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sgp05's review against another edition
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Deportation
Minor: Infidelity and Car accident
Daniel’s brother is racist and sexist, and their father is racially insensitive.justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition
fast-paced
3.5
“The thing about falling is you don't have any control on your way down.”
Again, another enjoyable book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Deportation
jessdrafahl's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
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? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Deportation
Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts
mxbluet18's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I've just finished this book, and honestly, while it wasn't exactly moving for me, it was vey powerful. The whole idea of families expecting things of you that you can't totally meet up to. The idea that even when someone is born in a country, if others in the family aren't, and there's not always a positive solution if they are told they have to leave. The idea that even if you meet someone and you totally and completely connect with who they are, and you both love each other, that doesn't mean it'll work out.
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I'm not someone who believes in love at first sight or fate and destiny or anything like that. I somewhat believe in soulmates, in the sense that you can meet someone and you feel like you belong together, whether in a romantic or a platonic sense.
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This book has a lot of very important and powerful messages and ideas throughout it and it's definitely worth reading at least once, even if, like me, you don't really want to read a love story.
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I'm not someone who believes in love at first sight or fate and destiny or anything like that. I somewhat believe in soulmates, in the sense that you can meet someone and you feel like you belong together, whether in a romantic or a platonic sense.
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This book has a lot of very important and powerful messages and ideas throughout it and it's definitely worth reading at least once, even if, like me, you don't really want to read a love story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Deportation
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
vgp's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
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
I felt in love with them and felt their pain. Bits of science and bits of time travelling. Peering also into the whole lives of other characters, made this a rich novel about people that live and sometimes migrate.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
wellreadjill_'s review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
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? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
jodieworton's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
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
4.0
I enjoyed this one a lot, maybe a touch more than Everything Everything. We meet Natasha, probably at the worst moment of her life. Her and her family are being deported from the US due to being undocumented Jamaican immigrants.
We meet Daniel, about to emb on potentially the biggest day of his life, an entrance interview to a prestigious university.
The narration flits between Natasha and Daniels POV, small snippets from other characters, along with chapters that explain words, and meanings that come up throughout the story.
Natasha and Daniel don’t know one another and meet by chance, some would call fate, Natasha wouldn’t. Daniel would. What progresses is one of the most beautiful love stories I have read. I loved both the characters and their backgrounds and families were complex and relatable.
I felt as if I was both Natasha and Daniel, agreeing and disagreeing at the different and same points throughout.
The book was thoughtful, heartfelt, sad and in parts,happy.
I am definitely a Nicola Yoon fan and I can not wait to read more of her!
We meet Daniel, about to emb on potentially the biggest day of his life, an entrance interview to a prestigious university.
The narration flits between Natasha and Daniels POV, small snippets from other characters, along with chapters that explain words, and meanings that come up throughout the story.
Natasha and Daniel don’t know one another and meet by chance, some would call fate, Natasha wouldn’t. Daniel would. What progresses is one of the most beautiful love stories I have read. I loved both the characters and their backgrounds and families were complex and relatable.
I felt as if I was both Natasha and Daniel, agreeing and disagreeing at the different and same points throughout.
The book was thoughtful, heartfelt, sad and in parts,happy.
I am definitely a Nicola Yoon fan and I can not wait to read more of her!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence
Moderate: Mental illness and Racism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
writingcaia's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
This book is brilliant.
Love has power, connections change lives, little moments can lead to great events, and all is science, God, causality, randomness, and US (humans) being just speckles of stardust both infinitely small and a miracle of nature.
There’s something about the story that reminded me of They Both Die In The End by Adam Silvera, although, SPOILER ALERT, our star crossed lovers do not die at the end, but the book relates their one day together, the day they meet, and how it will change so many lives including theirs.
I can’t say the ending was perfect but it was still satisfying and it followed the whole way the story is told, which is the reason I docked half a star there.
Yet, I cried, I laughed, I felt connected to these two lovers, their Korean and Jamaican roots made me hungry and happy, and the way they connected was not forced or gratuitous, but felt genuine and was just plain beautiful.
Loved it!
Love has power, connections change lives, little moments can lead to great events, and all is science, God, causality, randomness, and US (humans) being just speckles of stardust both infinitely small and a miracle of nature.
There’s something about the story that reminded me of They Both Die In The End by Adam Silvera, although, SPOILER ALERT, our star crossed lovers do not die at the end, but the book relates their one day together, the day they meet, and how it will change so many lives including theirs.
I can’t say the ending was perfect but it was still satisfying and it followed the whole way the story is told, which is the reason I docked half a star there.
Yet, I cried, I laughed, I felt connected to these two lovers, their Korean and Jamaican roots made me hungry and happy, and the way they connected was not forced or gratuitous, but felt genuine and was just plain beautiful.
Loved it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
s3lin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Infidelity
saturnsreads's review against another edition
medium-paced
0.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Suicide attempt
Minor: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent