Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

46 reviews

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

Moderate: Drug use and Abandonment

ajtm_07's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

READ THIS! It's amazing! This book will make you feel so many emotions and I loved every second of it. Just thinking about it makes me joyful, sad, and angry all at once. I couldn't help but love and attach myself to Finch and Violet. Also enjoyed how the author deals with the topics of mental health and death. I'm not a crier, but this book's ending definitely made me emotional. Something I thought was interesting was the difference between the parents in this book. Violet's loving, caring, and overprotective ones (STAN the Markeys) vs. Finch's abusive and irresponsible ones. Once again, READ ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES, I promise it's worth your time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Car accident and Suicide

buckaroo97's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.75

I wish I had my therapist on the phone while I read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Bullying, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

keiraashah's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Theodore Finch, thank you for describing what the last year of my life has been like, down to the depression and manic episodes. My walls are covered in post-its now.

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Content Warnings

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

krazykris's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Writing was fine and compelling enough, I just cannot get over a lot of the themes being handled inappropriately and how the main character's boyfriend's suffering is minimized to only affecting her. He seems to be written as a burden on the main character and the main character is just also pretty annoying. She's shallow and doesn't actually care for her partner.
Overall, this is super overhyped and does not deal carefully with these kind of topics. I do not want to say it's trauma-porn, but it does feel like a kind of voyeurism that only sees people with mental health issues as burdens.

I did connect with the main characters and cried throughout the book, so it's not to say I did not react. It's just... not as great people say it is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

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

mome489's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide, Bullying, and Car accident

Minor: Mental illness

rachelolivea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Suicide, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Grief, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

laurarise's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

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