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The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon

103 reviews

snazzysie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.75

The Sun is Also a Star is such a heart-wrenching, thought-provoking story that is so spectacular its hard to believe it's contents take place over the course of a single day. The main characters, while a little cheesily obnoxious in their personalities at the start, grow to learn from one another as their backstories and perspectives deepen. The storyline is particularly relatable to me as an immigrant living in America and to have experienced such impactful love through the ties I've made here, with the constant underlying fear that I will have to leave again one day. The morals along following your dreams and learning to love, whilst also recognising that life can take you anywhere and you can't rely on one single aspect, person, or place to determine your future, certainly hit home and make for such interesting reading.

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the_harlequin's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

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

4.5

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neverlandpages4's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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musicmagician823's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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elisabeth_li's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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tspice24's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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maddie_c's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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paigespages08's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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littlevuberry's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

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sgp05's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

1.75

I don’t like love at first sight stories. If I had know this would be one I wouldn’t have bought it. I have no idea how this entire book takes place in just one. It takes skill to drag out a book that long. The chapters were quite short, which is something I don’t particularly like.

I don’t know how Natasha didn’t think Daniel was a stalker. If I meet someone three different times in a short timespan, I’d start to suspect that he’s following me. He also acted like he was entitled to her time because he saved her from being hit by a car. It was a nice deed of him to do that, but that doesn’t mean she has to humor you. Daniel was quite pushy as well. She literally only entertained his impoliteness just because he had a ponytail. The romance between them felt so unrealistic. You don’t fall in love with someone you just met. I didn’t really find the other characters’ viewpoints interesting. I can’t believe Natasha and her family were deported just because the lawyer couldn’t keep it in his pants. You ruined a family’s lives just to screw your secretary. The universe “keeping them together” just felt like plot convenience to me, especially at the end in the plane. I was starting to feel glad it might’ve ended on a realistic note (them growing apart because they only knew each other for ONE day), but oh my gosh! They were actually on the same flight and got to meet each other again!

I didn’t find it worth reading.

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