Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

987 reviews

fettup77's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

olivian11's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident

Minor: Sexual content

rynaissanceenby's review against another edition

1.5

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

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This didn't feel like a very authentic representation of what it's like to be suicidal and so many things that happened in the book we're just comically unrealistic. Definitely not the realistic portrayal of mental illness I was looking for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident

greeeer_e_rutt's review against another edition

1.75

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Significant glorification of mental illness, high school stereotypes, and suicide. Romanticized it wayyyyy too much, which I found abhorrent and unpleasant. I forced myself to finish it but wouldn't recommend to others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

rockin_robyn's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt

alexisherron99's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Death of parent

avareadsbookss's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful 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

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SO SO SAD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

nicobooknook's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

_smartie_'s review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

3.25

sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I admit I struggled  connecting with either Finch or Violet. I will not speak about the accuracy of the portrayal of bipolar disorder since I don't have that illness but I have not particularly liked or care for the characters. Not the way I should have. Maybe I'm simply outgrowing YA. Maybe Jennifer Niven's writing just isn't my vibe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence

Minor: Vomit