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BQ🖋️- "You saved me life, she tried to tell him. Not forever, not for good. Probably just temporarily. But you saved my life, and now I'm yours. The me that's me right now is yours. Always"

This book was so unexpected! There were a lot of things I loved, but a lot of things I hated! Firstly, if you are looking for a fluffy rom com teen read, this is not it. These characters are really deep, and the book tackled a lot of very serious themes such as bullying, abusive relationships, and racism. A lot of these themes made me angry and are important for literature to cover, but sometimes they did not provoke emotions for the right reasons. For example, the casual rascist attitude of the adult and student society is dropped in repeatedly in their language and behaviours, but I felt like the story was too accepting of this. Like "this is how it was" with little reference to how not ok that is. That's personal opinion but I felt it came off that way in the audiobook

I enjoyed the beginning and enjoyed the end, but found myself getting distracted in the middle. The pace just wasn't there and I know the book is supposed to represent the slow burn of Park and Eleanor intense relationship and I would have probably enjoyed this more in written form. It just didn't grab me enough for an audiobook. Also, as much as I loved how the book brought that first love feeling to life, Eleanor kind of annoyed me a bit too much (again maybe because of the audio) - she didn't come across that nice a person in parts

Overall, I liked this but it didn't blow me away. I think the audio form partly did it for me, as I think I wouldn't have felt such a lull if reading in written form. I would still love to read more from this author in the future!

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Easy listen

A really easy listen, but I enjoyed the story. A gentle love story, with some really sad bits

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Book review eleanor and park

I thought this book was beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. The characters felt like real people. I would recommend this to anyone.

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A must

Amazing listen a must for anyone
It was great start to finish and even after caps of leave you fell straight back into it

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'Basic but good'

The story wasn't unique. Nothing stood out from other books, but I didn't hate it. If you haven't read a lot of books in the same genre then this would be the book for you. The readers gave a good performance.

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Excellent performances, characters and story

Loved both narrators, especially the one who played Eleanor. They really brought to life the vivid characters and relationships created by the author. Heart-warming but not sickly or unrealistic. Great story.

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Sweet story if a little jaded

Lovely simple story. Really engaging. Just falls off a bit towards the end and I was left feeling a little disappointed.

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Absolute heart wrencher! but beautifuly written.

You know those books where the characters aren't just people with names, but they actually have unique personalities that you learn more of and come to fall for?. You get so emotionally attached?. THIS is what this book did.
Wow. What a way to be reminded of how it felt to be young and in love. Such beautiful ways they describe their feelings. Just like Art ;)
A very moving story but what an ending!
This book left me a little bit heart broken!
recommended.

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Amazing rollercoaster story

So heartbreaking but so sweet. It is a very emotional storyline and the narrators played it very well! Made me very happy but also very sad at some parts. Such a gripping tale.

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phenomenal performance by the narrators.

I loved every word. The narattor expressed all the feelings of the character perfectly. The beautiful book could not have been worded so precisely, brang a flood of tears to my eyes numerous times.

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