Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

63 reviews

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

booksandgore's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Bullying, Car accident, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

allysha_gyu's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

chloelj27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Domestic abuse

teslis's review against another edition

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

3.75

This book is complicated to me. I loved it in the beginning and up until the end. I loved the concept of a suicidal person saving someone else and giving them hope to live! <spoilers> It was the end that put me of, I don’t know but it was to fast and I cried I did but not as much I thought I would. I honk the death of Theo was to fast and not written out as emotional. But it might also be because I didn’t read it in one sitting. It is still a book that was good to read and it were nice quotes in it. It got one thinking! 
Took me 8 hours and 45 minutes.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

lhodgson26's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

 
 This was a truly beautiful and heartbreaking book. Some parts were incredibly difficult to read but it was done in such a way you understood why. As taboo and often too stigmatised subjects of grief, mental illness and suicide were covered in such a raw way protrayed by Violet and Finch's experiences. It was foreshadowed from the start how Finch's story would end and even though you thought he would get the help he needed. But even the love he had between Violet wasn't enough but he tried so hard for so long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Grief

charlie1995's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

4.5

Definitely check content warnings before reading this book!

This book was hard to read. I felt like it did a good job of depicting how suicide, depression and mental illness through the lens of teenagers with how flawed (For lack of a better word) their thinking is. I feel like despite some of the flaws this is an important book. My only real issue with it is how much blame Violet put on herself foe

Finch’s death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail

flapjackzs_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence

emily_s_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

This book had me violently sobbing on the floor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Domestic abuse

There’s a lot of (well written) content involving a broken family.