From the Bookshelf of Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
By Ann · 67 posts · 992 views
By Ann · 67 posts · 992 views
last updated Jan 17, 2023 03:51PM
What Members Thought
I loved it. I read it in less than 24 hours, and really liked that neither of the protagonists was a skinny white kid that was actually really good- looking but didn't think he or she was. I was never Eleanor, or Park, but both of them are so underrepresented in books, movies and just about everywhere that I began the story loving them. And it's just such a real novel. No perfection, no pretense. I really did love it.
...more
Have you ever put off reading a book because you know that there is no way it can be as perfect as it is, unread, in your head? That's been the case for me with Eleanor and Park. I've read Rowell before (Attachments) and I've purchased Fangirl, and I want to read it, but first I knew I needed to pick up E&P. So, as I sit here coming off of a brutal first semester of graduate school and many, many books read that have challenged me, I knew I needed to pick something up that would make me laugh, a
...more
Does RR seed the pages of her books with crack or what? Like Fangirl, this completely enveloped me. It was bleak and intense and just like for the main characters the highs felt so high and the lows felt so low.
Without giving too much away, (view spoiler) ...more
Without giving too much away, (view spoiler) ...more
oh. this was thoughtful and touching and awkward and. mix tapes! and comics!
broke my heart. and i loved it.
broke my heart. and i loved it.
Every once in awhile there comes a book which takes your breath away, a book that you basically read in one sitting. This was Eleanor & Park.
I downloaded a sample chapter and went to buy the book the next day, and over the course of 6-8 hours, I immersed myself in the painful, yet familiar world that teen protagonists Eleanor and Park resided in.
Eleanor and Park are essentially outsiders who rely on attitude and exterior indicators to try to 'pass' as normal amongst their peers, but who come t ...more
I downloaded a sample chapter and went to buy the book the next day, and over the course of 6-8 hours, I immersed myself in the painful, yet familiar world that teen protagonists Eleanor and Park resided in.
Eleanor and Park are essentially outsiders who rely on attitude and exterior indicators to try to 'pass' as normal amongst their peers, but who come t ...more
I don't think anyone has ever written first love the way Rowell does. Dear god. Rip my heart right out of me, why don't you?
...more
Oct 16, 2013
Julianne Dunn
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
2014-friends-recommendations
I finished "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell yesterday, recommended by Kristen Schaefer. I essentially devoured it in one night. I have loved Rowell since Rita suggested "Attachments" and E&P is another example of Rowell's superior talent of describing the beginning stages of love. This one is about first love and she definitely captures the breathlessness of it all. Made me a little nostalgic.
Eleanor's family situation is painful to read and you want to jump through the page to help her. She ...more
Eleanor's family situation is painful to read and you want to jump through the page to help her. She ...more
Amazing! Loved, LOVED this book! I devoured the story in 24 hours and couldn't turn the pages fast enough. The awesome 80's references were pretty sweet too.
...more
The relationship between Eleanor and Park is both very intense and very innocent. I was more interested in their respective home lives than in their romance, though. I enjoyed the book, and the ending was worth getting through the slow bits in the middle.
I remember being 15. And this felt very true. Ah, first love. Who wouldn't love Eleanor? Or park??
...more
This is the second book Rainbow Rowell book I've read, and it won't be the last. Her writing really resonates with me, and I can't wait to read more.
...more
Another really good book from Rowell. She is going on my list of authors to watch.
Jul 30, 2013
Jessica Haider
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
young-adult,
favorites
Mar 01, 2018
steen
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
2018-popsugar-challenge
