Title: Bridge to Terabithia
Author: Katherine Paterson
Release Date: October 21, 1977
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Rating: ★★★☆☆
Synopsis:
Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie's house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs. It will take the love of his family and the strength that Leslie has given him for Jess to be able to deal with his grief.
My Review:
It was alright.
Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia is a classic middle grade about friendship, which is one of my favourite themes, and grief. It follows Jess and Leslie, who form a bond, and build their own fantasy land that only the two of them know about, Terabithia.
Attracted by the beautiful cover as soon as I laid my eyes on it at a friend's house, I borrowed it. I mean, hearing that it contained shirk (when one worships something other than God or associates partners with Him) based on a review I read, I was hesitant about reading it in the beginning. But hearing how popular it was and the fact that it was beautiful, my curiousity got the better of me, and I decided to borrow it.
Okay, so I really enjoyed Bridge to Terabithia, and it was a beautiful story about friendship that kept me reading until the end. But of course, the shirk part prevented it from being a five-star read. The kids call upon the spirits instead of God.
She was more at home with magic than religion.
It was not the best example for kids. Is the author against religion or something?
Also, I'm not sure if it was just me, but I found Jess's and Leslie's friendship a little... random. One minute, he couldn't stand her, and then the next thing we know, poof! They're best friends. I didn't get what changed Jess's mind about her suddenly. There was not enough development for their friendship to form.
Overall, other than that, I enjoyed it.
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