I only ever read A Wrinkle in Time. I didn't know the others existed. I loved it and it meant a lot to me as a kid, but I've not read it in decades and don't remember many details. I expect to be able to separate the movie from the book easily.
Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.
Xander ,'Touched'
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Zenkitty - Mar 11, 2018 6:52:56 pm PDT #1483 of 3463
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Steph L. - Mar 11, 2018 6:59:32 pm PDT #1484 of 3463
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I think I'm bailing out of An Acceptable Time, though.
I super love the books about Polly, though I can't quite articulate why. (Although Zachary needs to die in all the fires.)
(As always, though, in every single fiction book, the dialogue is just weird. No one actually talks like the characters in Madeleine L'Engle's books do.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 11, 2018 7:50:47 pm PDT #1485 of 3463
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
A Wrinkle in Time was definitely the crown jewel, and I don't think that's just my tendency to like the first book/episode/movie I see of serial entertainment talking. I thought A Wind in the Door was a good read as well, but definitely found the returns to be diminishing by A Swiftly Tilting Planet.
Are the less science-fictiony related YA novels like A Ring of Endless Light any good?
-t - Mar 11, 2018 9:23:32 pm PDT #1486 of 3463
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I did not care for A Swiftly Tilting Planet at all, which was very disappointing to me as it's a great title and has an inviting cover.
Part of why I haven't gotten into An Acceptable Time is that there's clearly a bunch of Polly backstory I haven't read but getting into all that seems like Too Much. And I can't stand Zachary.
Steph L. - Mar 12, 2018 4:52:28 am PDT #1487 of 3463
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And I can't stand Zachary.
He is the ACTUAL WORST.
Jessica - Mar 12, 2018 5:07:48 am PDT #1488 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I love Swiftly Tilting Planet. I don't know where my copy is though.
Una - Mar 12, 2018 8:39:26 am PDT #1489 of 3463
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
All I remember is that I read A Swiftly Tilting Planet first, because I didn't know any better, and OH BOY was I confused.
Maybe I should reread, but I also don't want to be annoyed about book vs. movie so...maybe later?
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 12, 2018 9:52:35 am PDT #1490 of 3463
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
He is the ACTUAL WORST.
I remember reading a synopsis where Polly decides she and Zachary shouldn't see each other after he tried to lure her into being a human sacrifice for a tribe of early Native Americans and thinking "Let's not be too hasty, Polly, are you SURE that's a dealbreaker?"
Steph L. - Mar 12, 2018 10:01:31 am PDT #1491 of 3463
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Yeah, no, that actually happens. He is garbage.
Jessica - Mar 12, 2018 10:15:43 am PDT #1492 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Maybe I should reread, but I also don't want to be annoyed about book vs. movie so...maybe later?
Based on my totally nonscientific observations of Film Twitter, I think you will have a better chance of enjoying the movie on its own terms if you're not super-familiar with the book. (You may also be baffled by some of the dialogue, which is lifted out of the book but just out of context enough to be awkward and random.)