Eleanor & Park

by Rainbow Rowell

Especially when just being Park’s friend was pretty much the best thing that had ever happened to her.

You don't even know his last name???

He pulled on the scarf again, so she looked at him. She tried not to look mad—but she’d rather look mad than look like she’d spent all night thinking about how beautiful his lips were.

Mind you this is 20% of the way through the book.

If Park were to look up at her now, he’d know everything.

Is modern romance writin just throwing desperate sounding statements into otherwise boring scenes?

Maybe Park had paralyzed her with his ninja magic,

I now rralize why this book isnt meant for 25 year olds

Saturdays were the worst. On Sundays, Eleanor could think all day about how close it was to Monday. But Saturdays were ten years long.

That's funny. I typically have the complete /opposite/ feeling.

Later, she’d listen to music. She’d saved the last two batteries Park had given her so that she could listen to her tape player today when she missed him most.

Classic teenage love (or angst, depending on who's reading). It's only been 3 business days, but sure, you can't live without him. It's like Love Island, but less skin.

The only thing she didn’t like to think about, about Park, was what he could possibly see in her.

I get that this kind of romance novel is geared more so to people experiencing high school for the first time, but what are we telling our teens if the romantic character archetypes we hand them repeat sad sap bullshit like this?

The pickup kept dying. Park’s dad wasn’t saying anything, but Park knew he was getting pissed. “Try again,” his dad said. “Just listen to the engine, then shift.” That was an oversimplification if Park had ever heard one. Listen to the engine, depress the clutch, shift, gas, release, steer, check your mirrors, signal your turn, look twice for motorcycles.…

I believe the word is 'stalling'. Not 'dying'.

Mondays were the best.

Give it four years and you'll hate yourself for believing so, Eleanor.

Park stood up when she got to their row, and as soon as she sat down, he took her hand and kissed it. It happened so fast, she didn’t have time to die of ecstasy or embarrassment.

As a former high school kid, this is something the weird kids would do.

“I missed you,” he whispered. She felt tears in her eyes and turned to the window.

This might be thr quote thats makes me DNF this