"Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell is a heartwarming story set in the 80s about two misfit high school students, Eleanor and Park, who form an extraordinary love bond despite coming from different worlds. The book beautifully captures the emotions of young love, friendship, and bravery as the characters navigate through their struggles at home and in school. Written in alternating voices, the novel engages readers with realistic dialogue, achingly believable characters, and poignant moments that explore themes of first love, adolescence, and overcoming challenges.
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Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
Triggers/content warnings include bullying, domestic abuse, and discussions of poverty.
Has Romance?
The romance is central to the story, primarily focusing on the relationship between Eleanor and Park.
From The Publisher:
#1 New York Times Best Seller!
"Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it's like to be young and in love with a book."-John Green, The New York Times Book Review
Bono met his wife in high school, Park says.
So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers.
I'm not kidding, he says.
You should be, she says, we're 16.
What about Romeo and Juliet?
Shallow, confused, then dead.
I love you, Park says.
Wherefore art thou, Eleanor answers.
I'm not kidding, he says.
You should be.
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.
A New York Times Best Seller!
A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Eleanor & Park is the winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Fiction Book.
A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013
A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013
An NPR Best Book of 2013
Ratings (118)
Incredible (27) | |
Loved It (32) | |
Liked It (27) | |
It Was OK (20) | |
Did Not Like (9) | |
Hated It (3) |
Reader Stats (211):
Read It (129) | |
Want To Read (53) | |
Did Not Finish (4) | |
Not Interested (25) |
3 comment(s)
The greatest love story to ever start with the words "Jesus fuck, sit down." So, so good.
The Fault in Our Stars of 2013.
I didn't know what to expect from this book--I'd put it off reading it so long. But, as a child of the 80s from the Midwest and lover of YA romance, this book was made for me. Mean girls and being an outcast but still being your dorky self. Call waiting and memorizing a boy's phone number. Communicating with others by way of music and musical tastes--mixtapes, walkmans, MTV, and records. This book won't be for everyone, but I loved it.
I just love this book. Rainbow Rowell somehow managed to perfectly describe young love. It's not my usual genre but it was good
What can you read after
Eleanor & Park?
About the Author:
Rainbow Rowell writes books. Sometimes she writes about adults (Attachments and Landline). Sometimes she writes about teenagers (Eleanor & Park, Fangirl and Carry On). But she always writes about people who talk a lot. And people who feel like they're screwing up. And people who fall in love.
When she's not writing, Rainbow is reading comic books, planning Disney World trips and arguing about things that don't really matter in the big scheme of things.
She lives in Nebraska with her husband and two sons.
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