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Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

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scoads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

A book that has stayed with me from childhood to adulthood, explores themes of life and death through a child's eyes and raises moral questions in an approachable way. A story that holds up better than most.

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theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

4.5

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youreadtoomuch's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

A straightforward book that tells you everything that will happen in the first few pages. Winnie wants to run away when she meets two strangers. One - comes and goes. The other is Jesse Tuck. The Tucks take Winnie and explain they gained immortality from a spring in her family wood. Our mysterious, unnamed stranger overhears and gets to scheming his way to finding this spring.

This book resolves itself within 3 days and we don’t waste any time. Beginning, middle, and end pass by so quickly that it's no wonder this book relies on not being taken so seriously. We don’t learn much about the spring but we learn enough about the person Winnie is and will be. She’s loyal and naive but so full of love that she takes the Tucks warnings against immortality to heart. Which is incredible when you find yourself finishing this silly book, continuing into the epilogue and getting hit with this overwhelming grief grounded in the reality of what it means to be immortal. That was great.

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thalia16's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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mysterious_and_spooky's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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thewillowwood's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? No

4.0

Pulled this off my childhood bookshelf on a whim, read it in one sitting on the plane. Lovely writing and a good story. Definitely for a younger audience then me. I appreciate the darker tone and meaningful reflections that it provides at a level for younger audience, something that can be lacking in middle grade (I loved this kind of stuff at that age).

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