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Tuck Everlasting

Natalie Babbitt

3.8 AVERAGE


This book convinced me that it would be awful to live forever.
emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I’ve had this book laying around since the 4th or 5th grade and just felt like reading something easy. Very quick to get through and so well written. Great metaphors and easy to visualize.
adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
adventurous hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Complicated but a good transition read between longer books or series 📚 

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

This is a reread for me! Reading it a second time closer to my 30th birthday to remind myself that aging/growing older is a blessing 💗

Quick and easy read! Loved it just as much the secon time around but this time I marked some good quotes about aging and life. 

Only thing that never ceases to gross me out and that I had forgotten (read: erased from my memory) was Winnie being 10 and having Jesse (a 17/104 year old) wanting to marry her 🤮

Overall I still enjoyed the whimsical, magical nature of the story and love the Tucks (minus Jesse) 😂🥹

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

Oh, this was such a heartbreaking tale... We all think it would be perfect to live forever, but as the Tucks show us, it's not as easy or enjoyable that one may think.