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All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

27 reviews

greeeer_e_rutt's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

Significant glorification of mental illness, high school stereotypes, and suicide. Romanticized it wayyyyy too much, which I found abhorrent and unpleasant. I forced myself to finish it but wouldn't recommend to others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

alexisherron99's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, and Death of parent

moonylovesstars's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

e_emmaa's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

acourtofstarsandmoons's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

I first read this book when I was younger. 13/14 maybe. If lost my father not too long before or maybe even it was after - I can’t really remember. 

What I do remember is Finch. And when I reread it, he was just as amazing as I remembered him to be. 

Whether it was the intention or not, Finch was the star of this show and Violet very much felt like a stepping stone on his journey, though I think the intention was for the opposite. I will always love Finch is some capacity, in some ways he shaped my views as a young teenager and reading this now as a 24 year old adult, roughly 10 years later, it’s just as impactful. 

My reading tastes have changed - darker, more depraved and significantly spicier but this is still a book I can appreciate. In part for the nostalgia and in part because of Finch and his character.

Books don’t make me cry. To make me cry is a feat and during this reread, though teary eyed, none fell. But I remember being a teen and sobbing when I realised Finch was gone and I had to face the rest of the book without him. Much like Violet faces the rest of her life without him. 

I am all the better for knowing Finch, real or not. 

I recommend this book to everyone. Though, mind your triggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

laneelizabeth's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Please please please, if you read this book, check the trigger warnings. This book focuses heavily on death, suicide, and mental illness in general. That said, the author handled it well and represented it beautifully. People suffering don't always present that way. Especially high school kids trying to fit in or find themselves. This was a beautiful story about a first love -a real love- between a girl who was grieving and not living and a boy who was fascinated by suicide and how to die by your own terms. All the while, no one knew his true thoughts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

chelseeaa's review

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

stripy_gloves's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder

laurasilver's review

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Suicide

Minor: Drug use and Suicide attempt

addi_reads_'s review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Child death and Car accident

Minor: Death and Drug use