Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle

         After The Swiftly Tilting Planet, I had high expectations for this next book in the L'Engle Space and Time series. Unfortunately, I found this book rather tedious to get through. The premise is that Meg Murry's twin brothers accidentally walk into their father's science experiment and find themselves in Biblical times...like pre-history Biblical times. I didn't love the plot, although how she explains those mysterious Nephtilum of the Bible is quite interesting. It also felt like she reverted back to a 4th grade reading level with simple sentences and common word choice, something I felt TSTP had moved away from, much to my pleasure. Also, L'Engle seemed to be trying something new with fragments, and it just didn't work for me. I found myself just trying to get to the end to see if my effort would be payed off with an excellent thematic twist or revelation. No. Sad.