Item: Eleanor & Park
Rating: 4.00
Author: puchunga

by Rainbow Rowell

'Reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love, but what it's like to be young and in love with a book' John Green, author of The Fault in our Stars

Eleanor is the new girl in town, and she's never felt more alone. All mismatched clothes, mad red hair and chaotic home life, she couldn't stick out more if she tried.

Then she takes the seat on the bus next to Park. Quiet, careful and - in Eleanor's eyes - impossibly cool, Park's worked out that flying under the radar is the best way to get by.

Slowly, steadily, through late-night conversations and an ever-growing stack of mix tapes, Eleanor and Park fall in love. They fall in love the way you do the first time, when you're 16, and you have nothing and everything to lose.

Set over the course of one school year in 1986, Eleanor & Park is funny, sad, shocking and true - an exquisite nostalgia trip for anyone who has never forgotten their first love.

What three words? What the hell!

The end was... Unexpected, I seriously thought she was gonna write back at him or something. But oh well.
I liked the fact that it didn't had a happy ending as everyone would expect.
I also liked the fact that the roles were inverted. The girl was the smart one and the guy was the stupid one. Pretending like things couldn't go wrong. Like everything was perfect and they were gonna stay together forever.
Honey please.
I also liked the way she enjoyed the time they spent together but never let that brief romance consume her. She gave herself to it but not letting herself get lost in it.

I must say, I'm impressed. I expected a lot of cheesy things from these two, but Eleanor is so down to earth and I love that.

Anyway, I want to know what happens to the rest of her family. To the kids, and to the idiot of her mother. And that son of a bitch, Richie, who I believe should've just died or something.

Eleanor & Park

by Rainbow Rowell

Reviewed by puchunga on Apr 27, 2015

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