Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell Genre : YA Pages : 333 Plot - As the title of the book is 'Eleanor and Park', Eleanor and Park are the protagonists of the story. Eleanor is a chubby, red-haired girl with weird clothes and traumatic family background. On the first day of the school bus, she sits next to a black-haired boy, Park. Park is a 16-year-old, half Korean, introverted boy. On the bus full of bullies, Park is the only quiet boy. He puts on headphones thinking he is invisible to everyone, but never to Eleanor. Though they don't talk with each other, they form a bond through mixtapes and comics. They fall in love over time and as every love story, they also face some problems. Review - This book has a good story and it flows at the same pace throughout. It doesn't have twists. It is written in a simple language and is easy to understand. But, it is filled with problems. This bo...
Isn't it exciting to watch fishes raining from the sky? Or being able to communicate with cats? Yes, it sounds bizarre, but not in a Murakami's novel. Kafka on the shore has an unconventional and mystical plot, which doesn't let you put the book down. This book has intriguing writing and is an absolute page turner. The book has two different stories which go on parallelly. The first story is of a 15 year old boy, named Kafka Tamura, who runs away to escape from the Oedipus prophecy his father stated. He goes to the unknown place and works in the library. On his journey, Kafka meets different people who add more meaning to the story. The second story is about an old man, Nakata. He has gone through an accident as a child in which he lost his intellect but became able to talk with cats. Though Nakata is not so bright, he is a kind and pure hearted person. After a point, these two stories intertwine and bind to be the one. Though sometimes the story is uno...