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Eleanor & Park

Rainbow Rowell

3.79 AVERAGE

emotional sad 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: Yes
dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

it made me cry at the end :(
i wish they got to see each other again actually sobbing tbh I NEEDDDDS CLOSURE

YA wholesomeness
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional slow-paced

That ending killed me.
emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

For a middle grade book, this book had a lot of layers and was well written. The struggles were relatable and made the characters more complex. I loved and hated the ending, like i want answers but I know why we don’t have them. It Eleanor and Park’s story, not mine.

So I really liked this book it was cute and good enough to get me out of my reading slump. But I didn't really connect with the characters like I did in Fangirl. Still a really good read.

I won't say that I was entirely happy with the ending, because I wasn't. However the rest of the book was so good that I will overlook my dissatisfaction. And pretty random but cool that Eleanor was Danish.