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A review by imme_van_gorp
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Was this book supposed to feel like pretentious drivel on steroids or has something gone seriously wrong?
The never-ending, supposedly insightful ramblings and literary quotes made my eye twitch uncontrollably, and the writing was very close to giving me a full-blown aneurysm. Furthermore, the portrayals of important and delicate subjects were all handled in rather distasteful and over-the-top kind of ways.
The characters in this book were also completely unbearable; every single “adult” needed to be slapped right into next week, and the hyper-active, mentally ill MMC somehow developed an insane obsession with the moody, bitchy FMC for no reason whatsoever. Of course, both MCs are represented as quirky and special and not like everyone else, but in reality they were just sad and lonely, and I personally don’t think that’s a feeling that should be romanticized or idolized.
Also, zero real conversations have actually been spoken in this whole entire book, but who cares, right?
I think reading this book could be best described with one single word: headache.
The never-ending, supposedly insightful ramblings and literary quotes made my eye twitch uncontrollably, and the writing was very close to giving me a full-blown aneurysm. Furthermore, the portrayals of important and delicate subjects were all handled in rather distasteful and over-the-top kind of ways.
The characters in this book were also completely unbearable; every single “adult” needed to be slapped right into next week, and the hyper-active, mentally ill MMC somehow developed an insane obsession with the moody, bitchy FMC for no reason whatsoever. Of course, both MCs are represented as quirky and special and not like everyone else, but in reality they were just sad and lonely, and I personally don’t think that’s a feeling that should be romanticized or idolized.
Also, zero real conversations have actually been spoken in this whole entire book, but who cares, right?
I think reading this book could be best described with one single word: headache.