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skybluespines's review
- 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
4.25
I really enjoyed this book! It was very nostalgic, reminding me of what it feels like to be a teenager with a crush and dealing with big real life things. I loved all the music and comic references, even without being familiar with the specifics of the things referenced, haha. YA romance is a genre I tend to stay away from, but I'm really glad I read this one.
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Racism
thefarmwifereads's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, and Emotional abuse
allingoodtime's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Racism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Homophobia
lagray27's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Abandonment
mmaude2's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Bullying
lena1508's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment
katari636's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Addiction, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Bullying
whenmalanereads's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
"And where there was a walk-man there was the possibility of music."
“I don’t like you, Park. Sometimes I think I live for you”
"Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”
“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
I know this book is quite old. This is a book where if I had read it when it first came out I would have LOVED it. LOVED it so much. I still really liked this book for what it is and it's a cute teenage love story. I liked that it took place in the 80s and I liked that it had so many music references. I could see myself absolutely being friends with Eleanor and with Park. I could imagine myself hanging out with them as a teenager.
Eleanor is annoying at some points in the book and that's fine. Not every character is going to be perfection and not every person is going to like every book character. Eleanor's background leads to some of the issues with her personality I don't like and that's also not her fault. The way she grew up.
I liked the characters though. Except Richie. What an ass.
If you're looking for an easy to read book that's also easy to listen to (I listened to the audio book version) then I can recommend this.
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, and Cursing
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cursing, Bullying, and Body shaming
zuzu_lang's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Bullying
Moderate: Racism, Cursing, and Body shaming
valeriaana_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, and Body shaming
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Pedophilia