Madeleine L'Engle is well known for the book, A Wrinkle in Time, which is sort of metaphysical science fictiony and quirky weird in a good sort of way that makes it interesting and fun to read. Also, it's very well written.
Meet the Austins is not like A Wrinkle in Time. I was actually kind of surprised, because I was expecting it to be kind of metaphysical and science fictiony but it wasn't. Instead, it told the endearing story of the Austin family. The father, Wallace is a country doctor, the mother, Victoria is a musician and a homemaker. They have four children, John, who wants to be an astronaut and is building his own space suit; Victoria, who's a bit of a bookworm, but is mostly just plain and ordinary; Suzy, who wants to be a surgeon and is exceptionally smart, extremely stubborn, and always practicing surgery on her dolls; and Rob, who likes being the youngest very much and wants to be a ferry pilot when he grows up.
Their adventure begins when their Uncle Hal dies in a plane crash. That same plane crash leaves a family friend, Maggy Hamilton, orphaned. So, until everyone can decide what's to happen with Maggy, she is placed in the care of the Austins and goes to live with them. However, living with Maggy is no easy task because she's spoiled, willful, and generally hard to get along with.
I liked this story, even though it didn't have all the exciting science fiction stuff going on. It moved at a slow pace that made it easy to enjoy. The characters are very well developed and interesting and the more I got to know them, the more I liked them. There wasn't a whole lot of action or suspense but I kept reading it because the story was just so well told and well written and fun and interesting. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes to read, it's all kinds of fun and I look forward to reading the rest of the series.
Meet the Austins is not like A Wrinkle in Time. I was actually kind of surprised, because I was expecting it to be kind of metaphysical and science fictiony but it wasn't. Instead, it told the endearing story of the Austin family. The father, Wallace is a country doctor, the mother, Victoria is a musician and a homemaker. They have four children, John, who wants to be an astronaut and is building his own space suit; Victoria, who's a bit of a bookworm, but is mostly just plain and ordinary; Suzy, who wants to be a surgeon and is exceptionally smart, extremely stubborn, and always practicing surgery on her dolls; and Rob, who likes being the youngest very much and wants to be a ferry pilot when he grows up.
Their adventure begins when their Uncle Hal dies in a plane crash. That same plane crash leaves a family friend, Maggy Hamilton, orphaned. So, until everyone can decide what's to happen with Maggy, she is placed in the care of the Austins and goes to live with them. However, living with Maggy is no easy task because she's spoiled, willful, and generally hard to get along with.
I liked this story, even though it didn't have all the exciting science fiction stuff going on. It moved at a slow pace that made it easy to enjoy. The characters are very well developed and interesting and the more I got to know them, the more I liked them. There wasn't a whole lot of action or suspense but I kept reading it because the story was just so well told and well written and fun and interesting. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes to read, it's all kinds of fun and I look forward to reading the rest of the series.
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