When if first read "Tuck Everlasting", I thought it was kind of...bland. The whole point of the story took three days, and the epilogue didn't make any sense. It wasn't until I saw the movie that realized how symbolistic this book was.
First, it addressed the issues of life and death. People don't want to die, but it's going to happen eventually. The Tucks are the exception because they drank from a spring that made them immortal. Winifred "Winnie" Foster learns about this, and decides not to drink it.
Then came the man in the yellow suit. (We'll call him MITYS) MITYS wants to make a profit of this spring, and wants to know where it's located. He tries to take Winnie against her will to go to the spring. Mae, like how she would defend her two sons, hits MITYS on the head with a shotgun. He dies later, and Mae is sentenced to be hanged.
Winnie then helps Mae and the Tucks escape. (I am not going into detail because I liked the movie version of this scene better than the book version. Not to mention that Jesse was such a hottie ^_^) She then (in the book) gives a toad from the beginning of the story some spring water so it will be safe forever.
Years roll by. Some of the Tucks come back to see if Winnie had drunk the water. They learn that the woods were cut down. (Now this doesn't make any sense because the spring is supposed to be "everlasting". The movie version was smart to leave the woods and spring alone.) Then they come across Winifred Foster Jackson's gravestone.
Overall a good book, but if, like in the movie, it had taken more time to explain things, it might have been a better story. All the same, I give is 5/5 stars.
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