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A review by chrysalis
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
3.0
This book was okay I guess, but what I loved about it was the code in the book. You see this book and see these two kids in love, but hey they’re only kids. It was never gonna work out anyways. When I read the book for the second time I looked more deeply into it and I found the true meaning.
This book is just a recreation of Romeo and Juliet and let me tell you why.
1. The title. They could have named this title anything. Could have named it forbidden love, weird love, but the author didn’t. It’s because it’s just like the title Romeo and Juliet. It has their name in the title.
2. Forbidden love. Eleanor’s jerk of a step-dad didn’t want her to date. Park’s mom didn’t like that park was dating this weird girl. Also Parks friend made fun of Eleanor.
3. They committed love suicide. They didn’t really commit suicide, but they committed love suicide, because they went off and dated other people. Also when Eleanor goes to a new school she doesn’t even say she dated Park when she was asked if she’d ever had a boyfriend. She doesn’t answer his letters. It’s almost like he’s dead to her. Also with Park he gets a new girlfriend and goes to prom with her. Also although he does write to her he’s perfectly capable of going to her uncles house to see her but he doesn’t. Like she’s dead to him.
4. The letter. Eleanor sent him one letter that we don’t know what it says. I believe I do know what it says. She talked about X-men’s new comic and how it says nothing ever ends. That would be a perfect secret message only Park and Eleanor would know. So I basically believe that the letter says nothing ever ends. Look at Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. It’s still popular and it’s been like more than 100 years. His old play is still being played. Almost like it never ends.
So yea that’s my interpretation.
This book is just a recreation of Romeo and Juliet and let me tell you why.
1. The title. They could have named this title anything. Could have named it forbidden love, weird love, but the author didn’t. It’s because it’s just like the title Romeo and Juliet. It has their name in the title.
2. Forbidden love. Eleanor’s jerk of a step-dad didn’t want her to date. Park’s mom didn’t like that park was dating this weird girl. Also Parks friend made fun of Eleanor.
3. They committed love suicide. They didn’t really commit suicide, but they committed love suicide, because they went off and dated other people. Also when Eleanor goes to a new school she doesn’t even say she dated Park when she was asked if she’d ever had a boyfriend. She doesn’t answer his letters. It’s almost like he’s dead to her. Also with Park he gets a new girlfriend and goes to prom with her. Also although he does write to her he’s perfectly capable of going to her uncles house to see her but he doesn’t. Like she’s dead to him.
4. The letter. Eleanor sent him one letter that we don’t know what it says. I believe I do know what it says. She talked about X-men’s new comic and how it says nothing ever ends. That would be a perfect secret message only Park and Eleanor would know. So I basically believe that the letter says nothing ever ends. Look at Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. It’s still popular and it’s been like more than 100 years. His old play is still being played. Almost like it never ends.
So yea that’s my interpretation.