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A review by blaineduncan
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
3.0
When the pragmatist meets the dreamer and, thanks to circumstances beyond their control, only have one day to meet randomly, get to know one another, sort through each of their serious—though familiar to some—familia problems, and, lest you forget this is definitely in the YA genre, fall in love, it’s up to fate, Natasha, and Daniel if any of these things will happen.
The plot and the dialogue are fast paced enough to help readers ignore the YA tropes and traps (unbelievably intelligent kids, all-too-quick love, annoyingly witty interactions, clunky dialogue). The connections the book attempts to make are worthy of deeper thought (what does happen after a brief encounter? What does it take to be in love?). But all of these things have been handled with greater depth in other novels; luckily, this doesn’t hinder ‘The Sun is Also a Star’ from being enjoyable. Short chapters, bouncing from Daniel and Natasha’s point of view, propel it from any bog.
Then there’s the epilogue ending, reminiscent of the great Cameron Crowe film ‘Say Anything.’ It was too perfect a bow on a nice enough gift of a book.
This one is three stars, though a high three.
The plot and the dialogue are fast paced enough to help readers ignore the YA tropes and traps (unbelievably intelligent kids, all-too-quick love, annoyingly witty interactions, clunky dialogue). The connections the book attempts to make are worthy of deeper thought (what does happen after a brief encounter? What does it take to be in love?). But all of these things have been handled with greater depth in other novels; luckily, this doesn’t hinder ‘The Sun is Also a Star’ from being enjoyable. Short chapters, bouncing from Daniel and Natasha’s point of view, propel it from any bog.
Then there’s the epilogue ending, reminiscent of the great Cameron Crowe film ‘Say Anything.’ It was too perfect a bow on a nice enough gift of a book.
This one is three stars, though a high three.