Eleanor and Park 
By Rainbow Rowell
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Personal Rating: 5/10

Eleanor is the new girl at school and nothing about her blends in: big red hair, a little on the heavy side, and ridiculous clothing. She's an outcast not only at school but in her family life as well. Park, at first, wants nothing to do with the new girl, but sharing a seat together on the bus slowly brings these two unlikely kids together. Set in the 80s, over the coarse of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed kids trying to understand, and survive, first love.

This book won the Goodreads YA Contemporary award for 2013. I've been avoiding reading this book for a long time, despite all the good reviews, but I received a free copy of it recently and finally read it. I have heard nothing but wonderful things about this book since it came out, but I unfortunately found it over hyped. The characters were definitely unique, and I did enjoy the story overall but it wasn't as spectacular as I have been told. One thing that really ruined the book for me is the fact that there is an obscene about of language. I'm talking about five F-words every other page. It was ridiculous and unnecessary
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