A Wrinkle in Time

I read the graphic novel adaptation of this a few months ago; while I was riding out a hurricane, and rather enjoyed it. After the preview of the movie came out, I figured I'd give the actual novel a shot as well.
Mostly the same; enjoyed it. But, now I'm curious to know where the three Ws are off to...we shall see! ( )

SWEDISH REVIEW

Jag såg filmen A Wrinkle in Time för en hel del år sedan, men jag kan inte säga att jag minns så mycket av den. Jag var nyfiken på den eftersom den klassas som en ungdsomklassiker. Men jag måste erkänna att jag har svårt att se storheten med den, det kan vara så att den på 60-talet gjorde stort intryck på läsarna, men för mig kändes berättelsen lite fattig, den saknar ett djup.

Själva idén med boken, att böja verkligheten, att "tessra", och kampen mot mörkret var intressant, men jag fängslades aldrig riktigt av berättelsen. Visst, det fanns intressant ögonblick i boken, men helhetsintrycket kunde ha varit bättre. Mitt största problem trots den intressanta starten var att jag inte fann något vidare flyt i berättelsen och det betydde att det tog 3 dagar för mig att läsa klart boken, trots att den var rätt tunn. Tursamt nog så var Fru Vadå, Fru Vem och Fru Vilken i boken intressanta, och de gjorde boken läsvärd.

Jag gillade böja tiden idén, och om bara berättelsen hade haft en större djup, och om barn karaktärerna hade varit mer intressanta och minnesvärda så hade nog jag gillat boken mer.

Tack till Modernistaför recensionsexemplaret!

ENGLISH REVIEW

I saw the movie A Wrinkle in Time for a lot of years ago, but I cannot say I remember much of it. But, I had never read the book, so I was curious to see how it would turn out since it's a classic. I must admit after reading A Wrinkle in Time that I find it difficult to see the grandeur of it, it may be that in the 60s it made a big impression, but for me, the story felt a bit poor, it lacks depth.

I liked the idea of the book, the bending of reality (Tesseract), and the fight against the darkness was interesting. But, I felt that the story never really grabbed hold of me, there were interesting moments, but overall it just didn't turn out to be as good as I had hoped it would. My biggest problem despite the interesting start was that I found no fluency in the story, and it meant that it took three days for me to finish reading the book, even though it was pretty thin. Fortunately, I liked Mrs. Which, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Whatsit and they made the in the book interesting and worth reading.
But, still the idea of the book was interesting, I liked the idea of bending time, and if only the story would have had a greater depth and the children hade been more developed and memorable, then it would have been really interesting to read.

Thanks to Modernista for the review copy! ( )

Stopped reading this to the boys. This was so boring we all just agreed not to finish it. Wow how did it ever get so much praise. We've read plenty of Newberry winners and other well known books so we are used to difficult thought provoking fair. This one was a total bomb. ( )

A modern classic. Beautifully written. Unique ideas and imagery. Loved it as a kid and an adult. ( )

Re-read to be ready for the movie. On re-reading as an adult, a little of the shine is gone. On this trip Charles Wallace struck me as completely insufferable and the theology feels cloying. Excited to see what Ava Duvernay makes of it. Maybe this will be the rare instance when the movie is better than the book. ( )