Sypnosis (from Goodreads):
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.
My Review(5/5 stars):
This Novel is set over the course of one school year. Now-a-days we see people or characters falling in love so quickly that someone doesn't even know when it happened. This story is different. It goes slow, and not like in a bad way slow, nicely slow. I started reading it and half-way through, and I didn't want to stop reading it but my eyes got tired. But then I woke up in the middle of the night and finished it.
This extraordinary love was cute, heart-breaking, breath-taking, and many other words that I can not describe because it was truly that amazing.
I loved how the perspectives changed too. It was amazing to see how both of could think so alike. It was good to see that what happened in Eleanor's and Park's life whenever they were not together (outside of school).
Characters:
- Eleanor + Park = Lovers (Protagonist)
Eleanor and Park were both 16 when they fell in love with each other. As I said before it went slow. I loved reading it like that.
- Sabrina (Eleanor's mom)
She is described as a beautiful mom who is divorced and then remarried. She is mentioned throughout the whole book, but not necessarily the main characters.
-Richie (Step-dad--Antagonist)
He is described as the evil step-dad. Everything that happens in Eleanor's life is because of Richie.
- Mindy and Jamie (Park's parents)
They are described as the people who were in love and got married. Their role in this book was not like a major role but they played an important part just to keep the story going.
- Tina and Steve (Spoiler)
They were the "friends" of Eleanor and Park in this story. The reason I put Friends in quotation marks is because sometimes they were, in terms of helping Eleanor from the dangers that she faces.
Overall, I enjoyed every bit of it. I also cried at the end because of the ending (if that makes sense)
Well there you have it! My first review on my blog
Tell me in the comments how I did. You can also comment if I need to improve on some stuff. Thanks.
2 comments:
I enjoyed this book as well. It made me want to read Rainbow Rowell's other books. I read Fangirl and although it was really good, I didn't enjoy it as much as I did this one
I enjoyed fan girl as much as I did Eleanor and Park. I am going to read all of her books and post reviews because that is so much fun.
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