Tonight is the night!
At 8pm ET this evening, the window below will go live with our discussion of the classic A Wrinkle in Time.
We’re going to talk about the book, and we’re going to talk about the new film, too, if you’ve seen it. There’s so much to discuss and I cannot wait to talk to everyone. The film alone was life changing, but paired with reading the book and sharing it with my son, this was a special experience.
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I can’t wait to chat with you about this book, the film, and our experience with one or both. Bring your beverages and your time wrinkling apparatus, and see you at 8pm!
Have fun Ladies, guys and secret agents!
I’m awaiting my copy of Jeffrey Marsh’s book.
is it possible to read the discussion after the fact? i’m one of those people who are always late, so i was not done with the book yet when the discussion happened, but now that i’ve read it i want to see everyone’s comments!
Late to the party, but I FINALLY saw the movie and am in the middle of re-reading the book and I have FEELINGS and OPINIONS.
I really enjoyed the movie. I thought they did a great job updating it. I was also disappointed that they left out Aunt Beast. I loved Oprah saying “you are enough.” One of my favorite things as a kid was that Meg’s fault’s helped her save her dad and I was glad to see that in the movie.
I didn’t love the portrayal of Meg – I think Storm Reid did a great job carrying the movie. BUT, I had the same problem with her playing Meg that I did with Emma Watson as Hermione – too cute! I identified with Meg’s awkwardness and plain-ness SO HARD when I read this as a girl and I didn’t really see it on screen.
A friend of mine was annoyed that they cut out Meg getting mad at her father after they rescue him – that was the scene that meant everything to her when she read it as a girl, because it said that it was OK for a girl to be angry, even at an authority figure.
I have such mixed feelings about the book. I loved it, and everything I read by the author, when I was 11 ish. I re-read it about 10 years ago after she died and was kind of shocked that it didn’t hold up very well for me – the plot’s thin, the Christian themes are pretty damn obvious, the mixing of science and religion didn’t really make sense to me. I came away thinking it was a very weird little book. Re-reading it this time, I’m less shocked by all those things so I can appreciate it for what it is.