Hey everyone! Today I'm going to be doing a book review on Eleanor & Park!
I've actually finished reading this for a week now, but I just couldn't find time to post a review. But by some miracle, here I am, although my finals are in 2 WEEKS!
Anyway, let's get started.
Eleanor is a really nice person, and what I like about her is that she isn't pictured as the perfect girl like in most books. She has flaming red hair, like, REALLY red, and she's described as a little big. To top it all off, she wears her clothes mismatched. Whoa. But despite her realistic descriptions, I just really want to push her to take a leap of faith with Park, you know? She believes that she isn't good enough for Park, and I know that some girls feel this way with their significant others, and I'm not judging or anything, but she, Eleanor, really deserves to be happy after all the crap she's been through.
Park is a whole different story. He's half Irish and half Korean. I can't picture him, you know? Irish and Korean is a really unusual combination. Park loves music. At first he thought that Eleanor was weird and wanted to avoid her. He cussed at her the first time they met. Bad first impression. But he soon learns that Eleanor is a really nice girl and slowly falls for her. Sweet, isn't it?
I like how the characters are described, and their very different personalities. I think it's sweet and incredible how people can connect through common hobbies and music. And books, of course. In this case, they're comics, but still...
I'd give this book 4 stars, not because I don't like it, but because to me, it wasn't...relatable. I couldn't really relate to the characters. I like to actually FEEL what the characters are feeling, and feel like I'm living their lives. I cried at the end, I seriously wasn't expecting it. Find out for yourself if you haven't read it yet. But anyway, I still recommend this book. A good plot it definitely has.
Thanks for reading this, and stay tuned for the next review!
I've actually finished reading this for a week now, but I just couldn't find time to post a review. But by some miracle, here I am, although my finals are in 2 WEEKS!
Anyway, let's get started.
Eleanor is a really nice person, and what I like about her is that she isn't pictured as the perfect girl like in most books. She has flaming red hair, like, REALLY red, and she's described as a little big. To top it all off, she wears her clothes mismatched. Whoa. But despite her realistic descriptions, I just really want to push her to take a leap of faith with Park, you know? She believes that she isn't good enough for Park, and I know that some girls feel this way with their significant others, and I'm not judging or anything, but she, Eleanor, really deserves to be happy after all the crap she's been through.
Park is a whole different story. He's half Irish and half Korean. I can't picture him, you know? Irish and Korean is a really unusual combination. Park loves music. At first he thought that Eleanor was weird and wanted to avoid her. He cussed at her the first time they met. Bad first impression. But he soon learns that Eleanor is a really nice girl and slowly falls for her. Sweet, isn't it?
I like how the characters are described, and their very different personalities. I think it's sweet and incredible how people can connect through common hobbies and music. And books, of course. In this case, they're comics, but still...
I'd give this book 4 stars, not because I don't like it, but because to me, it wasn't...relatable. I couldn't really relate to the characters. I like to actually FEEL what the characters are feeling, and feel like I'm living their lives. I cried at the end, I seriously wasn't expecting it. Find out for yourself if you haven't read it yet. But anyway, I still recommend this book. A good plot it definitely has.
Thanks for reading this, and stay tuned for the next review!
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.