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Apparently I have been living under a rock my entire life because I had never even heard of Bridge to Terabithia before a friend of mine brought it up in conversation one day. She says, it’s a short read, I’ll bring you in my copy. Sure! I replied!
I had been under the impression that this was a children’s fantasy book and therefore had visions of Narnia dancing in my head. A few weeks after she had given me her copy I told her I would finally be getting around to it (I was finishing up a book I had been reading). I said to her: I need a nice light read to pick up after the soul-crusher that is The Fault in Our Stars. I wish I had taken a picture of the horrified look on her face that screamed: BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA IS A SOUL CRUSHER. I had been warned.
When I first started reading it I’ll admit I was pretty bored. Again, I had been under the impression it was a fantasy book filled with a mysterious land called Terabithia and that I would soon be immersed in a world I had yet to discover. That was not, however, what I got. Instead I got a story of ten year old kids who become best friends and build a fort on the edge of the forest. Their lives seem rather sad and mundane, except for the few instances where they actually get to escape to their secret hideaway, Terabithia.
I wish it had been more of a fantasy story but the story I did get was satisfying. A complete tragedy that brought me to tears, but the innocence of youth can’t be held onto forever…
Although this book was far from what I thought it would be, I still enjoyed it and thought it was a great book; a book that everyone should read at least once in his/her life.
I had been under the impression that this was a children’s fantasy book and therefore had visions of Narnia dancing in my head. A few weeks after she had given me her copy I told her I would finally be getting around to it (I was finishing up a book I had been reading). I said to her: I need a nice light read to pick up after the soul-crusher that is The Fault in Our Stars. I wish I had taken a picture of the horrified look on her face that screamed: BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA IS A SOUL CRUSHER. I had been warned.
When I first started reading it I’ll admit I was pretty bored. Again, I had been under the impression it was a fantasy book filled with a mysterious land called Terabithia and that I would soon be immersed in a world I had yet to discover. That was not, however, what I got. Instead I got a story of ten year old kids who become best friends and build a fort on the edge of the forest. Their lives seem rather sad and mundane, except for the few instances where they actually get to escape to their secret hideaway, Terabithia.
I wish it had been more of a fantasy story but the story I did get was satisfying. A complete tragedy that brought me to tears, but the innocence of youth can’t be held onto forever…
Although this book was far from what I thought it would be, I still enjoyed it and thought it was a great book; a book that everyone should read at least once in his/her life.