I enjoyed Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl; however, not that much for this book. My rating was nothing to do with the extreme critics that had been around lately on the internet about the racism and stereotypes portrayed in the book. 
 So, this is my second book by this author. But, Eleanor & Park, there was something about it that I resented. My good friend recommended this book to me, and she read it in a single day, and she adored it. We're a good friend, so I gave this book a try. 
 The first few chapters were total shit. I hated the character so much that I told my friend that I wanted to DNF it, but she kept encouraged me to read. 
 I stopped for a few days and picked it up again, even though it was like eating a canned food that already expired. 
 I started to like Park. Especially in this particular scene where he let Eleanor, who sat beside him on the bus read his comic and purposely turned the page slower, so she had a chance to read with him, whereas Eleanor, her character was a bit complex. Her behaviour was like there no person in this world will ever love her. And also (In my opinion), she abused Park's feeling. 
 I understood why her character was like that. Her family was in poverty, and she also experienced a direct sexual harassment by her step-dad by using offensive words like 'whore' and 'slut' by writing them on her books. She also was a target of bullying at school, and I felt sorry for that. 
 Overall, Eleanor & Park was a "good" book, and I highly recommend this book to those who like to read YA, despite the controversy that still discusses up till now.