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I liked A Wrinkle in Time as a child. I don't remember that I loved it, but I do remember reading it and liking it. Unfortunately, I didn't remember exactly what it was about when I set out to re-read it ahead of the movie release. It's a short book, 232 pages, but it took me a couple of weeks because I kept putting it down. Unfortunately, this classic of childen's literature didn't stand up against my childhood memories.
There were things about the story that I really liked:
- Meg's complete and utter ordinary uniqueness. She is just herself and she has no super powers. In fact, her complete commitment to being herself and no one else IS her version of a SUPER POWER and I think that's pretty awesome.
- Meg's fear and how she has to work very hard in order to overcome it. I also loved how she never really gets over her fear, just shoves it down enough to do what needed doing. In fact, I love how everything was just difficult for Meg, but how she gets on with things anyway!
- Charles Wallace cause he's just pretty awesome overall. I also liked that Charles Wallace was the one even with all of his special skills and abilities who has to be saved.
- The kids with the balls in Camazotz. Super creepy.
Otherwise, A Wrinkle in Time, unfortunately, didn't do it for me. The Black Thing and IT were kind of unambiguous evil, but not in the good way like how the original Michael Myers is pure evil for no good reason. Space and reality hopping evil intending to take over the universe, I don't know, kind of needs more of a raison d'etre. I was left with just a lot of questions and the ending was a little anticlimactic.
So, not my favorite ever, but I'm sure that there are tons of kids who need to read this and who will find it awesome. If for no other reason than that they need to meet Meg who is a hero worth knowing.
There were things about the story that I really liked:
- Meg's complete and utter ordinary uniqueness. She is just herself and she has no super powers. In fact, her complete commitment to being herself and no one else IS her version of a SUPER POWER and I think that's pretty awesome.
- Meg's fear and how she has to work very hard in order to overcome it. I also loved how she never really gets over her fear, just shoves it down enough to do what needed doing. In fact, I love how everything was just difficult for Meg, but how she gets on with things anyway!
- Charles Wallace cause he's just pretty awesome overall. I also liked that Charles Wallace was the one even with all of his special skills and abilities who has to be saved.
- The kids with the balls in Camazotz. Super creepy.
Otherwise, A Wrinkle in Time, unfortunately, didn't do it for me. The Black Thing and IT were kind of unambiguous evil, but not in the good way like how the original Michael Myers is pure evil for no good reason. Space and reality hopping evil intending to take over the universe, I don't know, kind of needs more of a raison d'etre. I was left with just a lot of questions and the ending was a little anticlimactic.
So, not my favorite ever, but I'm sure that there are tons of kids who need to read this and who will find it awesome. If for no other reason than that they need to meet Meg who is a hero worth knowing.
