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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
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
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It was an alright book. Took me forever to finish, simply because the book didn't keep me in suspense or surprise me all that much.
i love this book as a kid, and the movie wasn't a disappointment either.
mysterious
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:
Yes
It's been a while since I've read this book. I still love it. I think I've read it more than two times - but it might have been before I started tracking on GoodReads. I read it again this year with my class...and I cried. This group has been an interesting group. Usually, my class tires of me reading it aloud and asks if they can read some of it on their own. These guys are perfectly happy to have me read and so I read the ENTIRE thing aloud. Maybe that's why it touched me a little more. I did my very best to read with good expression. LOL It's full of drama!
p 62 (chapter 12) Tuck to Winnie, on the pond in a fishing boat: ....Everything's a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping. The frog is part of it, and the bugs, and the fish, and the wood thrush, too. And people. But never the same ones. Always coming in new, always growing and changing, and always moving on. That's the way it's supposed to be. That's the way it is."
p 63: That's what us tuck are, Winnie. Stuck so's we can't move on. We ain't part of the wheel no more. Dropped off, Winnie. Left behind. And everywhere around us, things is moving and growing and changing. You, for instance. A child now, but someday a woman. And after that, moving on to make room for the new children."
"....dying's part of the wheel, right there next to being born. You can't pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest. Being part of teh whole thing, that's the blessing. But it's passing us by, us Tucks. Living's heavy work, but off to one side, the way we are, it's useless, too. It don't make sense. If I knows how to climb back on the wheel, I'd do it in a minute. You can't have living without dying. So you can't call it living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road."
p 62 (chapter 12) Tuck to Winnie, on the pond in a fishing boat: ....Everything's a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping. The frog is part of it, and the bugs, and the fish, and the wood thrush, too. And people. But never the same ones. Always coming in new, always growing and changing, and always moving on. That's the way it's supposed to be. That's the way it is."
p 63: That's what us tuck are, Winnie. Stuck so's we can't move on. We ain't part of the wheel no more. Dropped off, Winnie. Left behind. And everywhere around us, things is moving and growing and changing. You, for instance. A child now, but someday a woman. And after that, moving on to make room for the new children."
"....dying's part of the wheel, right there next to being born. You can't pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest. Being part of teh whole thing, that's the blessing. But it's passing us by, us Tucks. Living's heavy work, but off to one side, the way we are, it's useless, too. It don't make sense. If I knows how to climb back on the wheel, I'd do it in a minute. You can't have living without dying. So you can't call it living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road."
I read this book in 6th grade. I am now a senior in high school. However, I still remember the love I had for this book. I remember that I wanted them to end up together and was devastated when they didn't. In my head I made up my own ending and how they would've live forever together. It's crazy how some books never leave your mind and ignite a passion for books. This book will always hold a special place in my heart, which is mainly due to the cover bringing up memories for me.
Anyway amazing book that's a quick read, so please read it and make your own memories of it.
Anyway amazing book that's a quick read, so please read it and make your own memories of it.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
This book is the ultimate in cozy fantasy for young readers. I read it again as an adult and it gave me so many tender feelings. The film is a brilliant adaptation, and I am so grateful that this book is available as an audiobook read by Alexis Bledel from the film. Remarkable.
Winnie Foster feels trapped in her yard with her mom and grandmother always watching over her. One morning she is up early and decides to go into the woods near her house. She finds a teenage boy that yells at her over trying to drink water by a tree. A tree that her family owns since they own the woods. Eventually Winnie is taken by the Tuck family to explain about the tree and the water. Unknown to them they are followed by someone who is not looking out for their best interests. I really liked this book. It includes a kidnapping, murder and eternal life.