![]() But, c’est la vie, the world is cruel to us bachelor(ette)s. I don’t got no kids though I’m just a guy looking for a good story. Thinking about it now, perhaps that’s what Babbitt intended: for kids to ask their parents why Winnie didn’t choose to live forever. The ending made me feel cheated, because the premise promised me an emotional payload, but we are left to ponder it on our own, which just isn’t enough. Sure, she was only ten years old, but the narrative suggests that mindset to us, the reader, because that’s all we got! And then in the next chapter she’s dead of old age. The last chapter has her sharing the source of immortality with a frog so that it won’t get hurt, which suggests she has no problem with using and bestowing the power. This was cruelly disappointing because we never got to see Winnie make her choice or why. ![]() We learn in the epilogue that Winnie chose not to become immortal, but that is only revealed by the elder Tucks visiting the town years later and seeing Winnie’s grave. That was the primary reason I read the story all the way to the end (yeah, sometimes I’m a sucker for romance… but shush).Īnd this was where the big disappointment happened. ![]() The idea was that they would stay young forever, and experience the world and all of eternity together so that they won’t ever have to be alone again. The biggest plot point to me, however, was not the rescuing of Mae Tuck, but whether or not Winnie would choose to become immortal when she turned seventeen, as proposed by Jesse Tuck. Sometimes simplicity works, and the novel focuses on its core issue, which is essentially tied to its message, without distraction, delivering a pure narrative that has childish and country-like charm. The entire series of events, from Winnie’s meeting, abduction, and rescue of the family, was entertaining and capable of commanding your attention, whether you’re a kid or a kid-at-heart. The explanation of the Tucks’ source of immortality is plausible though open-ended enough to hint at cosmological origins. There will be spoilers.Īs a premise the plot is great. For plot and characters, however, Tuck Everlasting will be held to the same standards of any story ever told. We’ll be talking about that under “Narrative” below. Frequently recommended to parents as a way of conducting “the death talk”, the story is about a girl named Winnie Foster and her brief adventure with the Tuck family, a group of four normal country folk who have gained the power/curse of immortality.ĭuring my read I treated this book as a novella, rather than a kid’s book, but this review will consider the book in the latter context. However, the reason I rated it a 4/5 is because I wanted the author to have a backstory about the origin of the magic spring.Usually filed under “children’s literature”, Tuck Everlasting is a story that explores the very mature theme of death. Always coming in new, always growing and changing, and always moving on. The frogs is part of it, and the bugs, and the fish, and the wood thrush, too. Like all magnificent things, it’s very simple.Įverything’s a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping. You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live. You got to take what comes.ĭon’t be afraid of death be afraid of an unlived life. Life’s got to be lived, no matter how long or short. Lastly, below are quotes that I like from the book! Even though, there might be people wanting to live forever but in the end they would want to go through the afterlife. Moreover, the main message of this book was that everyone will go through life and death because that’s the natural cycle of life. Also, the character Winnie Foster showed such sophistication for a ten-year-old girl! It has also been adapted into a movie!įurthermore, I enjoyed all the main characters as they were interesting to read. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune.įirstly, in my opinion, I absolutely like the book cover! The cover is just utterly beautiful and cute! This book was originally published in the year 1975 and I feel really blessed to receive this edition!īesides that, this book was such a page-turner! I managed to read it within 4 hours and in one-sitting! The idea was really unique which made me can’t wait to know the ending. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. ![]() Doomed to – or blessed with – eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can.
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