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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Sun Is Also a Star (edizione 2019)di Nicola Yoon (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The Sun is Also a Star was way to “teen” for me. Full of angst without the characters actually trying to figure out solutions to their issues. I did feel for Natasha, who was about to be deported, but considering her self-professed intelligence a solution might have been for her to go to Jamaica for a few months and then apply to colleges as an international student. I did NOT feel for Daniel who creeped me out and who was way to pushy with Natasha. I like the instalove troupe in many cases, but kiddo was obviously just freaked out about his plans for the future and needed to act out. I DNF’d about 2/3 and have no regrets. ( ) First off, this is an excellent read-alike for [b:Eleanor & Park|15745753|Eleanor & Park|Rainbow Rowell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1341952742s/15745753.jpg|17225055]. Second, I am just slightly too cynical for this book. I rolled my eyes more than once, but I still really appreciated the sweetness at the heart of the story. Third, excellent audiobook! Three narrators, one for Natasha, one for Daniel, and one for the interludes. I loved the interludes, particularly the non-fiction-ish ones about science and history. Last, and most important, I'm really glad I read this. It made me happy and helped take my mind off the ugliness in the world right now. At the same time, it's kind of related to the ugliness in the world right now because Natasha is dealing with her immigration status. I wondered if Yoon wrote this before or after DACA. Natasha could've been a DREAMer. Guess I should watch the movie now to see if it's more or less saccharine, huh? 2.5 stars, rounding it up to 3. This is a YA romance of coincidences, where we wonder if the smallest event will turn patterns down the road (for want of a nail etc.) It felt a little weird to pop in and out of minor character's perspectives as we went, but I don't hate it outright. I do think it's not as cute that Daniel just kind of... follows Natasha around as she stresses about her very real time limit for the day. I can't decide if having the core of her challenge be that she's an undocumented immigrant grounds the romance from becoming to twee, or if it's too flippant a take on a serious topic (leaning more towards the former, though, as it never leaves Natasha's mind whereas if this were uh, a different YA book we'd have maybe one chapter about it and the rest would be fluff). There are some insights in the perspectives of parents who want to dream, first gen parents who know suffering and don't want their kids to suffer, and the validity of both of these (which the book thinks is true for both). Suicidal ideation by a minor character about 5 pages in made me pause and consider whether I should keep going, but because I'm a completionist, I figured it would come back in some way. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"Natasha non crede né al caso né al destino. E neppure ai sogni: non si avverano mai. Sua madre dice che le cose succedono per una ragione. Ma Natasha è diversa. Crede piuttosto nella scienza e nella relazione causa-effetto. Ogni azione conduce necessariamente a un'altra e così via. Sono le azioni di ognuno a determinare il destino. Per intenderci, non è il tipo di ragazza che incontra un ragazzo carino in un polveroso negozio di dischi a New York e s'innamora di lui. Eppure è quel che accade, proprio a dodici ore dall'essere rimpatriata in Giamaica insieme alla sua famiglia. Lui si chiama Daniel. È il figlio perfetto, studente modello e sempre all'altezza delle molte aspettative dei genitori. Quando è con Natasha, però, tutto è diverso. Qualcosa in lei gli suggerisce che il destino abbia in serbo un che di speciale - per entrambi. Ed è come se ogni momento della loro vita li avesse preparati solo per vivere questo meraviglioso, singolo istante." --"Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I'm definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won't be my story. Daniel: I've always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents' high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store--for both of us. The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true? " -- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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