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Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

31 reviews

vivinkaee's review against another edition

funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

lindsay3000's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

duchess16's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

THE ENDING OMGGGGGG who let the author do this :( come on the book was so incredibly amazing and it wasn't another teen novel that would never actually happen in real life. minus some of the '80s stuff, it could happen today. the ending frustrated me a little because they could've kept their love going, and park tried really hard. you could almost feel his heart breaking with each and every letter with no reply. Its not like the books where one character dies and then no one can do anything about it, eleanor could have tried.... ahh it was still so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Physical abuse

theghostdog's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

In my personal opinion it just was overall bad. I gave it a two star rating because the book can get you invested in the plot even if it it’s not the best, however, that doesn’t mean it was a good read. If you’re a hopeless romantic pre-teen that finds delight in any trope no matter how problematic it may be, then yes, I would recommend it to you, but other than that, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. It’s pretty fast-paced and I feel like that was one of the key flaws because despite my liking for a fast pace, if not handled well, it could end up being terrible, which is what this book ended up being, everything felt oddly rushed and the ending fell flat because of it. The book tried to be diverse and tried to be inclusive yet it did nothing but enforce stereotypes of two different races, so if you’re looking for a diverse book that does good representation, this is not it. The book is a hit or miss to the extreme, it’s very straightforward when it comes to the audience it’s targeting (and it isn’t a necessarily bad thing), for me it just missed and by a long shot 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Body shaming

A little explanation to the content warnings: Rape: there was a brief mention of rape by one of the main characters, it was absolutely unnecessary and it wasn’t anything important towards the plot, but it was just briefly said as a joke. One of the main characters is in an abusive and toxic household, hence the other content warnings Racial slurs: there’s a brief mention of racial slurs, one was about the main character explaining the use of the “n-word” in his school, the other I believe was an Asian slur

al_xn_a's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Child abuse

laurendenton's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This book was so close to being perfect that part of me just wants to give it 5 stars anyway. But the author's use of the r-slur and racially insensitive language was so uncalled for and unnecessary and took away from the beauty of this near-perfect romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Blood, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

erinbailey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, and Racism

Minor: Stalking

cadizoeller's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Cursing and Suicidal thoughts

ertbert's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Violence, Racism, and Emotional abuse

thefamlyjules's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Violence