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All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

60 reviews

charli_bear's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

This book was informative on mental illness.

As it talks a lot on suicidal ideation and suicide in general as well as Finch being bipolar, and the awake and sleep of bipolar disorder and how hard it is to live with that. It also shows the impact of sucide on others even when you don't think other people care, they do. This book helped me with my understanding of bipolar disorder and mental illness in general.

I highly recommend, however be sure to check content warnings before going into this book as it does have a few dark topics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Sexual content and Car accident

_tee_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad slow-paced

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

3.5

didn’t really like it but then it made me ugly cry at 1am. so thanks for that. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Abandonment, and Gore

ouchy

david_slack110507's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

I really do like the message of this movie. I think that while I cannot comment fully on how accurate this book is with its portrayal of mental health and suicide, from what I read I felt that it was a good portrayal of those suffering from a multitude of mental and emotional health-related problems such as survivor's guilt, suicidal thoughts, depression etc. 

I do think that the main reason why I struggled to like this as much as others and rate this higher was that 1) I took A LOT of time to thoroughly read this and I'm honestly ashamed it took me those long to finish this (And it's not because it was bad/boring or anything along those lines but rather I just didn't really find the time to read it or I preferred to read other books) and 2) The main romance between Finch and Violet, while cute and definitely important just didn't fully connect with me and maybe that's a fault on my end rather than on the book's writing as I'm not the biggest fan of romance heavy/romance books in general. 

I do like that the book attempted to show how anyone even those who are living the "perfect" life can suffer from mental health disorders but just maintain it so as to maintain said "perfect" life such as Amanda. However, I think that many of the side characters struggled to make an impact and stand out to the point that I sometimes forgot who the author was referring to when she mentioned a minor/side character's name (However, again this could have been my lack of focus on the book).

Overall, I wish that I had had a better time with this as there's a lot of potential and the commentary on the mental health of teens was really well done (And I like that at the end of the book, there's a list of sites for seeking help for certain issues such as suicide prevention, diagnosing mental health/illnesses in teens, bullying and abuse etc for certain countries) but I just couldn't get into it how others did but I'm glad that many could take comfort and find help or hope from this book. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Deadnaming

planner5002's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

This book was really intense, but it’s absolutely one of the best books I’ve ever read. From the beginning, it was really interesting. The charachters were complex and felt more like people than charachters. The story was interesting. 
The book was also thought provoking. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder and Infidelity

braelynm_22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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

4.75

This book was a super cute romance, but also very sad at the end. It reminded me of "The Fault In Our Stars" a little. Niven portrayed the characters excellently and their back and forth was always fun to read. Again, it was sad, but I did not end up crying, and I felt kind of guilty about that. 

"You are all the colors in one, at full brightness." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Car accident, Grief, Sexual content, and Drug use

This book contains content regarding both suicide and death.

butterbb109's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I had only discovered the book after watching the movie, a movie which I have watched more times than the fingers on my hand. I adored the movie, and thought to give the book a try, which lived up to my expectations. It was a beautifully written book, painting a picture that displayed the raw, dark emotions of Finch and Violet. Although some would say the book is cliché, or sounds like a teenage “fan fic”, it’s truly emotional, and written perfectly. Jessica Niven wrote in a way that made me bawl my eyes out multiple times. I had never understood the term “kin”, but when it comes to Finch, it felt as if my thoughts had been a written out by someone else. I have never related so much to a character, I truly feel as if I have been heard and seen after reading this book. Jessica writes in a way that’s relatable and informative on mental health, showing that everyone is struggling with their own things, no matter how big or small. I also think the author invites the readers to reach out, if they can relate, to be better, because people care about them, and there’s so many Bright Places on this earth for us to see.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Grief, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Self harm

lilacsophie's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia, Eating disorder, and Vomit

mirandap442's review against another edition

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

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

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

dariana12's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.0

 It was realistic, informative & an enjoyable read. Not my type of genre though and the last few chapter were a struggle to read. Only read them to make sure I didn’t miss anything 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content and Self harm

haorey's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Chronic illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Toxic friendship