Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, 320 pages
"If you can’t save your own life, is it even worth saving?"
"If you can’t save your own life, is it even worth saving?"
"She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something."
"I hate meeting new people' she whispered.
"Why?"
"Because they never like me."
"I liked you."
"No, you didn't, I had to wear you down.'
"She never felt like she belonged anywhere, except for when she was lying on her bed, pretending to be somewhere else."
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"I hate meeting new people' she whispered.
"Why?"
"Because they never like me."
"I liked you."
"No, you didn't, I had to wear you down.'
"She never felt like she belonged anywhere, except for when she was lying on her bed, pretending to be somewhere else."
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This book took my breath away and never brought it back. I finished it in two nights, staying up both nights to only fall asleep at the most nerve-wrecking parts. I laughed and cried within the same page. The story is beautiful, very well written. It starts out very colloquial but the mood sets in and the reader can completely immerse zeself in the plot. It has cliche parts in non-cliche settings, so they balance each other out. Also, there are two perspectives, and I thought that really improved this story because instead of retelling the same event from both sides, the characters fluctuate with events and reactions which engages the reader. So, you have event Z happen to A and B, and you hear what happened from A, and then B explains what followed but includes zes psychology. Definitely recommend it.