A Wrinkle in Time (The Time Quartet)

I want to read this book because I started reading it when I was younger but I lost the book. I remembered the beginning a bit. it was a fun read. I didn't like how Calvin's crush on Meg seemed to come out off no where. It seemed a bit premature. I'm curious to read the next book. it ends on such a cliff hanger.

At its core, A Wrinkle in Time follows Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin as they journey through space and time to rescue Meg and Charles’s father. Guided by three mysterious women — Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which — the children face cosmic evil and learn about the strength of love and courage.

The plot itself is imaginative and certainly adventurous, but I found it a little too fanciful at times. The idea of children trusting near-strangers simply because they “felt safe” and then being whisked into such a grand battle between good and evil required a suspension of disbelief I couldn’t fully buy into. As a children’s book, it makes sense that it leans heavily on intuition and the power of trust, but as an adult reader I found it less convincing.

That said, I did appreciate the underlying themes of family, loyalty, and the enduring power of love. At its root, the story is about connection and courage, and those messages are timeless even if the delivery wasn’t quite for me.

So happy I finally read this book. A magical and fantastic journey that left me smiling.

Interesting read, but outdated, and wondering why this is still a book they want young adolescents to read in school.

A remarkable work!