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juushikaTitle: A Wind in the Door (Time Quartet Book 2)
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Published:: New York: Del, 1974 (1973)
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 211
Total Page Count: 140,843
Text Number: 413
Read Because: personal enjoyment, from my personal library
Review: When Charles Wallace falls ill, Meg must go to school to save him—under the tutelage of an enigmatic Teacher, with a cherubim as a classmate, studying the source of all evil. A Wind in the Door may have been my favorite of the Time books when I was a child, but it's lost some of its magic for me now. The book's strangeness now reads as surreal rather than inspired—frankly, the fantasy aspects feel haphazard. There's something distasteful in the villain; a self-satisfied diatribe about These Dark Times overshadows an authentically frightening concept. But some of the book's beauty remains: the creative world of mitochondria and farandolae, the lovable Progo, and the Murray family which never fails to be compelling. A Wind in the Door isn't as classic a journey as A Winkle in Time and it shows, but despite my issues with it on this reread it's a journey worth taking because at its best, there's something here which is poignant and distinctly memorable. I recommend it with caveats.
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Published:: New York: Del, 1974 (1973)
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 211
Total Page Count: 140,843
Text Number: 413
Read Because: personal enjoyment, from my personal library
Review: When Charles Wallace falls ill, Meg must go to school to save him—under the tutelage of an enigmatic Teacher, with a cherubim as a classmate, studying the source of all evil. A Wind in the Door may have been my favorite of the Time books when I was a child, but it's lost some of its magic for me now. The book's strangeness now reads as surreal rather than inspired—frankly, the fantasy aspects feel haphazard. There's something distasteful in the villain; a self-satisfied diatribe about These Dark Times overshadows an authentically frightening concept. But some of the book's beauty remains: the creative world of mitochondria and farandolae, the lovable Progo, and the Murray family which never fails to be compelling. A Wind in the Door isn't as classic a journey as A Winkle in Time and it shows, but despite my issues with it on this reread it's a journey worth taking because at its best, there's something here which is poignant and distinctly memorable. I recommend it with caveats.
