Genre: YA Contemporary
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: February 26th 2013
Edition: hardcover Pages: 328
Purchase: Book Depository
Rating: ★★★★★
Rating: ★★★★★
Two misfits.
One extraordinary love.
Eleanor... Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough...Eleanor.
Park... He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises...Park.
Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. (Goodreads)
One extraordinary love.
Eleanor... Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough...Eleanor.
Park... He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises...Park.
Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. (Goodreads)
What I Thought
I adored this book! The writing style and pacing were perfect. I really liked how the book flips between the perspectives of Eleanor and Park.Honestly, I had no words to describe why I loved this book at first, I just did. Now, it is sinking in that (minus the crazy stepdad and absent mother) I was very much like Eleanor when I was growing up. I didn’t wear the coolest clothes or even worry about the fact that I wasn’t wearing something ‘name brand’. I was always reading or listening to music, off in my own little world. I was bullied about stupid things and I internalized it all and never let it show. We are alike in those respects. Which is probably why this was such a great book for me, I love when I can relate to the characters and connect with them on an emotional level.
I loved the quirky relationship that Eleanor and Park had. It was awkward, it was sweet, it was funny. They had so much in common but still had their moments of conflict which made for hilarious banter. The ending for me was bittersweet. Though it was vague and left you guessing I think the book ended perfectly. It kind of lets you come up with the ending which is something I like. It does infuriate me sometimes that I don’t know what comes next for these characters but I find solace in the fact that they are happy.
Rainbow's writing and characters are to die for! I highly recommend this book!
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