadows, something controlling called 'central', greek mythological references, and references to modern science - I was thrilled. I understood it all.
I even understood all of the subtle (and overt) Biblical references. These I was not so pleased with. The subtle references are understandable, they show an understanding of the basis of old Western culture if anything, and Biblical references in Western literature has been very common and cultural almost for the past 1000 years. I can deal with the subtle references. I can appreciate those to some degree. I do not like the overt Biblical quotations, quotations of Christian hymns, and how all of the characters openly attributed one thing or another to god or the Christian religion. I see many people comparing this book to the works by C.S. Lewis. I disagree. C.S. Lewis' writing was overtly religious, but in a symbolic and literary way. The religious aspect of 'A Wrinkle in Time' was just annoying. Granted, I'm not religious at all, so I'm sure I am biased in some way. Otherwise, this book was fantastic.