Two misfits.
One extraordinary love.
Eleanor... Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough...Eleanor.Park... He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises...Park.Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. (Goodreads)
This is another overdue post because I have read this book last June, but I can still remember the bittersweet story Rainbow Rowell has ever told...
“Ha, Eleanor thought, you’d be surprised what could be a surprise at this point.” #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“When he touched Eleanor’s hand, he recognized her. He knew.” #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“But everything else? Forget about it.” #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“I won’t have to,’ she said, ‘I already know your number by heart.” #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“How can you thank someone for The Cure? Or the X-Men? Sometimes it felt like she’d always be in his debt.” #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“Are you trying to give me a nickname?’ ‘No, I love your name. I don’t want to cheat myself out of a single syllable.” #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“You always ask that. Why. Like there’s an answer for everything. Not everybody has your life, you know, or your family...” #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“What can I say then? You can ask me why, you know. I promise I’ll have answers.” #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“I don’t like you,’ he said. ‘I need you.’ #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“sometimes I think I live for you.” #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“I don’t think I even breathe when we’re not together,’ she whispered. #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“Which means, when I see you on Monday morning, it’s been like sixty hours since I’ve taken a breath.” #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
“Yes,’ he said. ‘I want everyone to meet you. You’re my favorite person of all time.” #EleanorAndPark— // trinabelle // (@trinuhhh)
...and obviously I went on a Twitter spree as well, while reading. What can I do, I can't help it. Everytime I get a hold of a good book, I can't help but highlight my favorite lines and then tweet it. Ah, guilty pleasures.
For some reasons, Eleanor reminds me of Princess Merida from the 2012 movie Brave. Probably because the book describes Eleanor as a redhead, has a white to pale complexion, fluffy--or safe to say "curvaceous", and whatnots. You get the picture.
