Reviews - Tuck Everlasting

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Tuck Everlasting

Natalie Babbitt

3.8 AVERAGE

blueberri's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bookishbanddirector's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

littlefawkes's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

sapphichavocreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

alesehunter's review against another edition

5.0

A wonderful celebration of the 50th anniversary of this title. It still has the same profound emotion I remember from reading it as a child. I love the narration of this audio & think it will be an excellent companion to the print book.

Thank you to libro.fm for a copy of this title through the Librarian ALC program.

marvinstarburst's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

I haven’t read this book since the 6th grade! Definitely made me cry at the end.

Content Warnings

kaileerella's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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: Yes

As a child, I loved Tuck Everlasting. The book taught me about life and death (the wheel) and the movie taught me about young love and making choices for yourself, not for others. As an adult, re-reading Tuck Everlasting gives me a sense of nostalgia, but also a sprinkle of childlike wonder.

As a child, I felt Winnie was relatable. As an adult, I feel she is such a believable child and it is easy to be drawn into her world. Every time I enjoy watching her grow from a rather spoiled girl to a brave girl that puts others before herself after her time spent with the Tuck's.

For all of us that learned about life and death and crushes and villains and toads from Tuck Everlasting, hearing it read by Winnie all grown up is an emotional experience. I started tearing up as she began reading the very first line. Thanks to Alexis Bledel for narrating this, it is truly a nostalgic and heartwarming experience.

Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for letting me listen to this early, I had a truly wonderful time.