Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

16 reviews

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

markovskaiskra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

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

jasmine_0206's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was okay, It had so many great quotes and I loved the way the characters interacted and the different POVs. However I feel as if there could have been more, just more detail and the writing was definitely geared towards the YA audience.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Alcohol, Car accident, Eating disorder, and Gaslighting

leialou's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

 Key Themes: 

Depression; Loss; Suicide; Love; and Recovery. 

Best (or Worst) Moments: 

In my opinion the best part of this book is the end, and ‘after’. The raw emotion that violet demonstrates and the adventure she continues is so heart-breaking, yet beautiful, and is so well written. Niven’s end notes, however, illustrate that she has personally found a friend who committed suicide so probably drew on her own experience and emotions making the story even more heart-breaking. 

Was this Book What I Expected?: 

This book is a reread - the book isn’t as emotional as I remember it being, but at the time of my initial read through my life had a lot of similarities to the book so maybe that’s why it was so emotional. However, the book was still great and emotional and pulled on my heartstrings. 

Review: 

This book is beautiful and sad, but shows both sides of what death can do to an individual whether accidental or suicide, yet this also shows strong character development and growth following a significant loss, and shows that there is beauty in recovery. This is a hard book to read, especially when you have personal experience, that allows you to relate to either Violet or Finch, but at the same time beautiful, in that it demonstrates that your life can continue after the loss of a loved one and still be beautiful. 

Things to Research Further: 

Nothing that I want to research further - but I’m intrigued to read Niven’s other work. I’ve tried reading some of her other work in the past and always DNF’d it but I love this book so really want to give her work another try. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Death, and Grief

Minor: Animal death

savannah_topsy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Child death, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse