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In fact, his existence is one of the reasons why Sabrina won’t leave Richie. His birth did not help his father be nicer or bring the family together. Babies Make Everything Better: Averted with Eleanor’s baby half brother, Little Richie.Calling a Korean person "Park" is like calling an Irish person "O'Connor". While ‘’Park’’ is one of the most common Korean last names, it's virtually never used as a first name. As Long as It Sounds Foreign: sometimes accused with this when it comes to Park’s name.It doesn't help that he's a Big Little Brother. Despite Eleanor's love for her brothers and sister, they fall into this often.It’s possible he might’ve seen the comics or makeup after Ben and Maisie started borrowing them, or has been investigating things offscreen. Ambiguous Situation: It’s never really revealed how Richie found out about Park.Ambiguously Brown: In-universe, Eleanor describes Park's skin as honey-gold and tries to guess his ethnicity.Alpha Bitch: Tina, who is the most popular girl at school and tries her best to make Eleanor feel unwelcome.

He spends a lot of time at various bars and has driven drunk with the kids more than once. He's always seen drinking or drunk to some degree.

Adults Are Useless: Discussed, played horrifyingly straight in the case of Eleanor's parents and step-parents, and mostly averted with Park's parents.

Near the final act, it's heavily implied that Richie is a sexual predator with his eyes on Eleanor. Eleanor's mother ends up catering to Richie's every whim, and is unwilling or unable to leave him.

Abusive Parents: Eleanor's home life is far from ideal: her stepfather Richie is emotionally and verbally abusive to her and her siblings, while her biological father is uncaring and distant.

Notable mainly for two things: being insanely popular (it was voted 2013's best YA book on ) and for being banned in a number of school districts thanks to the usual suspects of Moral Guardians (principally for the depiction of underaged sexual relationships). But slowly, over mixtapes and comic books and late-night phone calls, Eleanor and Park fall in love, and have to deal with the consequences. After Eleanor ends up as Park's reluctant bus seatmate, they start out hating each other. Withdrawn, bookwormish, and in a stable family, he's convinced he's made himself invisible.

With her chaotic family life, her mismatched fashion sense, and her bright red hair, she sticks out like a sore thumb. Eleanor is the new girl in town, returning home to her mother, stepfather, and brothers and sister after spending a year away from them. "I just can't believe that life would give us to each other," he said, "and then take it back."Įleanor & Park is a 2013 Young Adult novel by Rainbow Rowell.