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khadijah3's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
tarheeltegan's review against another edition
2.0
This one was a miss for me, sadly. I loved "A Ring of Endless Light" as a kid, and was so happy to see a sequel of sorts, but this was soOoOoOo boring...! I had to force myself not to skip to the end, and was bummed that we hardly saw Adam! I felt Vicky was VERY angsty in this book, thinking she was so superior to her classmates and spending all her time brooding and hanging out with people way older than her. I feel like the idea for the book was a good one but it needed some serious editing to make it come together, which it didn't have.
gigishank's review against another edition
2.0
Just didn't have the complete charm that other works by Madeline L'Engle have had.
Plot driven by a missing letter.
Plot driven by a missing letter.
honeybeejoyous's review against another edition
4.0
(4.5 stars) This was one of my absolute favorite books in middle school and I enjoyed it just as much as an adult. A naive, coming into her own teenage protagonist, political intrigue, mystery, spies, and environmentalism make for a suspenseful and interesting story. I’ve always wanted this book to be made into a movie.
jmhobbs's review against another edition
4.0
Glad I finally read it. I miss Madeleine L`Engle, I used to love her books when I was a kid.
callmebutton's review against another edition
5.0
Troubling a Star was the first L’Engle book I read after I found it in the library in 6th grade. Every few years I pull it out and remember why I still love it as much as I did 20 years ago. Like many of L’Engle’s books, the dialogue and plot are much more than a story; the reader walks away learning so much more than just the story.
daniel_ov's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
cornerofmadness's review against another edition
3.0
I found this one at a library sale and since I liked L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time series I picked it up. This one, however, is just plain YA and turns out to be the last in a series. Ah well. It was easy enough to pick up on who was who. Here's the thing though, it was started in the 60s and honestly this had such a 60s feel to the narrative/language. I think it might have been an effort on L'Engle's part to do so because this was written in the 90s nearly 30 years after half the series. It's also mired in the 90s, centering around the issues in the Falkland Islands and the politics of Antarctica's usage.
Vicky Austin is back in her small town, pining a bit for her boyfriend (she's turning 16 and he's 19 in college). Well Adam won't be around as much as she'd like because he is going to Eddington Station in Antarctica named for his Uncle who was lost there. Adam however gets Vicky looking in on his great Aunt Serena and Serena is a woman of means who decides to gift Vicky a trip to Antarctica to be with Adam (III) and the research team.
Of course the readers know this might not go well because every chapter starts in the present with Vicky on an ice floe in Antarctica alone and in danger of freezing to death and all chapters are how she ends up there. She travels with Cook, who works for Aunt Serena (as Adam is already down there). She has letters that suggests Adam II was killed and most of the book is the trip down there and all the aforementioned politics of the Falklands (and South America and post Soviet break up Russian states).
Vicky thinks someone is spying on her. She thinks she might be in danger. Of course this started before she left but she told no adults because this is a YA. It's a quick enough read but nothing that is going to stick with me nor did it make me want to see more of the series. It was good but nothing particularly special.
Vicky Austin is back in her small town, pining a bit for her boyfriend (she's turning 16 and he's 19 in college). Well Adam won't be around as much as she'd like because he is going to Eddington Station in Antarctica named for his Uncle who was lost there. Adam however gets Vicky looking in on his great Aunt Serena and Serena is a woman of means who decides to gift Vicky a trip to Antarctica to be with Adam (III) and the research team.
Of course the readers know this might not go well because every chapter starts in the present with Vicky on an ice floe in Antarctica alone and in danger of freezing to death and all chapters are how she ends up there. She travels with Cook, who works for Aunt Serena (as Adam is already down there). She has letters that suggests Adam II was killed and most of the book is the trip down there and all the aforementioned politics of the Falklands (and South America and post Soviet break up Russian states).
Vicky thinks someone is spying on her. She thinks she might be in danger. Of course this started before she left but she told no adults because this is a YA. It's a quick enough read but nothing that is going to stick with me nor did it make me want to see more of the series. It was good but nothing particularly special.
wtfisher's review against another edition
3.0
1. How did Vicky go from age 14 to age 16 but also from the 1960s to the 1990s