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Gahh, swoon! Mixed tapes of 80s music and big white girls falling in love with boys of Asian descent?! Hello, my life. I usually flee in horror from any book that could be called a "romance," but the time period and the protagonists (as well as this book's inclusion on the list of best books of 2013 for young adults) convinced me to give it a go. I really enjoyed how the family lives of both kids added so much to who they are as characters. And now I need to know what happens next even though I
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I love books that make me cry. This is just a sweet little YA book for those of us who can't get over Bridge to Terabithia. If you like books about male and female best friends or first loves, this is the book for you. The novel uses both Eleanor and Park's narrative voices, so you get both sides of the story. It's lovely and dramatic in just the right ways. I like how well it portrays the awkwardness of being a teenager in a teenage body.
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This is the best YA book I've read in years. And I haven't felt so in love with a YA book since the first time I read Looking for Alaska.
Stunning entry, beautiful characters, sad and lovely and romantic and real.
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Stunning entry, beautiful characters, sad and lovely and romantic and real.
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For a young adult romance, it is pretty rad. I read the entire book on a flight to Chicago. The time period is about the time I was in high school, and the characters were easy for me to relate to from that time in my life. The book is written with high intensity and beautiful descriptions of first love.
This book was just incredibly engrossing. The outcast romance was perfect in pitch and execution, and the music references and the way they read comics and pass mixed tapes... Sigh. I am not into Romance novels, but love a good romantic story and this hit all the right notes.
I literally still have a knot in my chest from this book, I want so badly for it to not be over. I loved it, loved the characters, the story, everything. In the beginning I got a bit annoyed with the over-dramatic-ness, the questioning of everything, the enormity of how the characters felt every situation - but about 1/4 in, I got it. They're teenagers, everything is life & death, everything is questioned & it made me love the book even more. It's real, it's sweet, & I already miss Eleanor & Par
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Rainbow Rowell is just the best at this.
I would give this book a million stars if I could.
How can a book be so heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time? This was such an amazing, amazing book!!
Nov 06, 2013
Alison
marked it as to-read
