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Eleanor & Park

Rainbow Rowell

Start date: January 1, 2015

Finish date: January 3, 2015

Discussion: 2015 Challenge Prompts

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Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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Apr 14, 2018 Missy rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult-fiction, fiction, 2018-reads

4.5 stars. Nostalgic and sweet and sad. I enjoyed every bit of it ❤️ it took be back to awkward teen life. All the emotions of a crush turning into first love. Making it set in the 80s really made it feel real for me 😂

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Mar 11, 2016 Nicole rated it it was amazing

Fantastic. Funny, sweet, tender, nerve wracking, suspenseful, thrilling, lovely....so many adjectives for this wonderful book.

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Jun 22, 2014 Stacy rated it really liked it

I just finished this book and I really liked it. I loved the two main characters - espcially Park. Eleanor is quite broken - but we can see why when we meet her family. This is a very sweet love story and it barely touches the sex surface. This could be a good thing for some younger readers but there is quite a lot of bullying and terrible graphic language.
My main issue with this book is Eleanor's family and more specifically, her mother. Oh Eleanor's mother! This is hard to read because she is ...more

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Sep 02, 2014 Cassandra Moore rated it really liked it

I have to admit I had kind of mixed feelings about this one. Eleanor has crazy curly hair like me, although mine isn't red. She doesn't care what other people think about how she looks, but it's more out of necessity than because she's a rebel. Not to say she doesn't have a little rebel going on as well. She's kind of a hard character to describe, very complex. She's quiet and prefers to keep to herself; however, in her new school, her classmates just won't let her go to class in peace. Park is ...more

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