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Eleanor & Park

Rainbow Rowell

Start date: January 1, 2015

Finish date: January 3, 2015

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Jul 18, 2014 Sarah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya

GUYS. You didn't warn me about the feels. I WAS NOT PREPARED.

What I absolutely loved about this book (apart from it being completely adorable in every way) was how perfectly Rowell gets the teenager thing. Nobody will understand me. I'm too weird. I'm too skinny. I'm not skinny enough. I'm too clever. And so on, endlessly worrying about not being the right thing, or being the wrong thing.

And that teenager attitude which J.K. Rowling also gets so right: Never ever turning to adults for help becau ...more

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Sep 05, 2014 Celeste rated it liked it · review of another edition

I really like Rainbow Rowell's stories-this is the second I have read. I love the way she describes things and the dialogue between the characters makes me laugh and makes me think "aw, how sweet". Based on that part of the book I would give it 5 stars. That said, I almost didn't finish this book-the "F" word was over the top and almost completely ruined the book. I was listening to it on audio book (which the readers are fantastic) and sometimes the "F" word is easier to read than to listen to, ...more

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Aug 09, 2014 Linda rated it it was amazing

OMG!!! What an amazing young adult book! But seriously, that ending. Can we please get a book two??

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Jul 09, 2014 Amy Ellis rated it really liked it

I loved this book! There is a lot of swearing, but it goes along with the subplot of Eleanor being bullied. All of the characters are really developed, even the very minor ones, which is so fun. I loved how she described Park's parents. The author really captures being a teenager in love, and I actually loved what she did with the ending, which was unexpected. Love love love! ...more

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Jun 25, 2014 Krissy rated it really liked it

Shelves: buddy-read, pgs-300-399, abuse, read-before-2015

Ugh. How could it just end like that?? I feel so lost now.. No closure whatsoever. This was such a sweet book. The writing was superb. I will definitely read more by this author. I just wish there was a more detailed ending. Or at least an epilogue.

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Sep 23, 2014 Sam rated it it was amazing

SO engaging and sweet. I lapped it up and was very tense near end. The ending however is pitch perfect. If only all relationships could end and begin in such a manner.

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