Shortly following, it appeared that Rowell had structured this book to be in both Eleanor's and Park's point of view. Rainbow Rowell has truly outdone herself and in my opinion this is her best writing so far.įrom the very first page I knew I would enjoy this book, even at this early stage the characters appeared perfectly cast and I could immediately identify with them. Two words can attest to that: It hurts.Eleanor and Park is a beautifully crafted masterpiece of a book. Eleanor and Park gives a realistic conveyance of what first love feels like. I cried halfway through, three-quarters of the way, at the end, and even days later. I wanted to know the undoing of their love affair and get the answers to all my burning questions.Truth be told, I stayed up from ten in the evening to three in the morning reading all the way through. The articulation of the book in general had me hooked, and I could not put it down. You will know how Park feels about Eleanor, and why Eleanor has difficulty vocalizing her emotions towards him.
The dialogue seems lifelike, and what could get more lifelike with a nice selection of profanities? Each of them talks a certain way, and feels a different way, and Rowell makes you experience it all. Rowell makes the characters feel lifelike, giving them depth and personality. But then enters the fact that they are later star-crossed lovers, and we all know, thanks to their predecessors Romeo and Juliet, that that situation doesn’t end very well. Eleanor and Park first meet on the school bus, which totally got me, on account of the fact that I take the school bus and the thought of love happening to me en route to my favorite place in the entire world seems positively enthralling. I adored this story from the moment I read the first line. Eleanor and Park centers around half-Korean, half-white Park Sheridan and chubby ginger Eleanor Douglas, and chronicles the span of their doomed relationship. Nevermind the time period, or the fact that the characters use Sony Walkmans and have to schedule what time they’ll call each other on the telephone - their situation can happen anytime, anywhere. 2013, but the story itself takes place in 1986 in Omaha, Nebraska.
You may just believe you’re falling in love yourself. The book is written from both Eleanor and Park’s points of view, giving you insight into what each of them feels as they progress through their relationship. Eleanor and Park, by Rainbow Rowell, looks like another run-of-the-mill teenage love story, but with an authentic feel.
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