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Eleanor & Park

Rainbow Rowell

Start date: July 1, 2014

Finish date: July 31, 2014

Discussion: Stand Alones

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Jun 21, 2014 Lady Donato rated it it was amazing

Eleanor and park is a story about an unusual high school romance. This book is sassy, foul mouthed (lol), beautifully written and it

is so hard to put down. What i love most about this book, is the fact that this is the first YA book that has an Asian guy as a main

character and a polish-danish girl as the leading lady. This book has fresh new concepts that are not cliche as what we normally

read in romance novels. It has music talk in it, some cursing (moderately), drama, inter racial relationship ...more

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Mar 05, 2014 Christine rated it it was ok

The book was okay. I liked Park a lot, but I couldn't really say the same to Eleanor. I wanted her to do something, anything, to stop being so weak. The overall plot of the story was good, but I felt no emotional attachment whatsoever to the book, unlike with the first Rowell book I've read, Fangirl. There were also times wherein I almost wanted to stop reading. The ending wasn't as vague as I expected it to be, from reading all the reviews of other people. Sure, the book was sweet and light, bu ...more

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Dec 21, 2013 Valentina rated it it was amazing

OH MAH GAWD ¡ESE FINAL!

Una historia hermosa y pura en todo sentido. El que Rainbow haya incluido una playlist fue realmente increíble porque llevaba todo a otro nivel. Los personajes me encantaron, me enamoré completamente de ellos <3.

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Jul 29, 2014 Oeng Sirimachan rated it really liked it

It's the kind of books that makes you think of your own stories. It was nicely written and the writer wrote what everyone must have gone through which I thought was really nice. ...more

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