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The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon

Start date: June 1, 2017

Finish date: June 30, 2017

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Why we're reading this: June is Classism. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
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Feb 03, 2017 Alisha rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, stand-alone, contemporary

I'm not a huge contemporary fan but I did really enjoy The Sun Is Also A Star. It might be a little cliché at times but it was a fun and quick read.

Daniel and Natasha were great and I loved how their relationship developed over the course of the day this book is set in. It was also interesting to read about Natasha's struggle of deportation as it's something many people go through but I've personally never read about such an experience.

I really enjoyed the chapters of the background characters ...more

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Apr 08, 2019 Tiffany Heywood rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Ive been meaning to read this book for ages and finally found time to read it. I really enjoyed how easy it was to read and how fast paced the book was. But then it was set over 24 hours so i understand why it needed to be. I praise Nicola for being able to fit so much in a time span of 24 hours. I really enjoyed our two main characters, Natasha and Daniel. They both had their own battles in lives but when they were together, it was like they were able to breathe again. Natasha is from Jamacia w ...more

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Jul 03, 2017 Anniken Haga rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobook, 2017, contemporary, ya

Listened to this as an audiobook

As with some other books I've listened to, I don't think I would have enjoyed this as much, if I'd read it myself. Some books are just great as audiobooks, and this was one of them.
The multiple narrators works well, and they are all good. I'm growing to be a fan of the female one.

I listened to Everything, Everything last year, and could easily relate to it, therefor it got 5/5 stars.
I didn't relate to this book in the same way, but there were a lot of things th ...more

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Jul 10, 2020 Of Butterflies & Books rated it liked it · review of another edition

I was both surprised and in a way still unsure how I exactly feel about this book. I thought the story was very well written, I absolutely loved the two main characters, and I feel this can be relevant and relatable for so many people. I'm not normally someone that is super invested in the "insta-love" trope in romances, but Yoon I think really made it work for me. I was not only enjoying the two characters and their individual stories they were telling, but I found myself getting invested in th ...more

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Jan 23, 2017 AJ rated it really liked it

Shelves: botm

I haven't read a YA novel in a while, but this one sounded too interesting to pass up. I'm glad I read it. It's beautiful, touching, thought-provoking, tragic, and so much more. It could be cheesy at times, but that comes with the territory when you are writing about teenagers and first loves. ...more

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