The Sun Is Also A Star

a must-read. the story takes place in a day, but each minute was worth it. you'll love it.

A very pleasant experience. Arrived on time and the book was in excellent condition.

The book arrived a little damaged on the corners

A whole page was missing

デビュー作のeverything everythingが良かったので、ついでにという気持ちでこちらも購入しました。個人的にはeverything everythingよりこちらの作品の方が好きです！メインキャラクター2人以外の細かい登場人物の事情や心理描写が細かく書かれていて、面白かったです。英語があまり得意でない方でも読みやすい作品だと思います。前作同様映像化もされるようなので楽しみにしています。

I picked up the book “the sun is also a star” because I had watched the movie a while back and enjoyed it. I have also read another one of the author’s books “everything everything” and loved it. The way she switches between points of view in the book really keeps the reader engaged. I never got bored because it felt like there was a constant refresh. She also told a short background story for even minor characters which I loved. I felt like I could empathize with every character in the book. I couldn’t stop myself from offering it to all of my friends to read, definitely on my top 10 favorite list of books! We often give up when tough situations arise, it seems like there is nothing that we can do. This book shows that when times get hard it is worth it to put in your best effort. It takes you through the lengthy yet interesting process that Natasha goes through in order to try and save her family from deportation. It also takes you through daniel putting all of his being into something that he doesn’t want. His parents push him to go to Harvard but all he wants in life is to be a poet. I think that it pushes a message that everyone needs to hear at some point in their life. This book also sheds a light on the discrimination that interracial couples can get. Daniel and Natasha feel like they are being judged all the time just for holding hands, even daniels own parents frown upon him being with a black girl. This book has an amazing way of mixing the conflict of deportation, college, and the possibility of Natasha and daniel being torn away from each other’s grasp. It captures the intense feelings that Natasha and daniel go through as they have grown more and more fond of each other all in one day. I could read this book all in one sitting I wouldn’t just recommend it but rather urge people to read, it’s truly an amazing book.

Natasha is an intelligent young woman whose belief in science is absolute. Her dream is to go to college and have a career in a practical and fact-based field. She doesn’t have time for love, fantasy, destiny or fate but as she has only 12 hours left in New York City/America before she and her family are deported back to Jamaica, Natasha might have to rely on any help the universe might offer her. She tries to make a last-ditch attempt to stay in the country but what she doesn’t bank on in her last hours is bumping into a quirky, cute boy and falling for him hard. Daniel has always been the responsible one. The second son of a Korean family who loves him but has made him live in the shadow of his more successful older brother. He worked hard and strove to make his parents proud. When his brother Charlie messes up his previously impressive life by getting kicked out of college, their parents shift their focus onto him. They expect great things including him getting early acceptance at Yale and studying to be a doctor. Neither idea appeals to Daniel as he would rather write poetry about life and love. On his way to his college interview, he meets Natasha and he is determined to prove to her that love truly exists no matter what it takes. With time running out for them to have the future that they dream of, will the universe interfere and send them down a different path together or are they fated to keep the hand they were dealt while being separated in the process? 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I loved the setup for this story. Daniel and Natasha are complete opposites but somehow the fact that their lives are shaped both by their families and societal circumstance gives them a common bond. Daniel's sweetness softens Natasha's hard outlook on life while Natasha's pragmatic and strongminded spirit inspires Daniel to stand up for himself. They complement and empower each other as they fall in love. It was a complicated and emotional story that kept me gripped until the very last line. Beautifully written with incredible characters. I highly recommend it.

Dieses Buch ist etwas ganz Besonderes. Beinahe die gesamte Handlung zieht sich über einen einzelnen Tag. Diese Tatsache zeigt wundervoll wie kostbar jeder Moment in unserem Leben sein kann. Ein Tag reicht aus um alles zu verändern. Die beiden Charaktere sind genauso besonders wie das Buch. Sie haben Eigenarten, die sie liebenswert und greifbar machen. Nicola Yoons Schreibstil hat Wiedererkennungswert und ist detailreich. Die Handlung ist spannend, überraschend und herzbrechend. Fazit: Eine Geschichte, die mich zutiefst berührt hat.