Reading Group: High School+
Personal Rating: 4 Out Of 5 Stars
Given Summary: Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits-smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you'll remember your own first love-and just how hard it pulled you under.
Cover: The cover depicts Eleanor and Park sharing headphones and listening to music. I like this cover because it shows them from the back so it's almost like you are a few rows behind them on the bus with the other kids watching them. Music and sharing was such a huge part of their relationship as well. They made each other mix tapes and Park lent Eleanor many comic books.
My Review: This book was very sweet. I liked that they ere two kids who didn't really know where they belong. Everyone has felt that way at some point and this story showed that not only are you not alone, but there is someone out there who will love you anyway. This novel also focused a lot on family and how they're not always good families. Park's family is a pretty typical family. They love him, but don't really understand everything he does. They often compare him and his brother. Eleanor was right to run away from hers. Her birth dad tries to care about her, but doesn't; her stepdad is an absolute creep; her brothers and sisters are all over the place; and her mother smiles and acts like everything is okay.
When Eleanor runs away she is scared that her aunt and uncle won't take her in. I can't imagine going to a relative for help and being turned away. Can any of you? But that's the life Eleanor knows, people don't want her. Thankfully, her aunt and uncle take her in and it seem alike they help get the rest of her family away from her stepdad.
Park sends Eleanor letters that she can't bring herself to open, let alone respond. She misses him so much. However, at the end of the novel it says that Park gets a letter from her with three words written on it.
Now, I assumed that the three words were I love you because he said it to her so many times in the novel, but she could never get herself to say it back. Even though it was evident that she did love Park. However, that is a very vague thing to say. There are a lot of the three word sentences:
I _____ you
hate
love
miss
need
tolerate
You're the _____
father
best
worst
one
You ___ me
saved
left
need
love
I thought it was fun to think of some three word phrases. Can you guys think of any?
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