A Ring of Endless Light

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Summary: A lyrical work of extraordinary beauty and depth; fantastic!
Review: This book is unquestionably my favourite in the Austin series. The other books in the series are The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas, Meet the Austins, The Anti-Muffins, The Moon by Night, The Young Unicorns, and Troubling a Star. A Ring of Endless Light contains some of my favourite poetry, as well as being written in clear, natural, effortless prose. The issues it deals with, such as faith, life and death, and the nature of God, are never oversimplified, and there is a refreshing absence of a narrow, didactic viewpoint. This book clearly deserved its Newbery Honor Book status. Ever since I finished reading this book, I have wanted to swim with a dolphin, and was encouraged to read Henry Vaughan's poetry for the first time.

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Summary: I absolutely loved this book!
Review: I thought this book was one of the best that I've ever read! It was simple, beatiful, and elegant and left me spellbound! I also loved other books of Madeleine's such as Troubling a Star and An acceptable time. She is my favorite author!

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Summary: I thought that the writing and content was interesting.
Review: This book was all together pretty good. It is about a girl who lives on Seven Bay Island with her sick grandpa. Right now she is in love with different guys; o adam, her brothers friend from down at the lab. Leo, an old friend who she is getting closer too, and Zachary, a wealthy gothic boy who is very confident. This book was really good and think that anyone intrested in boys or girls should read it.

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Summary: Best book I've ever read
Review: This book is expressed in such detail its easy to imagine the characters and the places in the book. The plot is romantic and enjoyable, and brings a hole new meaning to life. And you can be 12 to enjoy it (like me).

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Summary: It made me think about a lot of things in a different light.
Review: It was written with such clarity, I thought I knew her. The issues that she brought up were important, and with the different charactars arguging about it- well I think it is the best book I have ever read.

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Summary: Loved It!!!!
Review: I absolutely loved this book!!!! I really enjoyed how Vicky worked w/ the dolphins, and found that extra sense that she had. I also loved the love story that L'Engle developed between Vicky and Adam. It kept me reading always wanting to know what happened. I thought this was a fabulous wonderful book, and will recommend it to many people!!!

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Summary: The best book I ever read
Review: I think that a Ring of Endless Light is a terrific story with a lot of reality to it.Vicky is a teenager much like many teens of the 90's. The book is confusing (less so if you read others first.) but worth the time and effort. The charactors are great and so is the story. If you read this book I would definitely suggest Troubling A Star, also by Madeleine L'engle. Both books are for higher level readers and thinkers.

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Summary: I feel that this book was very powerful and descriptive.
Review: I've read "A Ring of Endless Light" twice and each time I feel the sensational subconcious power in it; that makes it a success. Everyone who reads this book will be instantly drawn into the confused adolescent world of nearly 16 year old Vicky Austin. As she "grows" wiser in the story, so did I . The content is so vivid, that it paints a picture in my mind. I've read some other of Madeleine L'Engle's books, but I think that this one was the best. No other non-L'Engle books I've read can compare to the vivid reality of "A Ring of Endless Light" either. This book is an inspirational read to me, so I suggest that anyone who likes deep thinking should read it.

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Summary: I checked this out 25 times in a row before I bought it...
Review: And that should tell you what I thought right there. "A Ring of Endless Light" is basically, and we're talking extremely basic here, about one girl (Vicky Austin) and her struggle over one summer to understand death and other people. Her grandfather is dying, one of her family's friends just died, a little girl dies in her arms. Plus she has three guys vying (sp?) for her attention, one the guy who is basically responsible for the death of the family friend, one who is the son of the family friend, and one who worked with the family friend. Little bit complicated here, but read the book and you'll understand. I would suggest that you read a few other books first--it's not necessary, I didn't read them first, but you'll understand it better--they will give you a better idea of who the characters are and why they act the way they do, especially Adam. "A Wrinkle in Time," (all these are by Madeleine L'Engle, incidentally)"Meet the Austins," &q! uot;The Arm of the Starfish," "The Moon by Night," "The Young Unicorns," "A Swiftly Tilting Planet," and "A Wind in the Door." The great thing about L'Engle's books are that they almost all are tied together by one or more characters. Start with "A Wrinkle..", then go to "Swiftly Tilting..", then "A Wind..", then "Meet the Austins.." then either"Moon by Night.." or "Arm of the Starfish" (they take place at the same time) then "Young Unicorns" THEN read "A Ring of Endless Light". It will make so much more sense to you. And if you liked all of those, read "Troubling a Star" after "A Ring.." It's a definite sequel about Adam and Vicky the fall after "A Ring.." takes place. If you followed all of the that, I hope you enjoy this book--it's totally awesome.

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Summary: The Best Book Ever!
Review: I read this book when i was 12. I first looked at how long it was. I thought this was going to take me foever. I started to read it and it was great! I have never read any of these kind of books before and now i can't stop reading them!