When I first started reading “The Sun is Also A Star,” I really wanted to hate it–truly. After that, sparks fly and a series of coincidences and decisions keep ensuring the two’s paths continue to cross. Daniel, a Korean-American born in the US, is on his way to a college interview when fate brings him to Natasha. Natasha, a Jamaican immigrant on the cusp of deportation, is only trying to find a lawyer so her family doesn’t have to leave the US by the end of the day. Told from multiple viewpoints, each character gets to share their own first-person narration of the day’s events, with the occasional reprieve from minor characters (mostly strangers) and subjects such as “love” and “hair” told from a third-person narrator’s perspective. The book chronicles a day in the life of Natasha and Daniel. In lieu of this, here’s my take on the book, because you have to read it at some point either before or after the movie (preferably before–yes, I’m one of those). The movie adaptation of Nicola Yoon’s “The Sun is Also A Star” hit theaters today.
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