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All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

28 reviews

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

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

this book hit close to home. finch and violet felt so real and i wish i could hug them both. sobbed my eyes out reading lmao

what a beautifully told story </3

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use and Abandonment

psliz's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

loved it in high school, not so much now with their problematic mental health representation 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia

mayreads's review

emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.0

I'm not sure where I should begin, but the premise of the book does not live up to the execution. Finch is overly obsessed with the concept of death and Violet is in the process of mourning that of her sister. When they meet on the top of a clock tower, they form a tentative friendship. Though the ideas behind both characters are okay, the execution and development are severely disappointing. The trauma that Violet endures, for example,

being forgotten as soon as she steps into a car

may be one of the most distasteful aspects of the book.

Violet went months refusing to be near cars, but when Finch demands she get in everything is fine?

I understand the idea of having her develop past her trauma, but the rush of it was honestly off-putting. The end also seemed very unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying and Car accident

mirandap442's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

zia_corum's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.0

I didn’t really like this book, because it was pretty depressing. But overall I guess it was just me and my non-maturity that was the problem. If I was older, I probably would’ve handled it a bit better and not started sobbing half way through, never stopping...
LIKE WHAT OMG ITS SO SAD
Okay so don’t get me wrong-the writing is amazing, as you can see by its impact on me… but just know that I was bawling my eyes out!! BEWARE. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcoholism and Car accident

hritika_77's review

dark emotional sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

vixb444's review

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Eating disorder

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-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

I feel seen.
A lovely, important and beautiful book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Violence, and Suicide attempt