A review by orchidlilly
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It was fun, and the twins make for interesting protagonists, but I have a few more complaints with this one than the other books. This one feels a lot more overtly religious than the other three. The series has always been religious leaning, but this is the first one I think that directly builds of biblical mythology, which, I don't know, kills it a little bit for me. Plus, even those in the culturally christian united states don't necessarily know bible mythology. The story also has much more sexual elements, not like romance book sexual, but in that christian purity culture kind of way that feel uncomfortable when you think about it too much. The world-building is really neat though, and none of the bad stuff was egregious enough to make me dislike the story.
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