Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

High and Dry:

I love L'Engle's writing. Particularly "The Time Quartet." Each book, while exploring time and space and spiritual battles between good and evil, has also been creative throughout. Yes, "Many Waters" starts off with a fresh idea and setting. I loved getting to know Meg's brothers, the twins. I enjoyed the descriptions of the seraphim and nephilim, and the clear connections to angels and fallen angels. I also thought L'Engle handled the adolescent struggles of the boys in a mature way.

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Well-written adventure with a dash of teen angst:

For me, this book was an all-time favorite of mine through my teen years. I picked it up at the age of fourteen and read it in a day, barely stopping to eat! I completely fell in love with the Murray twins, Sandy and Dennys, who are learning not only to cope with the onslaughts of puberty, but with their odd-man-out status in a family of extra-extraordinary individuals. I loved "A Wrinkle In Time" as a child, but I loved the fact that L'Engle gave the twins their own shot at an supernatural adventure, which... more info

Don't Judge a Book by it's Cover.:

I read Many Waters because I had read the books before it and loved it. When I was in a bookstore I thought oh... that cover looks intersesting so I picked it up and bought it. I brought it home and after the first three chapters I couldn't read anymore. The book was dull and slow moving. I forced myself to read more thinking that it would get better. Maybe it got a little better, but not much. Some people loved this book, but I think that it was really dull.

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