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The thing about falling is you don’t have any control on your way down.
This is ridiculously charming and fast paced and lovely and I can’t believe I waited so long to read it (but I know why I was reluctant) and I can’t believe Yoon hasn’t written anything else!! Why do you make us wait for more goodness, Ms Yoon??
I was reluctant to read this because I found Everything, Everything perfectly digestible but a bit too silly and the ending was awful. I wasn’t sure if the author was capable of a ...more
DNF at 20%, not my cup of tea.
I was so skeptical of this book based on what I knew of it, it sounded like it had the potential to be really cheesy. But, everyone kept raving about it, and also I had loved Nicola Yoon's previous book, Everything, Everything, so I finally picked it up, and... read it all in one day because I couldn't put it down. IT'S GREAT.
I especially love the way the stories of side characters (or like, side abstract concepts) are woven in, and I know that's something I would have eaten up as a teen. ...more
I especially love the way the stories of side characters (or like, side abstract concepts) are woven in, and I know that's something I would have eaten up as a teen. ...more
Audiobook recording was brilliant. Three separate narrators two for the POVs and another for the storytelling chapters. i love how this book was written in that it gave history of tertiary characters. When books and films do that interconnectedness of people's lives it makes me emotional. I was a bit turned off by the insta love trope... but I'm glad I stuck with it. It wasn't so tropey after all.
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Yes, this gets my coveted "5 star", as I absolutely would read this again. This is a story about fate. About love. About the immigrant experience. But if I had to summarize, this is a story about how all our lives are tied and intertwined together, through the people we interact with, the people we love and the people we don't love, our presences and absences. I was like Natasha at the beginning, cynical and eye-roll-y over the prospect of falling in love over the course of one day, but by the e
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Really enjoyed this one. I love the research Yoon puts into her books and her style of writing. Can’t wait to read more of her books.
This book is 1) my YA bookclub selection for March, 2) recommended as one of the best books of 2016 on Pure Wow, and 3) the perfect accompaniment to the other book I'm reading right now (which is long/smart/sci-fi/alternative history).
First, I liked the format. Short chapters, with the primary narrators interspersed with occasional other characters' perspectives.
Second, I liked the characters--two children of immigrant families. Both dealing with issues of racism and belonging and figuring out ...more
First, I liked the format. Short chapters, with the primary narrators interspersed with occasional other characters' perspectives.
Second, I liked the characters--two children of immigrant families. Both dealing with issues of racism and belonging and figuring out ...more
Feb 10, 2019
Sarah
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really liked it
Shelves:
fiction,
american-fiction,
black-history-and-culture,
young-adult-fiction,
nyc,
jamaica,
korea
Nicola Yoon's books are so easy to inhale. Neither took me more than 48 hours to read. Partially it's because of the structure - short chapters, epistolary form in the shape of text messages, etc - but partially it's because of how fast the plots move. This one is the story of Natasha and Daniel, who meet and fall in love over the course of Natasha's last day in New York before she is to be deported with her family to Jamaica, where she has not lived since she was a very young child.
I loved the ...more
I loved the ...more
Given the hype, I definitely had higher hopes with this one. I really thought I'd like this one more than I did. Not sure what turned me off - the improbably story line, over the top characters or the absurd ending. I wish the author had been at least a little bit practical with her story line. I loved the concept of inter-racial love and REALLY wanted this story to touch/move me. Alas, I did not.
Still, it makes for a decent light read (if you have the time). ...more
Still, it makes for a decent light read (if you have the time). ...more
I love Nicola Yoon's works now as an adult, and had they existed when I was a teen, I would've been obsessed. It's so rare to see Asian-American teens portrayed with such complexity and heart. Please keep writing!
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