601 reviews for:

Under the Same Stars

Libba Bray

4.33 AVERAGE

leathesimp's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

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DNF 10% This concept had potential but the pacing felt so slow for me, so I ended up just looking up the ending, and honestly not much ended up happening in this story anyway, so I saved myself some time.

tracyfeye's review against another edition

3.0

emotional informative tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

_shelbye's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jellybeanette's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

slawlereads's review against another edition

5.0

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I haven’t read anything by Libby Bray since high school, and I was not disappointed here. She wove the different stories, timelines, and character so beautifully that I couldn’t help but keep going. 

jenniferc1029's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A amazing story that connects through time from WWII Germany, 1980s Germany, and New York during COVID in early 2020 in unexpected ways. 

friedryebread's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bjbelkins's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jeanaelmer's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

rosemwood's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is a layered multi-timeline and epistolary structure with non-linear pacing. Multiple pov's with emotionally driven character voices. time frames take place in three different time frames and three different locations. Where some information has been made up to make it fiction, it is based on historical events. Nazi evasion in  1939-1940, 1980, with the Berlin wall  and 2020 during covid.