4.5 
 I might have suffered extreme trauma at the hands of fictional people or something. I don't know what to think of this book. 
 I really, really love the characters and how their story developed, but the ending was kind of weird. I think it was good-weird, because it kept me intrigued and reading, but I'm completely confused, I'm a whirl of feelings... 
 After thinking a bit about this book, I came to the conclusion that if I were the target I would not like this book. It's probably because it involves mostly a long walking trip and survival struggles and the love story takes time to develop. I didn't appreciate this kind of things as a teenager/young adult. 
 As an adult, though, I loved them. I really appreciate that there was no insta-love. Attraction, yes, but not sudden love. I loved the main characters' personality, from Lilac's stubbornness and arrogance to her struggles in accepting she was the weak and had to rely on Tarver and her effort to learn and adapt. I loved Tarver's sarcastic retorts during the interrogation (you can read part of this at the end of every chapter), his determination to find a solution and to protect Lilac, even when she was being a pain in the ass. And most of all I love how the feelings of both developed slowly to that high point at 77% in the book when I thought I was going to cry for the first time with a book... and in the middle of a crowded train (that would have been soooo embarrassing!!). 
 Seriously, Lilac and Tarver's survival and love story took my breath away... I don't know if the survival stuff was accurate, I just know that I enjoyed it to the max. 
 As for the twist of the plot toward the end... it kind-of reminded me to a movie I saw some years ago that I thought it was corny and mostly crappy. Nevertheless, what happens in the last part of the book explains mostly everything (although some parts are left to the reader's imagination) and makes sense and although Tarver turns a bit too much (for my taste) into an emotional wreck, I don't think it was crappy or cheesy or anything like that, even if it still reminds me to that movie. It was mostly heartbreaking. And I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about it. 
 In the end, I think These Broken Stars is one of the best books I read this year, but I cannot really put my finger on what makes it so special: the characters, their personality, the world building, the narration, the love story, the heartbreak, the surprises, the survival struggles... It might be a combination of all of them. As a conclusion, just saying that I bought the book. My physical copy of These Broken Stars is on its way home :) 
 Thank you to netGalley and Disney-Hyperion for providing me with a copy of this book.