While in class this week, we have been doing a lot involving columnists and column writing. This is what got me to thinking that I should probably find a column about Eleanor & Park and respond to it. So that's what I'm doing! I found one article on Eleanor & Park right away when i saw on nytimes.com. I will link it to the bottom of this page so you can read what I have left out of this post.
What I love about this article is that the author of it happens to be John Green, which as anybody knows these days has grabbed the hearts of almost everyone -except me. Not saying that he's a bad author, I just don't understand how a book like The Fault In Our Stars can get so much praise and i blame this on a bunch of teenagers that have never read anything better, but I am looking forward to reading Looking for Alaska, which is the next book I will read, also by John Green. In this article John Green says, and I quote, "Park’s parents — two of the best-drawn adults I can remember in a young adult novel — serve as evidence that sometimes love conquers the world, and Eleanor’s family is a reminder that sometimes it doesn't." I really like that he points out that Park's parents are really well portrayed because I really do agree and I wish more books that I read did this. You get to know Park's parents better than Eleanor and Park's friends and i think that this is something that Rainbow Rowell, the author of Eleanor & Park, does extraordinarily well.
Another thing I'd like to point out during this article is this quote: "It is. “Eleanor & Park” reminded me not just what it’s like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it’s like to be young and in love with a book." I like this quote, because even though I am not a grown adult and cannot relate to how it is to be young because I am young, I still think it's a really great thing for a person to read and it reminds me of how in love you can be with just one book. You fall in love with all of the characters except the ones that are the enemy, and to them you just want to do bad things, because the protagonists are your friends now and even though they don't know you, you are in love with them and want to fight for them. Right? That's how I feel. Well I hope you take the time to click the link and read the article because maybe you will be more interested in reading Eleanor & Park. It really is such a good book.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/books/review/eleanor-park-by-rainbow-rowell.html?_r=0
Hey! I read this post and i loved it, i agree with you on The fault in our stars, it doesnt really interest me either. I liked that you looked for a column about your book, i think that is a cool idea and i might do that now. I like your writing style, you put your opinion in your blog posts and keep people interested. What's your book about? I was wondering because i only read this post. Bye!
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