Reviews

Și soarele e o stea by Nicola Yoon

izzy_from_ap_calc's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

laceyreads8's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

threegoodrats's review against another edition

4.0

My review is here.

"If people who were actually born here had to prove they were worthy enough to live in America, this would be a much less populated country." p.112

"America's not really a melting pot. It's more like one of those divided metal plates with separate sections for starch, meat, and veggies." p. 128

"I never before thought that not caring could be a revolutionary act." p. 319

"...everything looks like chaos up close. Daniel thinks it's a matter of scale. If you pull back far enough and wait for long enough, then order emerges." p. 340

bookgie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

it was good….. i first read it years ago idek when and i really liked it. on second read it was not as good. i think that is primarily because it is a mostly a romance and i don’t love romance books. anyways it was good. some of the quotes from that book are fantastic. it’s honestly beautiful from an objective stance (aside from being kinda basic) but boring from a subjective stance. 

doctorsophie's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

emilyling19's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

First, i love when a book's title is imbedded in the story, it is so fun and makes me happy every single time. I was not expecting to like this book as much as I did but wow it was so unique and interesting. I loved the extra notes and "chapters" about random people or topics that are mentioned throughout the novel. They made the pacing really nice and was a fun addition. I also liked the ending and how we don't know if they actually get together in this universe or not, but that in another universe they find each other again and reiterates the point of how nobody is truly alone in this universe and that everything is connected. Whether you believe that is by dark matter like Natasha or by love like Daniel. I am also glad we got to here from Irene again, even if it is in another universe.

nathalyalvarez's review against another edition

4.0

Algunos pensamientos sobre este libro:

― Me gusta mucho cómo está contado: Grandes capítulos narrados por los personajes principales, pequeños relatos por los secundarios, cambios de perspectivas.

― Como la autora trata las diferentes culturas de los inmigrantes.

“Para la mayoría de los inmigrantes, el traslado a un nuevo país es un acto de fe. Incluso si has oído historias de seguridad, oportunidad y prosperidad, todavía es un gran reto alejarte de tu propio idioma, gente y país. Tu propia historia. ¿Qué si las historias no son ciertas? ¿Qué si no puedes adaptarte? ¿Qué si no eres querido en el nuevo país?”

“¿Debería su hijo tener un nombre americano, algo fácil de pronunciar para sus profesores y compañeros de clase? ¿deberían seguir la tradición y elegir dos caracteres chinos para formar un nombre personal de dos sílabas?

Los nombres son cosas poderosas. Actúan como un marcador de identidad y una especie de mapa, localizándote en tiempo y geografía. Más que eso, puede ser una brújula. (...)

Al final, ella eligió ambos. Coreano y americano. Americano y coreano.
Así ellos sabrían de dónde eran.
Así ellos sabrían a dónde irían.”

― Las relaciones familiares que hicieron que me doliera el cuerpo al encontrarme a mí misma tantas veces.

― El romance es tan bonito y tan dulce (I have 0 complaints, I'm a hopeless romantic).

― Los personajes son increíblemente adorables.

― Me enamoré de ambos personajes por igual.

Pero siento que le falta algo (no sé que es, pero es algo que me hace sentir muy meh)

¿esto fue una reseña? no sé.

kleuf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

smateer73's review against another edition

2.0

I thought this book was pretty stupid for most of it. It’s a feel good book, a completely unrealistic book. It doesn’t take a day for people to fall in love, and teenage love is never real. I think they should have ended with Natasha leaving and moving on with her life. Maybe that one day did impact them a lot, but really? Call me an antiromantic cynic but this book read as pure desperation and stupid teenage drama.

l_kohls's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0