![]() Of her books, I think Attachments had the most conclusive ending and Fangirl had the most vague. What if they were “Forget about me?” Do we really know? I wanted something more conclusive. I know what I’m supposed to think the three words were, “I love you.” By I’m a cynic. (SPOILERS FOR THE REST OF THIS PARAGRAPH) I wanted more from the ending, but that’s not how Rowell writes. In some ways I was happy with it, but in other ways I was disappointed. I kept reading as fast as I could to see if the characters would have the ending I thought they deserved. We’re all a bit red-headed misfit and half-Korean punk. ![]() How does Rowell write characters that are so much like me and every other person who reads her books? Honestly, I see myself in Eleanor and Park and I know I’m not the only one saying that. 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. There’s a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises…Park. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. ![]() Park… He knows she’ll love a song before he plays it for her. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough…Eleanor. Standing behind him until he turns his head. ![]()
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