Reviews with content warning for Suicide - All the Bright Places

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All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

991 reviews

brookeward's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad

Content Warnings

booksandgore's review against another edition

5.0

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

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harleighc's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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krazykris's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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balletsatinpink's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

mayreads's review against another edition

1.0

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm not sure where I should begin, but the premise of the book does not live up to the execution. Finch is overly obsessed with the concept of death and Violet is in the process of mourning that of her sister. When they meet on the top of a clock tower, they form a tentative friendship. Though the ideas behind both characters are okay, the execution and development are severely disappointing. The trauma that Violet endures, for example,

being forgotten as soon as she steps into a car

may be one of the most distasteful aspects of the book.

Violet went months refusing to be near cars, but when Finch demands she get in everything is fine?

I understand the idea of having her develop past her trauma, but the rush of it was honestly off-putting. The end also seemed very unnecessary.

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