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A review by togidemi
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
5.0
Not gonna lie, was gonna leave this at four stars because as lovely as this book was, my suspension of disbelief truly strained at the thought of them falling so deeply in love after spending... maybe thirteen hours at most together. Like I get that that ridiculous idea IS the premise of the whole book, but come on, y'know? But the ending. Ow.
Love the additional perspectives of side characters, how background characters made themselves memorable and reminded me that everyone's kind of the main character in their own story. Really fleshes out this novel's message of fate and love. Love how short the chapters are so I could delude myself into thinking "oh, one more chapter won't hurt - look, it's only three pages long!" and then finding an hour has passed.
And I couldn't help it, I adored Daniel and Natasha. I love how distinct and dorky Daniel's voice is especially, and how solid his character is; I'm MUCH closer to Tasha's (initial?) beliefs than his, but he felt more... real. I don't know. I've met a lot of people who believe what Natasha believes (which includes me oopssss) but they tend not to be as straightforward and, dare I say, cliche about it. Many people think love is just hormones and mutual benefit, but they don't usually go all the way with the Cold Woman Thinks Love Doesn't Exist (Despite Loving Her Friends and Family) trope. "I don't believe in love, love isn't real, nyeh nyeh".
It's just cute, and this book did have neat things to say about other things like race and culture and following your dreams that didn't feel cookie cutter and preachy. It made me believe in interconnection and fate and everything, if only for five or so hours.
Love the additional perspectives of side characters, how background characters made themselves memorable and reminded me that everyone's kind of the main character in their own story. Really fleshes out this novel's message of fate and love. Love how short the chapters are so I could delude myself into thinking "oh, one more chapter won't hurt - look, it's only three pages long!" and then finding an hour has passed.
And I couldn't help it, I adored Daniel and Natasha. I love how distinct and dorky Daniel's voice is especially, and how solid his character is; I'm MUCH closer to Tasha's (initial?) beliefs than his, but he felt more... real. I don't know. I've met a lot of people who believe what Natasha believes (which includes me oopssss) but they tend not to be as straightforward and, dare I say, cliche about it. Many people think love is just hormones and mutual benefit, but they don't usually go all the way with the Cold Woman Thinks Love Doesn't Exist (Despite Loving Her Friends and Family) trope. "I don't believe in love, love isn't real, nyeh nyeh".
It's just cute, and this book did have neat things to say about other things like race and culture and following your dreams that didn't feel cookie cutter and preachy. It made me believe in interconnection and fate and everything, if only for five or so hours.