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michaelinereadsalot 's review for:
Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
Reading this book fully confirmed that I had only seen the movie. Once again, I did not do the assigned reading. But this might be the first time I've watched an adaptation first and still liked the book better.
The Tuck family took a drink from a spring in the woods and thought nothing of it. But when time went by and they didn't age a day and would-be-fatal accidents didn't leave a mark, the family realized the spring made them immortal. When people notice that the family never changes, the Tucks face many difficulties, and they decide to keep the spring and their immortality a secret. That is until Winnifred Foster sees Jesse Tuck drinking from the spring and finds them out. To protect their secret, the Tucks kidnap Winnie and try to explain to her why she can never tell anyone what she saw. The question the Tucks and Winnie try to answer:
My only real complaint with this book is that Winnie is 10 YEARS OLD, and Jesse, who is 17, tries to convince her to drink the water when she turns 17 and run away with him... a little creepy. Fortunately, she doesn't decide to do it and chooses to live a full life instead. The message is an interesting one, and the concept is fun. Overall, as long as I ignored the grooming bit, I enjoyed this one.
The Tuck family took a drink from a spring in the woods and thought nothing of it. But when time went by and they didn't age a day and would-be-fatal accidents didn't leave a mark, the family realized the spring made them immortal. When people notice that the family never changes, the Tucks face many difficulties, and they decide to keep the spring and their immortality a secret. That is until Winnifred Foster sees Jesse Tuck drinking from the spring and finds them out. To protect their secret, the Tucks kidnap Winnie and try to explain to her why she can never tell anyone what she saw. The question the Tucks and Winnie try to answer:
My only real complaint with this book is that Winnie is 10 YEARS OLD, and Jesse, who is 17, tries to convince her to drink the water when she turns 17 and run away with him... a little creepy. Fortunately, she doesn't decide to do it and chooses to live a full life instead. The message is an interesting one, and the concept is fun. Overall, as long as I ignored the grooming bit, I enjoyed this one.