![]() ![]() ![]() He doesn’t have much dysfunction in his house and actually feels safe at home. I mean, his parents almost pretty much hand him a car. Park is half Korean and his family is quite well off. It’s an unlikely relationship – Eleanor is literally the red-headed stepchild and actually poor – not just the type where mom and dad can’t afford her whole tuition, but poor as in she wears old clothes from Goodwill and her bra is held together with pins. Developed out of silence and glances and secretly reading comic books, and eventually actually speaking to each other, discovering a mutual love of music. ![]() This sparks a very slow burn relationship - like super slow. ![]() Park lets her sit next to him, reluctantly. So when she enters the bus, she finds that everyone has already carved out a place, with no room for her. I just fell for both characters as I got to know them through Rowell’s excellent use of dual narration.Įleanor is the new girl in school, and so on her first  day she takes the bus. Is that a thing - book reviewer brain freeze? Anyways, I loved Eleanor & Park in that it was not at all a typical read - the characters weren’t movie star attractive, there were actual real life problems and not just first world problems either, and sigh. I’m having brain freeze over how great this book was. I’m trying super hard to come up with the perfect words to convey with this book was totally radical, but I can’t. I’m head over heels swooning over Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, just like Gayle Forman’s blurb said I would. ![]()
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