18.3k reviews for:

Eleanor & Park

Rainbow Rowell

3.79 AVERAGE

jenabella's review against another edition

3.0

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3.5

minkepeasey's review against another edition

4.0

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very cute book

oliviarleblanc's review against another edition

3.75

emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I generally enjoyed this book. However, I think Eleanor and Park should have just been friends. I don’t think either of them were really right for each other, or ready for a relationship for that matter. Eleanor’s home life was absolutely awful, but it meant she wasn’t treating Park well. She just wasn’t ready for a relationship. I also think Park was a bit childish and also wasn’t ready. They were just kids and I think they would’ve been great as friends.

meesmerized's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

johannah_mac's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

winona_reads3's review against another edition

3.0

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this was super cute, such a fun YA book definitely some good lessons for growing kids

mimyo's review against another edition

1.0

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I think the start was kind of boring, Eleanor is grumpy all the time and doesn't get out of that state for like the whole book... park is just the perfect guy... I don't know... I couldn't really enjoy any of it.
Her family was portraying everything "wrong" while Parks family is a 100% perfect... and the end I thought it was getting to a part of the story where Eleanor would not be annoying as hell, but I was wrong. In the end it was like a 50 page story made into a 300 page book with some elements added like her friends, which she doesn't even seem to care about and neither the story nor the characters had a single moment where they came out of their typical american stereotypes. I was really disappoited.

mrsmc's review against another edition

5.0

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This book is exactly how it felt to be young and in love and then earth shatteringly lost. It was painful yet wonderful... Just like how it feels to have loved someone. To remember that feeling was incredible.

ser_pez's review against another edition

4.0

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One of the saddest, loveliest, best YA books I've read in a long time.

emmyk225's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes