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I adored this book. I picked it up at the library based on just the title, having heard it recommended as a fantastic read by someone on Reddit. I'm glad I didn't read any reviews or the synopsis before getting it, as it was a bit like unwrapping a present.
Eleanor is a misfit from a poor, dysfunctional family. Her stepfather is deplorable, and her mother is broken and weak. Park is the token Asian kid in this neighborhood of Omaha (half-Korean), and straddles between his popular friends and bein ...more
Eleanor is a misfit from a poor, dysfunctional family. Her stepfather is deplorable, and her mother is broken and weak. Park is the token Asian kid in this neighborhood of Omaha (half-Korean), and straddles between his popular friends and bein ...more
I know a lot of people have liked this, but I couldn't get past the first couple pages. One of my biggest pet peeves is the use of the "f" word to fill in every other word. In the first couple pages I must have read it about 29 times. It's distracting and super annoying. It makes people look completely asinine and so unintelligent that they cannot think of any other words to use. Maybe that was the point and I didn't read far enough in, but oh well.
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I wish there was a half star option because I really would have done 4.5 stars. I went up to 5 because I really did like the book. The characters are well written, and the plot is well developed. Even though the story is about so much more than an average teen romance, it did make me feel a bit nostalgic about first love.
My one grievance is the ending. I liked the climatic part, but the resolution didn't work for me. I find myself feeling this way about a lot of endings lately, so maybe it's ju ...more
My one grievance is the ending. I liked the climatic part, but the resolution didn't work for me. I find myself feeling this way about a lot of endings lately, so maybe it's ju ...more
OK, der Hype um dieses Buch ist berechtigt, soviel dazu. Ich liebe all die Verweise auf 80er Jahre Bands und Comicbücher. Ich liebe ihren Schreibstil & eigentlich auch die Charaktere. Ich habe auch wieder Tränen vergossen, aber das ist ja nix neues ;-)
Was mich nur manchmal echt wütend macht ist die keuche Beziehungsdynamik, die irgendwie so typisch christlich-amerikanisch ist und ich einfach nicht nachvollziehen kann. Auch in den 90ern hat es solche 16-jährige doch nicht mehr gegeben. Muaha. Ich ...more
Was mich nur manchmal echt wütend macht ist die keuche Beziehungsdynamik, die irgendwie so typisch christlich-amerikanisch ist und ich einfach nicht nachvollziehen kann. Auch in den 90ern hat es solche 16-jährige doch nicht mehr gegeben. Muaha. Ich ...more
4.5.
Nov 03, 2013
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