I knew I liked these books when I was a kid but I just re-read them as an adult and they're tearing me up the way the best books do. People forget about what it's like to be a kid. I think we leave too much behind when we "put away childish things." Another quote that comes to mind is something like "we never grow out of being a child, we just grow into being an adult." I don't think adults should be ashamed to read what are considered "kids books".
I'm looking for books that are about immortal characters, similar to the Tuck family in Tuck Everlasting. However, Tuck Everlasting is a children's book and a bit short, though I did enjoy reading it as a kid and of how it discusses the concepts of life and immortality.
What are other similar books that also feature immortal characters but are not children's books? I'm also not interested in Vampire genres. Something like Tuck Everlasting but for older individuals would be nice.
I’m back for more questioning of tuck logic. I haven’t read the book, so if this is a stupid question I’m sorry. How did they realize it was the spring? They say they lived what appeared to be an ordinary life for days, months, and even years before the realized they would live forever. In a multiple years, there has to be a million other things that only them and the cat did without the horse that could have caused it. Explain.
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I don't care if it's symbolism. I don't care if I'm "missing the point". The fact of the matter is that Winifred wasted that water to save a toad. And I don't think she needed to use all of it. Wouldn't there have been enough for them both? How much specifically would one need for immortality. How much would the toad even need, considering how small it is compared to a human girl?
I'm sorry if this is a stupid post/rant. I read this book back in 7th grade, and I always hated this ending. I know there's symbolism allegory here. That's been explained to me. But putting that aside, I just thought this was a disappointing ending.
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I’m looking for some films in the late 90’s style of drama that really show the journey through life as an adult. All these movies feel bigger than life itself and make what could be someone’s life story so magically and feel so impactful.
TLDR: 90s drama, good cinematography of landscapes, impactful story, realistic, sad
Many children's movies only feel amazing when you're a child, once you grow up you see how they're flawed. I wonder if I missed something from this movie because I've watched it as an adult.
It felt like the story was too big for the way it was narrated and the movie was too short.
Anyway, what's your opinion? It left me feeling weird and empty for this reason besides the ending.
But like a more grown up version. Darker, scarier anything really. Just more mature.
Was anyone else disappointed that the Man in Yellow didn’t turn out to be Miles’ son Thomas?
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That's it. Just like. Listen to this freaking musical. It's by far my favorite and it is WAY too underappreciated. It'll make you laugh, cry, and the story is so beautifully crafted. Listen to Time, Partner In Crime, Seventeen, and Live Like This and you'll get a pretty good picture. Go ahead and check it out when you can. It was on Broadway for one month and features amazing singers like Andrew Keenan-Bolger who played Crutchie in Newsies, Michael Wartella who played Mike Teevee in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory on Broadway, the amazingly talented Sarah Charles-Lewis. So yeah.
and oh my god what a gorgeous show. I read the book as a little kid and it absolutely destroyed me. All I really remembered about it was that they live forever, that's super depressing, and that Winnie ultimately chooses not to join them.
The music is a little hokey in places, but like, I don't even care. The message is so gorgeous. What an amazing thing to have a kid-friendly story that talks about why death is okay, even though it's hard. What beautiful lyrics. What an amazing cast to tell the story with such heart.
I only wish it had run for longer. I hope when we can all make theatre again, people do regional productions. I hope I can work on it someday.
I watched this years ago in school. I remembered a couple scenes like the man falling off the ferris wheel and living. And a little spring of water near a tree in the woods. I Google searches and pretty quickly found outthat it was tuck everlasting. So I rented it online and watched it. But it doesn't match up with my memory. It seems like I just saw a different version of it.
There's a specific scene I remember that wasn't in the version of Tuck everlasting I have. There's a scene where the boy brings the girl to meet his family. She finds out that they are immortal. I guess she needs convincing or something so the dad puts a metal spoon in the palm of his hand. He puts his hand into the fire and when he pulls his hand back out there's a pool of liquid metal in his palm.
It possible this scene is from a different movie and I'm just mixing it up in my brain. Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
