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Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

15 reviews

lindsay3000's review

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

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

jil_m's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is everything! It’s good written, the characters are people you want to become friends with! (At least, some of them) It’s wholesome with a hint of love. The style of the writer is every fun to read! Definitely could recommend this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Fatphobia and Hate crime

Minor: Addiction and Blood

thefamlyjules's review

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

elspethmigliore's review

adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

2.75

I thought the overall story was pretty good, but it was definitely missing some things. There were also little things that the author included that did not to be added in, and most of them had a very racist or fatphobic undertone. 

alright i just read this again for school. wtf was that. im mortified. literally eleanor has to be the most dramatic human ever im sorry. its so frustrating hearing her talk. poor park. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Child abuse, and Body shaming

Moderate: Body shaming and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy