( 6 reviews )
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Posted: Nov 12 2007
Returning to her hometown of Thornhill, Vicky Austin feels out of place. There she meets the great aunt of her friend and love interest, Adam Eddington, and they develop a fast friendship. On her 16th birthday, she is given a trip to Antarctica, where Adam is studying. But all is not as it seems... While a bit slow in the beginning, it quickly jumps into the action and maintains it throughout. The descriptions are very detailed and most of the characters seem quite realistic. There are, however, many politic references and more obscure scientific facts that the average reader might not understand. The climax just appears, rather than building up to it, however it is interestingly woven into the story. The last 100 or so pages are hard to put down, and there are many twists and turns that keep you reading. Overall, a relatively good book.
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( 0 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Mar 8 2006
After reading A Wrinkle in time I picked this book and was sure I would like it, but I asumed wrong. This book was O.k. It was a little confusing.The ending was too rushed and came to a conclusion faster then I would have liked. I had to read the ending several times before I finally understood it completely. I definitely think that this was not Madeleine L'Engle's best work.
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Posted: Jan 30 2006
Wow. I read a Ring of Endless Light earlier and, me, being stupid, didn't even know they were SUPPOSED to be connected. Nothing clicks together. Reading this, you'd think Adam and Vicky are different people all together! BUT as a stand-alone book, if you just don't think about Ring of Endless Light, it's pretty good. At the end, it's a little sketchy and things just happen all at once. If you want to read it, I reccomend renting it from your library, but it's not quite worth buying.
