why I picked itIt was time for a new audiobook (because I'm STILL waiting for The Sun is Also a Star…). When I saw this book pop up in the available audiobooks section, I decided I needed to take the time to listen to it. I wanted to see the movie when it came out, but I still haven't gotten around to it, so I thought it would be good to listen to the book first anyway. Plus, I'm traveling a lot from my home to my parent's and my fiance's right now as we prep for our wedding (which is now in just a couple of short weeks…insert AHHHHHHH of both excitement and nervousness here…), and an audiobook is DEFINITELY necessary for the car time and craft time as I do that prep. summaryMeg is different. She doesn't like being different, but she is. So is her little brother, Charles Wallace. He always seems to know exactly what she's thinking. Meg's father disappeared a while back, and everyone around their family thinks they're crazy for thinking that he's going to come back, but Meg will not budge. She knows that something happened to him, but that he will overcome it and come back to them. One day, her brother introduces her to Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which and they go on a crazy adventure with their new friend Calvin to find Meg and Charles Wallace's father. They learn about travel through space and time, almost get captured by "IT," and learn how special they truly are. what I likedIt was a very interesting book. I like Meg quite a bit. She has a lot of development you know she needs to go through from the beginning, and I was eager to see how L'Engle would handle that. Charles Wallace is also my favorite. I just feel like his character is so intriguing. I'm sure that it would be disconcerting, a five-year-old boy that always seems to be able to articulate what you're feeling even when you aren't sure what it is. The idea behind A Wrinkle in Time really intrigued me. I loved the idea that you can "tesser" space (and kind of time?), taking the shortest route possible, therefore, essentially teleporting to anyplace in the entire universe. The idea of a dark thing that is slowly taking over planets is also an interesting idea. "IT" was fun to learn about, and It is kind of a scary idea to me. I definitely love variety and being able to have my opinions (otherwise I probably wouldn't have a blog, would I…?), so the idea of a world where no one is an individual has always freaked me out. what I didn't likeThough I liked Meg's character as a whole, I also had some problems with it. I know she was different, but I felt like she was more immature for her age that I thought she would be. I felt like she had more preteen girl emotions rather than teenage girl emotions, though I could be wrong. Another thing I noticed was that people's emotions seemed to turn on a dime in this book. Sometimes decisions were argued over and argued over and then all of a sudden, the decision was made. It wasn't like the group gradually came to a decision, they just all of sudden gave in and they were just going to go for it. And then there was a moment where Meg was bawling and upset and snapping at everyone and the next thing you know she's calm as possible and saying something along the lines of "I know what I need to do. It's fine. I'll handle it." I know that it even describes this change as a switch going off, but there was literally no reason for it. Our emotions don't change that quickly. Likely, a person won't go from bawling and distraught to calm and ready to go like she did. Especially a teen or preteen girl. I didn't like the audio quality of the book. Most of the time, they sound fine over my car speakers, but this one could really be a struggle to listen to sometimes. I know that doesn't have to do with the book so much, but it was a problem for me at times and made it so I couldn't understand some parts. overall impression 🌟🌟🌟I'll give this book 3/5 stars. I liked it. I think it is a good and interesting YA book. I enjoyed listening to it, and I think there were some very cool and interesting aspects to the book, but it wasn't really my forte either. It's kind of an odd mix of a children's novel, adult book, sci-fi, and fantasy all mixed into one, and I wasn't sure what to think about it at times.
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