Reviews tagging 'Violence'

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

56 reviews

steal_yo_kneecaps's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of the best damn books I've read. Annotated the hell out of this book. I seriously doubt there is a single page without some form of annotation in it. It put things into words that I personally have struggled to do for years. Fully recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Bullying and Violence

florence_06's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

megan_wy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Heard a lot of good things about this book, however, I personally don’t feel like it lived up to the potential. I just don’t feel like the whole start of this book in the bell tower is realistic, nor is it cute. Also, Violet’s character endured SO MUCH from start to end and I don’t think the character development and grief from her perspective was fully realistic. As someone who struggles with my own mental health, it was slightly difficult to read things on Finch’s end. In his mind, death was fascinating and a way to be free, and people that really are struggling are hard to be saved. Even though he was loved and experienced happiness with Violet, he couldn’t be saved from his own internal demons. These parts were depressing to read through, but felt more vulnerable and more intricate than other aspects of this book. I was just never fully pulled into this book though. The whole “wandering” and “UltraViolet Remarkey-able” was overdone and too cliché for my liking. I think Violet’s character was written to suffer and be an emotional piece. She has been through more at 17 than some people will go through for their entire life. We needed more realism, grief, and deeper emotions and looks into her mind. I guess I was just expecting more! And just a general warning, this book has many many many casual references to suicide that can be triggering or difficult for some readers to get through. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Car accident and Violence

kate2312's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Violence

potassiumk's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense 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

4.25

This book was hard to read. I related to Violet and Finch due to their mental health struggles. I was known as the girl who tried to hang herself last year. So, seeing Finch being referred to in similar ways really hit close to home for me. Finch was one of the most real characters I've ever read. The way he acted was a great example of someone that is passively suicidal and broke the typical norm for books that have to deal with the subject. Most of the time a character who is suicidal or recovering from that is treated like the typical always-depressed person. But not for Finch. He displays a more realistic and different take on the trope. I really liked that. 

This book was powerful. It was sad but hopeful. And even if I didn't like how it ended, it was still good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Physical abuse, Grief, Car accident, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Death, Violence, Bullying, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

gjenn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Violence

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This book was well written and touches on a topic that is not often covered, those that remain after a suicide. However, the way the love story is woven into the plot make the whole thing unstable. the books message about grief and understanding culpability with regards to mental health is often under cut by the at it talks about suicide. i would not recommend giving this book to someone seriously struggling with mental health issues and suicidal thoughts. it will not be helpful in my opinion. it helpful perhaps for people just beginning to understand the complexities of stigma and shame that can result from being neurodivergent. that along with wonderful writing gets it a four star from me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Child abuse, Grief, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Violence, and Cursing

shaddad's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

abigail_moffat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Car accident, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm, Chronic illness, and Violence

Minor: Addiction

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