All the Bright Places
Book by Jennifer Niven
DETAILS
Publisher : Ember; Reprint edition (September 13, 2016) Language : English Paperback : 416 pages ISBN-10 : 0385755910 ISBN-13 : 978-0385755917 Reading age : 14 - 17 years Lexile measure : 830L Grade level : 9 - 12 , NOW A NETFLIX FILM, STARRING ELLE FANNING AND JUSTICE SMITH! The New York Times bestselling love story about two teens who find each other while standing on the edge. And d on’t miss Take Me with You When You Go , Jennifer Niven’s highly anticipated new book with bestselling author David Levithan! Theodore Finch is fascinated by death. Every day he thinks of ways he might kill himself, but every day he also searches for—and manages to find— something to keep him here, and alive, and awake. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her small Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school—six stories above the ground— it’s unclear who saves whom. Soon it’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink. . . . “A do-not-miss for fans of Eleanor & Park and The Fault in Our Stars , and basically anyone who can breathe.” —Justine Magazine “At the heart—a big one—of All the Bright Places lies a charming love story about this unlikely and endearing pair of broken teenagers.” —The New York Times Book Review “A heart-rending , stylish love story.” — The Wall Street Journal “A complex love story that will bring all the feels .” — Seventeen Magazine “ Impressively layered, lived-in, and real .” —Buzzfeed Read more
REVIEW
I received an ARC from the publisher; however, the following is still my honest opinion. Sometimes a book manages a rare feat of being a combination of every wonderful thing a YA contemporary book could be all in one. All the Bright Places manages this with its heart, humor, love and depth. If I could recommend one book to anyone, it will be All the Bright Places and I can’t imagine that changing for a long time to come. It’s hard to write a review for one of the best books you have ever read, and truly All the Bright Places has earned a place among my favorite books of all time. I finished reading my ARC a few weeks ago, and yet here I am still consumed with so many thoughts, emotions and feelings about how amazing this book was. This book gets blurbed as “The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park” and while those books are great too, this book doesn’t need comparisons or propping from other YA books because it truly is so wonderfully written that it stands out all on its own, apart from anything else. Finch and Violet captured my heart. Finch and Violet meet at the top of their schools bell tower and against all odds become friends. They come from two different worlds but that bell tower meeting connects them. They may have been up there thinking about what it would be like to just end it all, jump from that ledge; but finding each other up there changes every thing. Sure they have seen each other around school before, but they don’t know each other. Could fate have brought them both, in their own despair and grief for different reasons, to that bell tower to be together? Violet doesn’t want to like Finch, she really doesn’t but sometimes you get no choice in who you fall for. A school project to discover the “natural wonders” of their home state of Indiana (my home state too!) brings them together yet again. They traverse Indiana for their project, but really it’s so much deeper than that. They aren’t just traveling for school, they are traveling for their lives- for the meaning they need, for the reasons to live and a reason to be together. Finch is such an adorable guy but it’s clear that he has his own personal demons, which we see through his troubles at school and sessions with a school counselor. Violet lost her sister in a tragic death and all she wants is an escape. Together maybe, just maybe they can find what they are looking for with help from each other. Their friendship grows and Jennifer Niven’s prose absolutely captures the young love, and her words made you feel so happy and hopeful for Violet and Finch. You can just picture Finch charming Violet and making her smile, all because of how wonderful the words are that capture the moments. Mental illness is a topic that deserves so much attention than it gets in our world and the way Jennifer Niven uses it in this book is a perfect example of the right way to discuss mental illness in fiction. Mental illness is NEVER something to be ashamed of but society has let us believe it is. Finch is afraid to get help because of the labels he knows exist. The same labels that society throws on people all the time. Jennifer Niven’s perfectly shows the problems of how mental illness is perceived in our society throughout this book. Violet and Finch meet on a bell tower where one of them is very much considering suicide. Suicide is another almost taboo topic in society because it’s so misunderstood, but Jennifer Niven shows suicide for what it often really is- a result of someone being mentally ill . Mental illness is just that an illness and I hope that people read this book and see how mental illness can and does affect people and how it affects the people around those who are suffering from a mental illness. Jennifer Niven managed to write something unlike what I expected and yet exactly every thing I could have hoped for in a book. I feel like all my words are inadequate to express how wonderful this book truly is. This YA book had me falling in love, laughing and crying along with Violet and Finch. This book filled me with both sadness and hope. Jennifer Niven managed to get so many emotions into one book and yet it was all just right, it wasn’t too much. It was just what was needed. I want everyone to read this book and experience this ride with the beautiful prose and take the emotional journey. Anna @ Lostbraincell's Bookish Blog
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