Eleanor & Park in PopSugar Reading Challenge en Español

Jun 29, 2014 Chesira Prado rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, own, gorgeous-cover, to-re-read

Una vez que te das cuenta de lo que se empieza a tejer entre Eleanor y Park, sencillamente no se puede parar de leer hasta acabarlo. Así de simple. Rowell sabe como atraparte.

Esta es una historia muy dulce y triste a la vez. Bastante cruel la vida de Eleanor y deja mucho para reflexionar. Es el primer amor, ese amor tímido, inocente, mágico, sincero, inexperto, donde vas probando cosas nuevas y todo es más intenso. (view spoiler) ...more

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Jun 18, 2015 Cris A. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2015

Esta historia es una joyita. Preciosa.

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Apr 09, 2014 Shii rated it liked it

Shelves: printz-award, literary-exploration

The highly acclaimed and awarded “Eleanor and Park” was doomed to be my least favorite book by Rainbow Rowell. I got that feeling even before I started reading. This was a good book, but I was expecting a great one.

I’m a sucker for Rowell’s writing: geeky and cute. So what could go wrong with this story about two outsiders falling in love over comics and 80’s rock music? Well… The nerdy and cute factors were definitely there, but there was also so much more than a love story; other factors that The highly acclaimed and awarded “Eleanor and Park” was doomed to be my least favorite book by Rainbow Rowell. I got that feeling even before I started reading. This was a good book, but I was expecting a great one.

I’m a sucker for Rowell’s writing: geeky and cute. So what could go wrong with this story about two outsiders falling in love over comics and 80’s rock music? Well… The nerdy and cute factors were definitely there, but there was also so much more than a love story; other factors that didn’t exactly clicked with me. Yeahp! I’ve decided the problem was me; therefore, I will make a list of the things that didn’t work for me:

1- Translation: I read this one in Spanish. BIG mistake! Contemporary books are surely better read in English; it feels like the language change alters the whole mood of the novel. That’s the obvious part. The not so obvious part is that the translator and editors of Alfaguara did a lousy job, which resulted in many spelling mistakes.

2- 80’s Setting: Considering I wasn’t even born on the 80’s and that my tastes on music are not in that neighborhood, many references were entirely lost on me. In the other hand, I loved the innocence this time setting provided to the story.

3- Issues: This book opens the discussion for many issues relevant from any point of view: discrimination, teen sex, family violence, poverty…. But some of them as bullying, racism or discrimination by the ethnicity of a person, are kind of foreign to a person from my country (I'm not saying that they're not there, but I think they're heavier in other countries). And, the entirely of them are completely alien for me. I’ve fortunately never suffer none of them.

4- Love out of Necessity: In Eleanor’s ugly life, Park comes to be the only source of joy and kindness. Love born from this particular situation is not my favorite kind, and I wouldn’t consider it as completely healthy or exemplar. Learn to love yourself, in order to love someone else. That’s my very subjective opinion.

Rainbow Rowell writting was from the very beginning beautiful, and I can totally see why this book won so many prizes. But, it didn’t do any groundbreaking statement for me. Sadly.
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Jul 09, 2014 Michelle B rated it it was amazing

Shelves: they-r-my-babies, i-like-the-cover, read-2014, favorites, young-adult, dual-pov, wish-list

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No puedo explicar lo que me hizo sentir esta historia, es demasiado perfecta, desde cualquier punto que la mires. Eleanor & Park, y no, no puedo explicar en palabras todo lo que me hicieron sentir, se filtraron bajo mi piel desde la primera página sin siquiera darme cuenta, solo sé que no quería ~~podía~~ parar de leer. Lo único que quería era que me durara eternamente, leerla realmente lento, pero mi ansiedad de lectora compulsiva ganó. Tengo tantas emociones en mi pecho, tantas que sen ...more

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Apr 17, 2015 Sabrina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Sobran las descripciones para este libro, los elogios y criticas asi que voy a tratar de hablar sobre lo que no leí en otras reviews.

Pros: protagonista gordita (go girl!) parece una tontera pero como miembro de la sociedad con sobrepeso (?) me alegro que alguna vez no sea un personaje gracioso, ni patético, sino que todo lo contrario, el interés amoroso de nuestro amado Park!
Tierna, bastante inocente, con el justo nivel de hormona adolescente sin llegar a ser porno suave de novela rosa.
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Sep 25, 2014 Verónica Fernández rated it liked it

Me estaba preguntando cuántas estrellas darle. Por un lado, me ha encantado este libro porque nos habla de un primer amor con unos personajes que no son el típico guaperas del instituto, y la chica que es guapa pero que se tiene en baja-autoestima. He devorado el libro sin querer detenerme y el romance fue muy conmovedor (Me encanta Park) pero, el final... De acuerdo que es el primer amor pero, hubiese preferido otro final.

*****SPOILER SOBRE EL FINAL*****

Veo innecesario esa reacción de Eleanor, ...more

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Jul 27, 2014 Caro rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 000-owned

No es un libro perfecto, pero es muy bueno, emotivo, simple, joven, llegador y entretenido.

Aunque hubo cosas que no me terminaron de convencer al cien, la verdad es que es un libro que disfruté mucho.

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