Eleanor & Park in Overdue Podcast

Mar 04, 2013 Bethany Miller rated it it was amazing

Shelves: overdrive-audiobooks-downloadable, favorite-females

I will write more about this later after I have had more time to let it sink in, but my initial reaction is that Eleanor & Park is one of the best love stories that I've read in a long time...maybe ever. Really, really good. Everyone should read it. I think it has special appeal for readers of YA who aren't exactly Y(oung) because it is set in 1986 and there are lots of music and pop culture references that the older readers will enjoy. But there is also plenty to love for people who didn't get ...more

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Jun 13, 2013 Liesl rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, optioned-for-film, 2014, bullying, overdue

Lovely, straightforward and sweet. Since I only had basic crushes in high school and didn't start dating until college, it was difficult at first for me to fathom how it could be possible for these two to be so completely in love after knowing each other so briefly and at such a young age. But I can relate to being head over heels in love and devoted to another, and on that level the relationship between Eleanor and Park works. Like Rowell's other books, the setting and characters are perfectly ...more

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Aug 28, 2012 Louise rated it it was amazing

Shelves: book-club

I find it really hard to describe just how amazing this story is. It brings back so many memories of first loves and meeting people when you are younger that just blow your mind. It's such a sweet and truthful story of a high school romance, of two people that meet at just the right time and of the complicated nature of teenage life and love. I really just can't describe how much I loved this story and how I couldn't put it down. ...more

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Sep 05, 2013 Sarah rated it really liked it

Touching, funny, and brings back the emotions of being a teenager with little control in your family, trying to find your place in the world, and falling in love for the first time. The fact that it is set in the 80's makes this YA novel perfect for us 40-somethings. Read it!

Here is a summary in the author's words:
"Eleanor & Park is set in 1986. It’s about two 16-year-olds who fall in love on a school bus. The story is told from both of their points of view. Eleanor, a chubby redhead, is the ne ...more

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Jul 03, 2013 Samantha rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: indie-next-list, indies-choice-awards

OH man. I cried at the end. Not appropriate for MSBA, but I would say it is a must-read.

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Mar 11, 2013 Melanie Greene rated it it was amazing

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Meet Eleanor, who is permanently lodged in my heart, and Park, who, dude. Just send me back to 1986; I was a sophomore in high school then, too. I'd totally have fought Eleanor for him. Or, I'd have watched them and been jealous. Because Eleanor & Park together - oh, so right. Even when they're breaking my heart because the world is a sucky place sometimes, they're oh, so right. Heartbreakingly right.

(I'm a little broken by this book.)

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Oct 30, 2013 Melissa Wiebe rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, favorites, 2013

#csreadathon

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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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Mar 10, 2013 Megan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, young-adult, contemporary

This book broke my heart, and if you know anything about me at all you know that's difficult to do. Especially when it's a teenage love story. ...more

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