KinoLivres
  • Blog
  • Index
    • Auteurs
    • Ratings
  • Adaptations
  • Chronology
  • Gurglings
  • Touchpoints
  • Contact
  • Rating Scale

A Wrinkle in Time (1962) by Madeleine L'Engle

12/14/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
***

Three very special kids, with the help of three very special old women, attempt to save their very special father after he disappears while working on a mysterious project for the government.  One of the kids, the one from whose perspective the story is told, is sort of normal, but that, we learn, is only an unfortunate temporary condition.  Time has very little to do with this Young Adult hybrid of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, which should have been called A Wrinkle in Space, as these extraordinary travelers bounce about the galaxy looking for dear old dad.  A Newbery Award winner, though presumably not for the story per se or the characters, but for L'Engle's honest and unflinching view of life as a mixture of both good and evil, as well as for her optimistic view that good can prevail.  And make no mistake:  once things turn bad for these kids, they turn very bad indeed.  All served up on a light base of questionable Christian theology.  Made into a TV film in 2003, and followed over a quarter century by four other books featuring the same families.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    KinoLivres

    Books. Movies. Mostly.

    Archives

    July 2017
    June 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015

    Categories

    All
    1 Star
    2 Star
    3 Star
    4 Star
    5 Star
    Action
    Book
    Comedy
    Comics
    Crime
    Detective
    Drama
    Fantasy
    History
    Horror
    Movie
    Musical
    Mystery
    Paranormal
    Romance
    Science Fiction
    Thriller
    True Crime
    Western
    Young Adult

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.