Eleanor & Park

         The book I recently read was Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. This book is about a 16 years old girl, and a 16 year old boy. The girl, Eleanor, is a little different from others, she's very unique and independent. She's always been bullied or laughed at for how she dresses, or even for her big red curly hair. Many students would refer to her as "Big Red". She also has many family problems going at home. Her mother remarried and now Eleanor had a stepfather. He's very controlling and never Eleanor and her 5 other siblings have any freddom or anything else they want. The reason Eleanor dresses so different in because her stepfather never lets her buy new clothes. So she had to create unique clothing combinations to make it wearable. On the other hand, Park, is half Korean and half white, he's cool with all the popular kids, and his home is always filled with love, and no fighting.

          It's Eleanor's first day of school, and she gets on the bus having no where to sit. So park rudely offers her a seat. Pak usually reads comic books on the way to school everyday. When he notices Eleanor is reading along, he slows down and makes sure she's done reading the page. The next day Park brings Eleanor some more comic books to read, later on the start to talk about music. A quarter into the book, Eleanor and park begin to hold hands on the bus. The rest of the book is just about their love story. 

         Every time I read this book, I never wanted to put it down, it always left me for wanting to read more. I would never get distracted by anything else since I was lost in the book. There was so much detail and it was so easy to actually visualize what was happening. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes romance novels, and books that make you never want to put them down. Comparing this book to all the other ones I've read, this is by far my favorite.