The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

"Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself."

 —The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Title: The Sun Is Also a Star

Author: Nicola Yoon

Page Count: 384 (eBook)

Synopsis: 

Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.

Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us.

The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true? 

Thoughts:

At first, I didn't know what to feel about the book overall because I keep on coming back to the fact that most of this happened IN A DAY. But I remember the lessons we had on Literature about stories taking place in a day, too, but ended up affecting the lives of the characters for their lifetime. And the events of today affects the ones of tomorrow, right? Also, you know what; I don’t really know how to review books objectively. At this moment, i think it’s great and right now that’s all that matters. Gally, I am clearly overwhelmed~!

This story, despite being on the highest scale of impossible for all the coincidences it has, still makes me want to believe AND despite being cheesy, makes me want to forgive it. I even forgot to note how many open and close parentheses there are and how I’m kind of confused about Charlie lmao! I mean I can’t even compose a proper review right now so who am I to judge, really? Maybe one in i-don't-know-how-many odds, something like this COULD really happen.

Many lines spoke to me even if my situation was entirely different from what’s happening in the book. They just hit close to home I guess.

I really like how there are a lot of stories within Daniel’s and Natasha’s. Knowing the stories of others showed cause and effect which contributed to the overall theme of the book. Another thing I like is how there seems to be a debate but no one is counting the points. Does anyone even care to win? Also the amount of new things to learn! Lastly, the obvious and subtle talk of “love” (in all forms!)—for your lover, family, friends, self etc. Whether you are for the sappy, fate believer kind one or the chemically, science produced one, I hope we all take something from this story.