The Austin Book that is perhaps the most readable - and the one that got me to read all of them after I struggled through the abridged "Meet the Austins," is The Young Unicorns. It's not narrated by Vicky, so her role as a complete observer is less galling. The Austins and Canon Talis are major secondary characters, but the action in the book belongs to Emily and Dave.
An Acceptable Time, is odd. I mean, I like Polly (less as a teen than as a kid, actually - most of Polly's books she's either an observer with a small but crucial role because she's so young, or there's multiple protagonists,) but since so much of the plot is not about Polly, it's about "saving Zachary Gray," (Who has probably run out of chances by now, at least with L'Engle's underage heroines,) it runs into problems.
Also, the Murray family home was completely alien to me at that point, which made everything weird. I did like Louise and her snaky namesake, though. And the Murrays must always have a paranormally intelligent large stray dog - I'm beginning to think the dogs are sent on purpose.
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Date: 2014-03-27 01:46 pm (UTC)An Acceptable Time, is odd. I mean, I like Polly (less as a teen than as a kid, actually - most of Polly's books she's either an observer with a small but crucial role because she's so young, or there's multiple protagonists,) but since so much of the plot is not about Polly, it's about "saving Zachary Gray," (Who has probably run out of chances by now, at least with L'Engle's underage heroines,) it runs into problems.
Also, the Murray family home was completely alien to me at that point, which made everything weird. I did like Louise and her snaky namesake, though. And the Murrays must always have a paranormally intelligent large stray dog - I'm beginning to think the dogs are sent on purpose.