Review: A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a great short sci-fi story. Even though it was written in the 60’s it’s pretty timeless as there aren’t many references that I don’t think children reading in 2018 wouldn’t understand (Charles Wallace calls his dad Pops once that’s like the biggest 60’s reference I noticed).

I absolutely loved the sinister world they bring the children too where everything needs to be exactly the same and everyone needs to act the same it’s such a frankly terrifying concept.

The characters were fun I thought Mrs Who, Mrs Which and Mrs Whatsit were brilliantly written they had a wise but quirky witch-like vibe about them.

The thing I liked most about this book was even though it was a children’s book they didn’t dumb the book down for children. There were concepts of the time travel aspect that children won’t fully understand but it really won't hamper the enjoyment of the book or the flow of the story at all. Plus the idea in general that by folding or ‘wrinkling’ time you can pass through it to where ever you want to go in an instant is an awesome one.

The book teaches a great lesson that you don’t have to conform to what society considers the stereotype (Typical stereotypes for the time the book was written), Meg is an example that you don’t have to be the girly-girl to win yourself a boyfriend she is a tough girl who loves math. Calvin shows that just because he is sporty and jock-like and popular doesn’t mean he has to be a mean guy that can’t string a sentence together. Charles Wallace shows that just because he is young it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have ideas worth listening too.

I would recommend this book to sci-fi and fantasy fans young and old. This book is a short, quick fun read.


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