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Oct 25, 2012
Katie
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it was amazing
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Fourth read (audio): April 10, 2019
Third read (audio): August 11, 2016
Still amazing.
Second read (audio): January 21, 2015
This was just as good, if not better, the 2nd time around. Rebecca Lowman was MADE to read Rainbow Rowell's words. They are brilliant together.
First read (audio): April 11, 2013
I loved this book so much.
I listened to this and loved the alternating narrators. It was so quirky and sweet. I found myself grinning like a total idiot, laughing out loud, blushing, crying. I couldn't ...more
Third read (audio): August 11, 2016
Still amazing.
Second read (audio): January 21, 2015
This was just as good, if not better, the 2nd time around. Rebecca Lowman was MADE to read Rainbow Rowell's words. They are brilliant together.
First read (audio): April 11, 2013
I loved this book so much.
I listened to this and loved the alternating narrators. It was so quirky and sweet. I found myself grinning like a total idiot, laughing out loud, blushing, crying. I couldn't ...more
I read this bittersweet teen romance in an evening. Eleanor and Park were alive on the page--so real. And the fast-paced dual narrative was very clever and satisfying. My only quibble was that the slang seemed more recent than 1986 but that's just fault-finding me.
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I will never forget the characters Eleanor and Park. A book that stays in your heart forever, and hopefully opens your eyes to kids living on the edge.
Wow! This book blew my mind, and the ending left me so frustrated! I chose to read this book because it was recently banned in a large school district in my state. Right off the bat I could see how parents would be upset (the language in this book is quite intense), but I can also see how powerful this story is and how students could relate to it. I think this book was emotionally very hard to read, but I think this is not a book to censor. It is a book to celebrate!
Heart-wrenching. Yet so true, real, and hopeful, that I had faith that love would prevail. Anoka-Hennepin, thank you for bringing this book to my attention, although I wish you weren't so nasty about it. I'm so glad I had the opportunity to meet Eleanor and Park - I'm a better human because of them.
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I LOVED THIS BOOK!!! It was such a sweet story of young love that broke so many barriers. Loved it!!!!
I could see these characters so clearly! I loved them.
Jan 10, 2014
Rhonda
marked it as to-read
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