As I mentioned on my Twitter account yesterday immediately after I finished the The-Catastrophic-History-of-You-and-Me post that I'd be reading Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park for my Second Book of Christmas Challenge. Annnnnddd guess what? Yes, I'm done reading it!
Honestly, I'm kinda hesitant to post a review of it because if you noticed, my reviews are sorta, kinda, little bit 'informal' in the category side I might not do any justice at all to the awesomeness of the book and that's just unfair. You know what I mean?
Oh, well. Eleanor & Park is about the first love shared between two young teenagers who actually met in a school bus and found a way to eventually express that love inspite of the circumstances and despite their differences. It was cute and surprisingly sweet. Unlike, TCHOYAM, E & P has a rather more serious attack to it though I found myself cracked up a few times on Eleanor and Park's convos. They made me miss my teenage years at some point with all the sneaky glances, doodling hearts with your crush's name at the back of your notes, the music, practically every little thing about it--minus all the family drama, of course. Lol. Fine, geez I never thought I'm gonna say this but I did miss my ultimate crush back in highschool while reading it. *groans* Man, what you did to me, Park! *facepalm*
Anyways, moving on. If you happened to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower and liked it, I'm pretty sure you're gonna love E & P, too. The nerd in me just couldn't help but point out the similarities of the two, like for example, the song references! I really am a goner every time an author uses songs (most especially the ones I listen to) in his/her stories. I dunno, it always made me connect or fully understand a character. Haha. Ok, geek. :)) There's the whole protagonist-one-is-a-freak-while-protagonist-two-is-the-every-bit-definition-of-cool-and-popular-and-protagonist-one-fell-in-love-with-protagonist-two thing going on, as well. Though I am not saying the plots are the same, because they're totally not. But it will absolutely get you hooked! :)
You should definitely read Eleanor & Park! But I highly suggest it if only you're at least 13 years old because it has serious number of explicit words used and some mature content and I don't want kids to grow up so sudden by being exposed to mature stuff like that. Man, do I make any sense? I hope I do! Other than that, it's fine. However, the cliffhanger ending is just... I don't even know what to say. I hate Rainbow Rowell for it. Errr, not really. But. Yeah. Haha.
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