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Today i think i'm going to add a little buzz in my blog. It's called book mashups! It's just a post combining two reviews. Because i want to discuss Eleanor and Park & Dorothy Must die separately, but when i make the Eleanor and Park book review it's very, very short. And i don't know when will i read another contemporary so i was forced to combine this.
I purchase this two books at the same time and place and both books are good. So i think it's very unique that i can sort of compare this two books. Contemporary and Fantasy, which one is better?
I think i have to lean on Dorothy Must Die more because i liked fantasy a more than our beloved ordinary earth. But both books are good, keep that in mind, okay? I rated Eleanor and Park a 4,5 out of 5 stars and Dorothy Must Die a 5 out of 5 stars. Let's get on to the reviews shall we?
This is a spoiler free for Eleanor and Park. But in Dorothy must die, i have to discuss it because something good and bad happen and i want to share those feels to you guys.
ELEANOR AND PARK
Eleanor and Park is a story about a two-crossed lovers. They are misfits, too. Eleanor is i think a 'fat' girl everybody in her school says it, but personally, my imagination think she is not fat. She has family and also bullying problems in her life. Like wow, poor her.
(Putting a little note that at first i don't know what misfits are at first. If you know me, you know that i'm not from america. I'm from another country and i'm not very comfortable saying what country i live in, but you'll find out soon enough if my blog grows hopefully. Back to the misfits thing, so then i searched google translate and i finally know what it means!)
She is in fact a freshman in her school. Yep, a freshman. I'm so sorry for her because i think we all have been through our freshman years and it's a rough start, right? Well, at least for me it's a rough start. I can relate to her somehow when she is alone and i've been through that before. Walking alone and staring at people with friends.
Her family is sort of complicated and god her life is so tragic. She has a step-father named Richie. When i first knew the name, i was like what the heck Richie, he is not even that rich and he call himself that. He is a very aggresive man and he also drinks. I believe his actual name is Richard.
One day, this so-called Richie guy kicks Eleanor out of his house and she is forced to stay with the neighbors. If you want to find out why he kicks her out then feel free to buy the book yourself. I was wondering, is this happen to real life? Do people actually do that to a child like kick him/her out if they do something wrong?
And her mother is like doesn't try to defend her at times because she is already damaged because Richie is man and shout at her at nights. So like when Richie kicks her out, she doesn't even give a dang to defend her just like bam you've been kicked out. And also her real father doesn't seems to care about her anymore.
Now, let's talk about Park. Park have a good life, not like Eleanor's. His mother runs a salon and i don't know what his father works. He's basically a misfits i think because he is asian. I think he is korean and he got that from her mother. Actually, he's a little bit popular because he dated a popular girl once and no one ain't gonna fool around with him. But he is like a nerdy type of guy, too.
Eleanor and Park meets at the bus. Eleanor is searching for a place to sit but she didn't get any. And all the popular kids like bullied her if she doesn't get a seat so Park darn okay get in here, girl. He have a seat to himself and because of her, he have to sacrifice it. But they fell in love so it's okay.
This is a sad story, you guys. So for those of you who don't like sad stories, i don't recommend this to you but i didn't cry of course because i'm not a book cry-er. But it's still really good and the love story was just so epic.
And i'm hoping that ELEANOR AND PARK IS GOING TO BE MADE TO A MOVIE!! Rainbow Rowell said on her twitter that dreamworks just pick it up and she is going to be the screenwriter of the movie! Because she is also writing a new book called Landline it will take time for her to make it so i'm hoping the movie will come out at 2016 or such. For the bigger news, click here. I maybe going to make a post about it but it seems unlikely.
And she also said that she's going to made a sequel but i think it's not soon. It will be an adult book, too! Because when we met them again, they will be grown ups. She's going to write a sequel but she is stopped by her agent i don't know why. I mean, what an agent. Agents are supposed to know how fans will react to this. We all want a sequel because the ending was...
I liked Eleanor and Park more than Fangirl. Everyone keeps saying that they can very relate to Cath, the main character from the story, but i can only relate to when she's alone too and typing on her computer writing fanfiction and it's not much. And it's not that heart-warming because there's some stuff too like family problems. It maybe because i'm in a reading slump when i read Fangirl but i enjoyed Eleanor and Park more.
DOROTHY MUST DIE
This book tells a girl whose name is Amy Gumm. She is the other girl kansas. Her life is basically pretty much like Eleanor's. Family and friends problem. She doesn't have any friends and her mother is now an alcohol-addict i believe and her mother is like doesn't seem to care for her anymore.
When her life is dark, suddenly there's a tornado and she is brought too Oz, which is now a not-so magical place because Dorothy.
Dorothy's supposed to be good and kind but NOPE! She is very evil and selfish and greedy. The power just corrupted her mind and then she wants to take incharge.
Now Oz is not Oz anymore. The yellow brick road is crumbling and wicked witches maybe the good ones and the good witches can't be trusted anymore. It's like Oz itself have been swept by a tornado and just like fall and now is like a mess.
I have seen the movies but i haven't read the books yet. It's just because the book is like very rare now because it was published a long time ago. But i have my research and i know some stuffs.
Anyway, Amy is been recuited by the Order of the wicked and she has been given a cool yet deadly and almost but not impossible mission which is : REMOVE the tin woodman's heart, STEAL the scarecrow's brains, TAKE the lion's courage, and the Dorothy Must Die.
How cool is the plot? Like when i read it in Goodreads, i was tingling. Like my hair just went straight and the book done it's job. But it's very underated because it's just released, i think. If you notice, i put Dorothy Must die in my top 5 favourite and it is in number five! The first book is already this good and i can't wait for the sequel. I NEED THE SEQUEL NOW, PLEASE, DANIELLE PAIGE. Btw, Danielle Paige has a twitter and go follow her @Daniellempaige.
There's also a novella prequel and it's told from Dorothy's point of view. If you want to know what exactly happen to Dorothy, you can read it. I haven't read it yet because i can't buy them because i haven't got my own credit card and my parents only let me buy books in just like the real thing. But i recommend you read it.
Let's talk about the cover. The cover is awesome! Like Dorothy standing and the word die is super cool. And there's dust too on the cover and i was like whoa this is epic and i'm excited to see the next cover! I bet it's going to be amazing and i sort of think that the publishers are going to play with colours. Like, the first book will be red and the second book will be blue and the third one will be green!
I hope they will make a movie about this book because it can be put in the Oz saga. You know how there's a prequel : Oz the great and the powerful? They should make the sequel to called Dorothy Must Die because i think Danielle Paige makes a good book and it deserve a movie!
Now i'm gonna head to the SPOILER SECTION. Beware!
So some stuff happens in this book. There's plot twist that i don't see it coming and i think i'm going to make this short because it will be a long post if i discuss every single detail of it. So let's discuss!
So Indigo died and the monkey betrayal happens first. I did not expect Indigo to die of that quickly. After she died, i knew that a lot will happen again! And i thought that Amy, Indigo, Ollie, and Star and also that boy Pete is going to make a team like Dorothy once did but i was heck wrong. And Ollie just ran out? I thought he was going to die because of the lion but again plot twist he did not. Good job, Danielle Paige, very good job.
Let's talk about Pete for a second. He is actually the real Ozma in hiding. Ahem, plot twist again i didn't see it coming. And boy, Ozma is turned into a boy again but the wizard did it this time. If you don't know what i mean, Ozma is turned into a boy by Mombi once. Funny story, first i thought that Amy and Pete is going to be a couple i was wrong again! Pete is actually Ozma.
Gert died and again i didn't see it coming! HAHAHAHAHA. I didn't expect such a big influence character to die in the first book. And what the heck Mombi. SHE COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IF YOU JUST COME QUICKLY ENOUGH I MEAN WHYYYYYY. Gert's death hit me the most in this story.
Jellia is a member of the wicked, didn't expect that. Jellia almost got killed, nope, doesn't expect that. Like why Amy? You should have left Ollie alone! He has left you but i knew it has to happen to set up the sequel because we need Ollie and Maude.
I also loved the romance between Nox and Amy. I was expecting a love triangle between Amy-Nox-Pete but nope. And i thought maybe Amy-Nox-Melindra? But Melindra didn't deserve him. And when he kissed her in Astrid form, too bad, but i'm still gushing!
The Remove, Steal, and Take didn't happen until the end of the book. So i knew Dorothy is not going to die at the first book. Amy removed the tin woodman's heart so that is checked off the list. Next, scarecrow and lion!
That's all for today, i hope you enjoy my post and this counts as tow post right? So it's three post this week! Lol! Hopefully i'll post 3 actual post next week but i'm ab it busy lately.
THANKS FOR READING! :)
ALBERT~
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