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UGHHH I LOVED THIS SO MUCH, I MESSY-CRIED OVER IT ON A GREYHOUND BUS AND I HAD TO USE A RECEIPT TO WIPE MY FACE WITH. #classy
Like just seriously fully-realized characters in love.
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I just wanted to update my review of this (and remove my star rating) because I did love it when I read it in 2013 and since then many Asian-American folks have pointed out the anti-Asian racism in the book. I don't want to pretend like I never liked this but I want to acknowledge that as a white reader I can definit ...more
Like just seriously fully-realized characters in love.
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I just wanted to update my review of this (and remove my star rating) because I did love it when I read it in 2013 and since then many Asian-American folks have pointed out the anti-Asian racism in the book. I don't want to pretend like I never liked this but I want to acknowledge that as a white reader I can definit ...more
sweet, sad, perfect, broken. do yourself a favor and read this book soon.
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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Liked it, especially at the beginning when Park hands her a stack of comics every morning on the bus. Also appreciated when he fought Steve for teasing Eleanor to make it stop. The best part was the acknowledgment that he was partly doing it out of chivalry, and partly out of embarrassment. I was glad for the climax of the book, though I wish the ending was explored just a bit more.
I'm glad this made it into the Tournament of Books, because I was unlikely to pick it up after Fangirl was so hugely not for me. It still wasn't perfect - is it just rude as hell to say that Rainbow Rowell writes like you'd expect somebody named Rainbow Rowell to write like? - but if the writing is sentimental, the plot isn't. While it was highly distracting for me to try to understand how their romance developed when Eleanor's homelife was clearly untenable, I liked the ending a lot. And I thin
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Oh I loved this. The story of two misfits fitting together in really ambiguous high-school circumstances. It's honest and kind-hearted and lovely.
It's one of the most frequently banned or challenged books from 2012, and I see why -- lots of sex, lots of very disturbing implications of violence, lots of implications that adults do not have a clue what is going on in the world -- and of course it's exactly the kind of book you'd want a teen trying to navigate his/her way in the world to read. Tota ...more
It's one of the most frequently banned or challenged books from 2012, and I see why -- lots of sex, lots of very disturbing implications of violence, lots of implications that adults do not have a clue what is going on in the world -- and of course it's exactly the kind of book you'd want a teen trying to navigate his/her way in the world to read. Tota ...more
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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Dec 08, 2013
Becca
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Oct 18, 2014
corky
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