Review: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
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Review: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
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The 2002 film Tuck Everlasting expands on the relationship of Winnie and Tuck. Babbit touches on fatherly love, motherly love, love of adventure, love of nature, love of frogs (Ribbit)......and many more forces that make life worth living. It is a tale of growing up, and growing old. The relationship between Winnie and Tuck will make you swoon, but it means much more.
To sum up...Yay or Neigh? 100% YAY. I want my loved ones to read TE so they can feel the joy that this book gave me. Wonderful for a child, or an avid reader. Every book lover should have this classic under their belt....especially considering it's such an easy read. Which brings me to...
My experience: I read this novella in under a week, for about an hour a day. I live in NYC, I'm 23, and I spend all of my time on the subway reading. When a book makes me cry, I end up desperately trying to hold back tears on a crowded subway. This book did it. Made me weep.
I first read this book in the 6th grade. I was 12, the same age as the main character Winnie. The concepts were new to me, and kept me up at night, swimming in thought. Rereading TE now, the ideas of living forever and imminent death were not as new, so it did not fill me with the confused wonder as it did as a child. It was however a reminder to reflect on these topics, making this book an emotional releasing experience as an adult.
Final Words: With stunning imagery, and an exciting quick plot, I was always eager to reopen TE. It did not drag at all. My only qualm is that it had to end. I miss it already.
Has anyone ever read TE to a child? If so, how young were they and how did the child respond?
-- 03 Jan 2016, 23:51 --
* Spoilers *Btkgarrity wrote:I read Tuck Everlasting and saw the movie. The book was a little odd because Winnie and the Tuck boy were dating when Winnie was a lot younger than him. The book was still good and written well like other reviewers have already stated.
Hi Btkgarrity! Although Winnie was WAY younger than tuck, I don't define their interactions as dating. It's easy to call the age difference in their puppy-love odd, especially compared to a modern day circumstance, but Tucks request to Winnie to drink the spring water and run away with him was so innocent, I don't think he knew better. This makes me question, even though Tuck was over a hundred years old, does he retain the mentality of a seventeen year old? That's the only way I can justify the fact that Tuck would ever ask Winnie to live forever. Especially since he knows the consequences of eternal life.
What do you think?
-- 06 Jan 2016, 08:29 --
Beware of the spoilers in my above response to Btkgarrity!
I tried to subject the response with "Spoliers", not knowing that a new subject does not appear for a response. I would edit it if I could but I don't think it'll let me after a certain amount of time. Read on with caution!
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This book is about more than romantic love. It is about familial love, which is truly everlasting. The beauty in this book is absolutely the ending. When Jesse realizes that Winnie didn’t drink the water, he responds, “Good girl.” As much as he would have loved to have Winnie be young with him forever, he realized that she was able to truly live more as a mortal than he ever had as an immortal. And he was happy for her. The movie gets too bogged down in romantic love which, I think, ruins the entire point of the book.
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I remember I loved the story, such an interesting idea- much deeper depths then everlasting life.