A friend kept pushing me to read this, and for some reason, I waited forever to dig in. She must have been so frustrated with me, but she patiently waited and waited. I don't know how she was so patient, after reading it myself. I want to push this book on everyone. I want everyone to read it yesterday. Now, the story of E&P is completely real to me. I get tears in my eyes thinking of these fictional characters. 
 At first I didn't believe that Park would love Eleanor, but the more I read, the more I saw how it was possible, and how sweet it was. I loved that Eleanor's life was so shitty, how her whole life went the complete wrong way. She is handed the worst in everything. I can imagine being Eleanor, having this shitty life, and seeing the world in Park. Seeing an escape ticket in him. Wanting to be with him in so many ways. Loving everything about him. Rainbow Rowell has created the perfect storm of events for the most adorable, heart-breaking love story I could imagine. She does it. The story is just wild enough to entrance you, but relatable enough to make you think it's a work of non-fiction. 
 Eleanor doesn't consider Park her boyfriend, their relationship is beyond that. It's like they weren't in love, they were in a separate universe where there is no time and space and we cannot define what they are. They know this. And that is why the ending... their separation, the bleak tragedy of their parting ways forever, is so sad but cannot be sad at all. They will always be in that space-less, time-less universe where they met. They are there now. Because like I said, after reading this, they are pretty much real to me.