Eleanor & Park

UGHHH I LOVED THIS SO MUCH, I MESSY-CRIED OVER IT ON A GREYHOUND BUS AND I HAD TO USE A RECEIPT TO WIPE MY FACE WITH. #classy

Like just seriously fully-realized characters in love.

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I just wanted to update my review of this (and remove my star rating) because I did love it when I read it in 2013 and since then many Asian-American folks have pointed out the anti-Asian racism in the book. I don't want to pretend like I never liked this but I want to acknowledge that as a white reader I can definitely miss stuff when I read and I'm sorry if my good review of this previously hurt anyone. (I know when I first posted the review I didn't have many pals on GoodReads so IDK how many people even read it then but with the movie news more people might be searching out the book on GR etc so just...wanted to update my review here.)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7j3kp/despite-racist-asian-tropes-ya-novels-film-adaptation-moves-ahead