I totally agree that it's not a sugary love story. That scene where Park teaches Eleanor to read comics on the bus, with that awkward tension but full of chemistry... uff, it makes you feel like you're there, living each furtive glance. I love how you highlight the imperfection of the characters. Sometimes Eleanor is so hermetic that it makes you want to yell at her, but I understand her fear of ruining the only good thing in her life. And Park, with his racial and family insecurities, is not the typical young adult novel heartthrob. He's real, like that friend we all had who carried a thousand internal doubts. Good review!
Ouuuu, somebody that has read it.🥹🥹
Yeah, I so much loved the tension that brewed between them. One of my favorite parts was where they held hands for the first time. The author described it quite well. And I think it was their imperfections that made this book such a good read. Eleanor is just someone that I came to slowly like, because I gradually understood why she was the way she was.
Thank you for reading.🤎