June 7, 2016

Book Review : Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Book: Eleanor & Park
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Language: English
No. Of Pages: 328
ISBN:1250012570
Copy type : Owned Book





About the Book:
Two misfits.
One extraordinary love.

Eleanor
... Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough...Eleanor.

Park... He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises...Park.

Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.




Review:

“Did she miss him?
She wanted to lose herself in him. To tie his arms around her like a tourniquet.
If she showed him how much she needed him, he’d run away.”
                                                                                                            - Eleanor



The book is a story about two high school students Eleanor & Park who live in Omaha, Nebraska. Eleanor is a full figured girl with red curly hairs and park half –Korean boy. They meet each other first time on the school bus, initially not very fond of each other but later on connect well over the love for Comics and 80’s Music.
Gradually they getting to know each other they fall in love ignoring what others feel about them. They are young and madly in love. But Park thinks there’s something Eleanor’s holding back, as he finds the reasons he falls more and more in love with her. They have their own set of troubles in their love story like the popular girls in her class and her step dad Richie, who treats Eleanor like a trash. Their journey makes you want to fall in love again and reminds you of your first love.
It teaches you that love has no boundaries and the journey of Eleanor and Park from strangers to friends to lovers is heartwarming.
There are moments like the first glance and when the first hold each other’s hand which is described in such a cute manner. There’s everything in this book that reminds you to be young again and love someone with no boundaries. The book teaches you to enjoy every damn second of your time that you get to send with the one you love.
This is my first Rainbow Rowell book and this was recommended by many people. It was in my tbr for such a long time. It’s such a beautiful and heartwarming story. This book mad me a fan of Rainbow Rowell. <3 o:p="">

Rating : 4.5/5*

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