Reviews with content warning for Infidelity - El sol también es una estrella

It was a cute book. I found it hard though to connect to the characters as much as I do with other books. I loved the multiple povs with Natasha and Daniel; but also with seemingly random and unimportant people for a page or two. It shows how much a small interaction can change someone’s day or life. Going back to me not connecting with characters, I think it’s because of how the author showed their personality traits and beliefs; Natasha specifically. It’s said she doesn’t believe in love or fate or things happening for a reason. Instead she believes that everything has a scientific explanation. And that is extremely valid, but she brings it up in every conversation and every time the book switches to her POV. So it gets really annoying and repetitive and makes it hard to like her character. The only other main thing that made me rate this book 3.5 was the idea of fate. Daniel believes in fate and it’s obvious the author does too, or at least favors it in this book. But the amount of fate and things happening for a deeper reason in this book make it really unrealistic. So many small things that the average person won’t remember some how become these big events in the end. And yeah, sometimes these seemingly coincidental events happen, but in the book these events happened more in one day than probably an average persons lifetime, making it really hard to relate to the story and making it less believable

Content Warnings

quejk25's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Content Warnings

charlottebreads's review against another edition

Go to review page

inspiring lighthearted reflective

3.5

CW/TW: Racism, infidelity, deportation, sexual content
Age Rating: 13+

- I liked the writing style. It helped give context.
- So many pov's it could get distracting. A lot of them one-offs to give context to the situation.
- Chapters are short
- The characters were okay. I wasn't particularly attached to anyone, but I REALLY didn't like Daniel's brother.
- I don't really have any strong opinions on this book

Content Warnings

ehmannky's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A lovely read with an engaging writing style and plot. Overall a very sweet and moving read that I think a lot of teenagers would love.

Content Warnings

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

"the sun is also a star, and it's our most important one. that alone should be worth a poem or two."

Content Warnings

cheesepuppy's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I loved this book. I love how the audiobook book had 3 different narrators. It was super helpful since the book had tons of perspectives.

I love how this story wen off and gave perspectives of people who the main characters interacted with.

I live how this story showed how wavy one impacts each other even if the interaction is small.

I love the theory throughout the story. I probably won’t stop thinking about this story for a while. The impact we have on each other, multiverses, dark matter and so much else.

I love how beyond reason Natasha and Daniel seem to be forced together in a series of perfect coincidences.

Can you tell, I loved this story?

Content Warnings

More...