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A review by anxieteaisme
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
I have not given a rating for All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven because I believe I am too biased to do that. I do not mean in the sense that I know the author, or I have anything to do with the book itself. I am saying this because I am too emotionally invested in this book. Rating this book would be like me reviewing Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: filled with exaggerated brilliance.
Jennifer Niven crafted Finch and Violet so carefully that it was almost like I was a part of them, instead of them being a part of me. It got to the point where I wasn’t able to judge if the plot was believable or not due to the characters themselves overshadowing everything.
I also love how the issues of labels and mental illnesses were dealt with in this book. It showed how mental illnesses are often labeled as something that is invisible and not as important. People are more sympathetic to those who suffer a physical, easily seen illness, than to those who suffer something such as depression.
If you do read this book it was take your heart, fill it with emotions that don’t belong to you, and then it will crush it until all that is left is hope and the future. So I have to recommend this book, no matter how biased I am.
Jennifer Niven crafted Finch and Violet so carefully that it was almost like I was a part of them, instead of them being a part of me. It got to the point where I wasn’t able to judge if the plot was believable or not due to the characters themselves overshadowing everything.
I also love how the issues of labels and mental illnesses were dealt with in this book. It showed how mental illnesses are often labeled as something that is invisible and not as important. People are more sympathetic to those who suffer a physical, easily seen illness, than to those who suffer something such as depression.
If you do read this book it was take your heart, fill it with emotions that don’t belong to you, and then it will crush it until all that is left is hope and the future. So I have to recommend this book, no matter how biased I am.