Eleanor & Park: A Novel

I liked it a lot, I don't know if it was my app or the download or what. But I got to the "last page" #253, but there were still like thirty or forty pages after that that were marked as page 253 on the page scroll bar. I actually kind of liked it because I didn't know when the ending would be. I love the love story between the two and the overcome of struggles. But the ending was a little anticlimactic for me (even though I still cried). I'd highly suggest this book.

It's a very cute teenage romance story with a bitter sweet end. However, I really couldn't get over the fetishist descriptions of the Korean boy who also seems to be named after a hotel? Park Sheridan, are you kidding me? I was hoping there would be some explanation for it, maybe it was his mother's last name and she wanted to keep that in the family somehow but none. Also, the Black girls in the story are typically stereotyped. It could have been a lovely book without even having to mention race. Not sure why the writer chose to do so but it really made the reading experience a bit sour.

I read the last words without realizing they were the last words. I turned the page only to find the acknowledgements, which surprised me. The story kinda just ended..... I liked this real world story written in fiction but could have easily passed for non fiction. I'm not really missing these characters like I typically would although I'll probably think on them in the days to come. I like how the author switched viewpoints from Eleanor to Park and back again. The writing style works for me! Thanks. Now please finish what you started ;)