*may contain minor spoilers* 
 Overall Starred Rating: 4.5/5 
 Cover- OOO YASSS PERFECTO 5/5 
 Characters- Between Eleanor and Park, I probably liked Park more, probably because, well who doesn't like him and his cheesiness? Park, even though he was my favorite character, seemed a bit undeveloped compared to Eleanor, so I rather enjoyed Eleanor's narrations better than his. Eleanor also seemed to have more issues and conflicts in her life than Park, which I felt like added some touch to the story. Even though Eleanor wasn't my favorite character, I felt like if I was in her position I would act exactly like her ;). 4.5/5 
 Plot- Wasn't as developed as I had hoped, and some historical backgrounds were unclear to me and seemed the slightest unrealistic. Let me just say, that if it was someone's first day and I let them sit next to me, it wouldn't end up like what happened with Eleanor and Park. Also, even though a big part of the story is Eleanor expressing hate towards Richie, Richie was a bit confusing to me. Like, you treat 'your' children poorly and yet give them Christmas presents? Eh. Didn't really make any sense to me. Also toward the end, Tina and Steve start saving Eleanor's life? Like, they were described as the bullies of the school and now they're helping her? But wait.... THE ENDINGGGG HOWW COULDDDD THISSS HAPPENNNNNNNNN AAAAAAA 4/5 
 Suspense- Eh, not really, it wasn't as gripping as I thought it would be, but a great book still. 3.5/5 
 Scars?- Yes, quite a bit. ESPECIALLY THE ENDING AHHHH