Eleanor and Park Review

Title: Eleanor and Park
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Pages: 325
Rating: 4.5/ 5
Quote: “Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”
Summary: Eleanor, A girl who is… Different and Park who is just an average teenage boy. Eleanor with her red, curly hair that never seems to stay in the right place in the eyes of others she is a freak, a misfit, But in Parks eyes she is a work of art.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.
My Thoughts: When I first heard that this book was a Contemporary novel I automatically said I knew I wouldn’t like it because I usually read a lot of dystopian Young Adult books or mystery/ Thriller books . Boy was I wrong! This book had me hooked from the first chapter. When you read this well written novel, you become so close to the main characters ,you feel as if you know them personally. One thing I thought I was not going to like about this novel was that it was written in separate point of views, for example one chapter would be Eleanor’s Point of view and another would be Park’s. But as I read further and further I came to realize that it helps me get to know the character on another level. One thing I love most about this novel is that it is realistic, It shows that people are not always going to like you for who you are. They will often judge you from your appearance and only care to look on the outside and that love is not what it’s played out to be. Rainbow Rowell has captured not only my heart, but everyone else who has had the opportunity to read this phenomenal book. In conclusion this book taught me that not everyone will like you but their are people out their who will break you out of your shell and pick you up when your down, just as park did to eleanor.

Links: http://www.amazon.com/Eleanor-Park-Rainbow-Rowell/dp/1250012570http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15745753-eleanor-park


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