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Jan 23, 2018
This book isn't bad. And when I originally read this I loved this. But after listening to many people's opinions I realized there were a lot of issues that I didn't see because I just didn't know enough- also I read this really young. The author may NOT have done this on purpose but she was racist.There are a lot of side comments, hints, and stronger inferred racial opinions. The biggest one is the fact that the male character's name is Park. Park is actually a common Korean last name. I know a couple Koreans at my school with the last name Park and they confirmed this for me. No Korean would ever give their child the first name Park. I had another issue with the way the author described Eleanor to be fat, which apparently didn't make her beautiful. What??? Like no :( Otherwise, the ending was sad.