Reviews tagging 'Grief'

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

202 reviews

ayanez427's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

chelseeaa's review against another edition

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: Suicide, Mental illness, Alcohol, Grief, Drug use, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

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

mnatale100's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit, Self harm, and Infidelity

Minor: Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Animal death, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse

startjpw23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is about two high school seniors who are both struggling with serious issues. They meet up in a very tense situation. They develop a friendship and then more. They help each other learn important things about themselves. The latter part of this book figuratively punched me in the gut. It tore out my heart and stomped on it. I can't remember a book affecting me as much emotionally as this book did. This book talks about some very important issues. I would give this book more than 5 stars if I could.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Suicide attempt, Bullying, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content

katie_k1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Mental illness

Minor: Car accident and Vomit

chychy386's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Made me want to crawl in a ball and cry. 

Before I start off with a review, I just want to put a warning out there that if you’re in a tough place and or sensitive to dark descriptions of mental health issues and are not in a good mental state. Please be cautious when reading this book as it is a heavy book that isn’t for everyone. 

I started off this book thinking that it was gonna end with a happy ending but was devastatingly wrong. The more I read, the more I felt stuck with it. In a way that I didn’t want to put the book down. I was completely hooked on the book and the characters so when it ended the way that it did, I felt completely empty and didn’t know what to do with life anymore. It was truely amazing reading about Violet and Finch coming together and their friendship but also how Violet started moving on from her sisters accident. I had such high hopes that they would work things out together and then live happily ever after but I also love how it ended because it felt like that it was more realistic with the ending like that. It really showed how trauma and mental illness affects different people and that sometimes it ends well, but sometimes it doesn’t. 
Overall, will defiantly re read this book in the future and cry. 

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Content Warnings

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

tessvosper's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Grief, Bullying, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Vomit and Alcoholism

Minor: Eating disorder and Infidelity

ambersinwanderland's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

jessicastewart's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Jennifer Niven got this book spot on. It's the most beautiful book I've ever read, this my second time reading it and I loved it just as much. The connection you feel with the characters as you learn about their story is so special. It's so heartbreaking and real.(check content warnings) <3

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse and Car accident

Minor: Child death