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Summary: Fantastic! L'engle does it again.
Review: I absolutely loved this book. I think that the author did a great job, and it was mesmerizing how she could interconnect everything, especially the names (ex. Madoc = Madog = Mad Dog) This book was spooky -- and i liked it for that! The only thing I didn't like was how Meg was barely a character in the book. I would have liked it more if she and Calvin had been main characters, like in A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the door.
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Summary: My favorite book!
Review: This book is my all-time-favorite book!! I have read it probably more than 10 times.
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Summary: Wonderful, a litterary masterpiece
Review: This book was, in my mind, one of the best books I have ever read. It tied inclosly with the other 3 books in the sieres. It was neat how Ms. L'Engle was able to make the going with in flow.
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Summary: A Little Disappointed
Review: After reading A Wrinkle in Time as a child, I decided to read Tilting Planet... and I am very disappointed. The plot is too abstract and hard to follow, and I couldn't identify with any of the charachters. Also some of the coincidences were just too obvious.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Although the plot is good, I agree with some readers that I'm very disappointed. Meg has a lot of faults, which is what made her seem more real, down-to-earth, than Charles. I was hoping for more devolopment on Meg's part. Instead, she becomes a house-wife that can do very little. I'm very, very disappionted.
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Summary: This is a book with a complex, yet understandable plot.
Review: I enjoyed this book because the author, Madeleine L'Engle, has made an intricate plot, set up to leave her readers flabbergasted. The story's events are extremely imaginative and creative. For instance, when Charles Wallace recited the rune that he recieved from Mrs. O'Keefe at the star-watching rock, the response was Gaudior, a unicorn that was to help him on his mission to save the world from Madog Branzillo's evil. Also, the use of the names in the book and their connections is quite clever. This book is a must-have on every book list, regardless of age (young adult and up).
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Summary: I was seriously disappointed with this book's gender roles.
Review: I read this book when I was a young teen, and I remember I didn't like it all that much. It wasn't until I re-read it recently that I realized why I felt so let down. In the first two books, although Meg suffers from low self-esteem, she is still a product of her own brilliant parents, with a skill and understanding of math and physics that goes beyond anything Calvin possesses. In fact it is one of the few things in the world that she takes great delight in, and she teaches Calvin how to think. However, when you begin A Swiftly Tilting Planet, you suddenly find Meg to be a pregnant housewife who has done little or nothing with her wonderful abilities and who has put herself largely in the background, while Calvin has gone on to higher education and become a (soon to be well-respected) scientist. After becoming so involved in Meg, and looking forward to her eventual discovery of her own worth, I felt betrayed by Ms. L'Engle's treatment of so beloved a character. I think it is a terrible role model and a harsh reminder of the expectations we have of girls, especially in light of Meg's mother's own abilities and achievements! Are we slipping backwards here?
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This must be the greatest book I have ever read! One trip into the future, one 'Might-Have-Been' changes the whole course of history!
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Summary: A story of overwhelming power and beauty
Review: I first read the time Quartet in fifth grade, anf while I loved them all, A Swiftly Tilting Planet has drawn me back again and again. The entire book is a wonderful kalediscope of characters and plots. It shows the importance that a small amount of goodness can do, and that we should never dismiss people without looking deeper.
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Summary: Very Original
Review: There has certainly never been another book of this type. When the threat of a life-ending World War III arrives on Thanksgiving Day, Charles Wallace (with the help of his sister, Meg) and Gaudior, the unicorn, must save the world by traveling back in time. It may sound far-fetched, even corny, but the Madeline L'Engle presents it, it is nothing but wonderful. Though the world 'joy' appears a little too much, the story is a thrilling, interconnected fairy tale/science fiction story with a slightly religious aspect that takes you into the lives of an early American Indian, a sickly young writter, a teenage colonist and more, but never looses the main plot.
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