The Sun Is Also a Star

4/5 stars suns. “We're kindling amid lightning strikes, a lit match and dry wood, fire danger signs and a forest waiting to be burned.” When I first saw the title, it was love at first sight. Then I saw the cover, and I knew I needed this book. I read the description. I longed for it to be in my hands. Yet I had months seven months to wait. I ended up picking up [b:Everything, Everything 18692431 Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1450515891s/18692431.jpg 26540216] just a week later, because I needed something to hold me off until its release date.I found myself waking up early the day of November 1st. I ran to Target before my first class of the day and got my copy before the store even had its chance to place it on the shelf. It remained in my hands the rest of the day. Despite the fact that the last month I've been stuck in a deep slump, any free second I had was spent reading. Only six pages in, I knew this book was going to be amazing. It was.It was a tragic story, really, about a love that is about to be ripped apart before it even had the chance to bloom. Natasha, Protagonist #1, is hours away from being deported. While Protagonist #2, Daniel, is about to accept the life that's been laid out for him by his parents. There was an atagonist too, who hid in the background of irrelevant chapters, that answers to the name of “The Universe.” After a chance encouter, the Protagonists spend the day navigating their issues together in a very [b:Eleanor & Park 15745753 Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1341952742s/15745753.jpg 17225055] meets [b:The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight 10798416 The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight Jennifer E. Smith https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1337187623s/10798416.jpg 15464655] meets [b:November 9 25111004 November 9 Colleen Hoover https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1447138036s/25111004.jpg 40214925] sort of way. (I don't usually like comparing books to each other like a mediocre move critic, but whatever. I just did.) I was worried at first, because all three of those books came to mind, that I might have some deja vu to experience later in the story And yet, it wasn't anything like those books. The issues presented were more modern, real, and mostly untouched in YA literature. Deportation is a serious political issue in this country, where families are being uprooted and thrown back into a country they no longer consider home, all because they are considered to be illegal. Yet, even with it being such a hot topic lately, I know very little about it. I applaud Nicola Yoon for presenting the issue in her book. It shows the readers the other side of deportation, the side that isn't going to be presented on the news. It shows the hardworking human begins who built themselves a home in a country, and then all of a sudden have to tear it down. In this book, every character had a story and we were given a page or two of their lives. We are shown the thoughts of the women working security, who is planning her suicide later that night. We are told the story of the lawyer's assistant, who is desperately in love with her boss. The man who Natasha told to quit smoking? In just a page, we are told about the death of his wife. I loved these sections. They made the story, and supported the main theme of “the universe.” The Sun is Also a Star is honest and moving, and the only reason it lost a half of a star was because of the presence of instalove, which I'm not particularity fond of. Yet, I'm still going to round it up to five stars. Truly, this book is beautiful, and if any part of you is intrigued by any aspect of it, please pick it up. You won't regret it.