View from the Side: Book Reads (The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon)

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Genre
Fiction, Romance Novel

Main Character
Natasha, Daniel

Book Awards
#1 New York Times Bestseller 
National Book Award Finalist
2017 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
New York Times Notable Book
BuzzFeed Best YA Book of the Year
POPSUGAR Best Book of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
Booklist Editor's Choice
New York Public Library Best Book for Teens
Recipient of the John Steptoe New Talent Award
A Walter Award Honor Book

About the Author

Nicola Yoon is also the author of the New York Best Selling book 'Everything, Everything'. It's her first novel. This is her second book. She grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. 

A Glimpse of the Book

Natasha, a girl whose family is less than a day of being deported to Jamaica always believes in science and facts. 

Daniel, a poetic Korean-American on his way to becoming a Doctor (a pressure from both parents) believes in fate.

With different purposes in life, the universe conspires to bring them together in the streets of  New York City. Events, signs, chance encounters brought these two to finally meet each other. 

When these two persons with different personalities meet in a very short time (as in 12 hours), what will prevail... science... fate?

Read the book….. I promise, it's an easy and interesting read!

My Personal Take on the Book

I know that it's a love story book! But I took the chance to read the book because of the many awards and good reviews that it had garnered.  And it will soon be a motion picture.
Oh, no!!! I was mistaken… I read love story books with emphasis on happy endings! Ooppssie… anyways, I read this book because first and foremost I was intrigued with its title ‘The Sun Is Also A Star”. What’s this Author talking about?! Everybody knows even the smallest children among us that the sun is really a star! A yellow dwarf star! But it's actually white that appears yellow through the earth's atmosphere.
As I read the book, I thought there was a barrage of scientific facts why the sun is also a star. That was my second mistake. Again, it’s a love story not a science book! Then I came along with these conversation from Daniel’s perspectives:
“Most poems I’ve seen are about love or sex or the stars. You poets are obsessed with stars. Falling stars. Shooting stars. Dying stars.”
“Stars are important,” I say, laughing.
“Sure, but why not more poems about the sun? The sun is also a star, and it’s our most important one. That alone should be worth a poem or two.”
“Done. I will only write poems about the sun from now on,” I declare.
Well, I'm happy that I read the book. It is a book about almost everything..... love, life, future, dreams, fate, destiny. It also touches on the intensity of human relations…our connectedness, interconnectedness or disconnectedness with each other. The subjects of cross-cultural, cross-boundaries, multigenerational and immigration were also part of the story.
Another well… the ending… the circle of life!!!

Quotes I like from this book

Koi No Yokan
Pronunciation: ‘koy•noh•yo•kin
Origin: Japanese
Definition: n., upon meeting someone, the feeling that the two of you may soon fall in love.

From the book: “It doesn’t mean love at first sight. It’s closer to love at second sight. It’s the feeling when you meet someone that you’re going to fall in love with them. Maybe you don’t love them right away, but it’s inevitable that you will.” 

ONSRA
Pronounced: uhns•’rah
Origin: Boro language of India
Definition: n., the bittersweet feeling that occurs in those who know their love won’t last.

From the book: “How can you trust something that can end as suddenly as it begins?” 

My Overall Reading Experience 

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