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Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

29 reviews

alex_k99's review

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Violence

The system wouldn't let me add parental neglect, but watch out for that if it's a difficult topic

bettymer91's review against another edition

dark lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Violence

marlee_grace's review

dark lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I really wanted to like this book. It was sweet and I liked the characters, I really saw them. But I just found the entire plot dragged on way too long. Slow burn for a disappointing ending with strings left untied. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

lj_baldwin's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.75

The story sometimes felt like it was not going anywhere which could be frustrating. I also initially thought the book would be a much more mushy read, and more heavily music focus than it turned out to be. What I found instead was a pure love between incompatible people (maybe more a matter of incompatible lives and experiences), and a behavioural pattern from Eleanor that on a personal note was too triggering at times. I'm not sure yet if I "liked" it, but at the very least can say that Rainbow Rowell's writing was pleasant enough to make it a quick reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Fatphobia

racheltrow_'s review

challenging hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Racism

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Toxic friendship

jennswan's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, and Domestic abuse

carina_dreamer's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

🎧 Comprei este livro sem ter folheado e lendo a sinopse faz já séculos, então apanhei uma enorme surpresa quando começo a ler e descubro que não se passa nos anos 2000 e sim em 1986. Eu estava convencida que na capa eles usavam leitores de CDs e não de cassetes 😅

🎧 Neste livro vamos ter o romance de Eleanor e de Park, dois inadaptados entre os colegas da sua secundária por diferentes razões. Ela é a nova aluna, de cabelo ruivo volumoso que veste roupa de homem e usa gravatas no cabelo e alfinetes como acessórios. Ele é meio-coreano meio-americano, veste-se todo de preto e tenta passar despercebido.
Quando Eleanor, alvo imediato dos bullies no autocarro da escola acaba por se sentar ao lado de um Park muito incomodado, as vidas de ambos vão mudar.

🎧 Aquele choque inicial quanto à década retratada + os capítulos curtos com saltos rápidos entre os POVs de ambos deixou-me com algum receio, mas assim que os nossos protagonistas ignoraram a má primeira impressão, o enredo flui bem.

🎧 Este livro aborda mais que um primeiro amor e todo o doce que é ler esses momentos.
Faz questão de nos mostrar que apesar de retratar os anos 80, que não é muito diferente do presente.
Encontramos:
• bullying;
• baixa autoestima e autodepreciação de ambos (ela acha-se gorda e pouco atrativa e ele acha-se pouco desenvolvido e enfemininado);
• a falta de representatividade asiática nos média americanos (Bruce Lee era o único ícone sexy que conseguiam referir);
• microagressões racistas;
• estereótipos de género.

🎧 O que teve mais foco que os pontos indicados acima e está equiparado com o romance é o drama familiar resultante das diferenças económicas de ambos.
A família da Eleanor é pobre e numerosa, enquanto que Park pertence a uma família média-alta e enraizada na comunidade.
Adorei que o que os aproximou fosse as BDs e mixtapes que o Park partilhava com ela todos os dias.

🎧 Não acho que seja um livro infalível e pode não agradar a todos, mas eu recomendo bastante, mesmo não sendo fã do tipo de final escolhido 😅.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ponderei se merecia ou não as 5 estrelas, porque eu sou sempre uma forreta a dar essa cotação, mas quando dou é sempre porque a emoção que o livro me dá ultrapassa as mesquinhisses que eu possa ter para lhe dar um 4.75 e esta foi uma dessas leituras.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Sexism, Cursing, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racism

kyrstin_p1989's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Even though I really didn’t like how the book ended, there was no other way it could’ve ended, I don’t think. I felt endlessly sorry for Eleanor. She was so relatable and so misunderstood and for Park to be taken from her when he was the only one who truly saw her was so unjust. This book highlights all the ways life is so unfair, especially to kids growing up in situations of poverty. It’s a story of young love, growing up, and overcoming social norms. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual harassment, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Bullying, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

rylin_marie's review

emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

this was probably one of the most depressing books i’ve read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Drug abuse