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The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

72 reviews

someonesomebody's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

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mels_reading_log's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

A poet and a scientist meet through fate to spend one day together falling in love. One of my favorite things about this book is that they have extra chapters sprinkled through that explain the science behind an idea or the life of a NPC that the main characters encounter. Everything is important and all the people you encounter have their own story too.

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robinterschak's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. Particularly how it bounced between narrators but also focused in on people that they just glanced upon and how profound their lives were + the impact we have on others without even knowing it. I’m not sure if I’d read again which is why I gave it 4 stars but I enjoyed diving into Natasha and Daniel’s story.

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guessits_densie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

4.75

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teaofleaves's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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hue's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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joyreadsbuku's review against another edition

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emotional informative fast-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? N/A

4.0

4 stars - cute & informative. Despite this being an instalove story, I liked the book. Liked the writing style. The (main) characters were likeable

(except for Charlie lol fuck him)

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abigail_moffat's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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elisabethshelby's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

3.5 stars

Ok, this book is a bit on the cheesy side, I'll be honest. But somehow, it works? Natasha and Daniel's improbable love story is cute when you suspend disbelief a little and realize that it's teenage love, and teenage love is unprobeable, unrealistic, and unrequited. If this story was about two 30 year olds living in NYC, well.....I'd say it's a ridiculous plot line. But two seventeen year olds with only today? Yeah, it works.

The climax of this story really maddened me. Props to Yoon for creating characters so realistic that I gasped when we found out who had betrayed Natasha. I honestly didn't see it coming. But the Epilogue provided some much-needed closure that I wasn't sure was coming.

Overall, a nice read. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a simple but powerful love story, or for anyone looking to read about first loves, BIPOC characters, and imperfect family situations.

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teeclecticreads's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

I thought this was a really cute love story despite how seemingly unrealistic to me. It’s always nice when the FMC is the logical, suspicious one and the MMC is the loverboy too. The POV switching was interesting but it added a lot to my experience since I got to see the different events happening from both their perspectives. The ending was also really touching. I’d recommend.

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