I’m jumping on a book tag by Mischenko from ReadRantRock&Roll, showing off an old book I own.
Here’s my old, shabby book:
This book was well-loved by many others before it made it into my hands. There’s something nice about that.
You can’t see it too clearly in the photo, but the book was discarded from a library in 1987 (Before I was born!). I got this one at a second-hand book sale somewhere.
I first read A Wrinkle in Time when I was in the fourth grade. I thought it was the strangest, wackiest book, from the names of the characters (Mrs. Whatsit, for example) to the idea of a tesseract. At the time, my criteria for books was the wackier, the better.
When I got to the end of the book, I found a deeper meaning: Meg had to exercise true love to overcome evil and save her brother.
When I read it as an adult I was not as impressed by it, but I think that’s because I look for more complexity now. I think this is a great book for kids, though.
I think much of the magic and depth doesn’t translate well to the newest movie they made based on this book. They’re too concerned with trying to show strong female characters that they forget about the richness of the plot, especially at the end.
For this one, I’d say read the book and skip the movie.
Classic Reads 