Book Review:
All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Spoilers?
Maybe.
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Title - All The Bright Places By - Jennifer Niven
Publication - January 8th, 2015 by Penguin
Format - Paperback, 388 pages
Genre - Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Mental Health
The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.
Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.
When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.
This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven.
The Cover:
The Story:
This is the story of a girl who decides to go up the school bell tower and climbing the rails only to see that she's not alone. There is a boy right next to her
Relationships:
There were more than one couples and relationships in this book but I will only talk about one of them.
Violet x Finch
Their relationship was different than relationships in YA that I have read before. And have in mind I haven't read that many YA books. They had a bit of a toxic relationship because of the circumstances they met in and how it progressed. Though I thought that them helping each other out in their low times was good and supportive.
Family Dynamics:
As for Violet’s family.
We start the story with Violet telling us that her big sister has died. It's in the beginning so no spoiler. And how her family is very worried about Violet’s mental state as well as how she had changed from the Violet before the death. They care about her and not in a way that is them not wanting to lose another daughter alone but that they genuinely care about how she is doing.
Settings:
I think my favorite places were the ones they visited as well as Finch's car. Every scene that wasn't there was so memorable in a way and I liked it.
Overall:
I read it months ago so I don't remember much of my thoughts on the book but I do remember how it reminded me a bit of the movie The Dressmaker. You have to both see the movie and read the book to know what I'm talking about but yeah.
via GIPHY
Although they say never judge a book by it's cover I believe the cover should represent what the book is going to be like or at least some aspect of it.I think the cover is very simple and pretty and it makes you think of how the notes are involved in the novel. and I also have to appreciate the pastels and the little doodles signifying the main characters.
The Story:
This is the story of a girl who decides to go up the school bell tower and climbing the rails only to see that she's not alone. There is a boy right next to her
Relationships:
There were more than one couples and relationships in this book but I will only talk about one of them.
Violet x Finch
Their relationship was different than relationships in YA that I have read before. And have in mind I haven't read that many YA books. They had a bit of a toxic relationship because of the circumstances they met in and how it progressed. Though I thought that them helping each other out in their low times was good and supportive.
Family Dynamics:
As for Violet’s family.
We start the story with Violet telling us that her big sister has died. It's in the beginning so no spoiler. And how her family is very worried about Violet’s mental state as well as how she had changed from the Violet before the death. They care about her and not in a way that is them not wanting to lose another daughter alone but that they genuinely care about how she is doing.
Settings:
I think my favorite places were the ones they visited as well as Finch's car. Every scene that wasn't there was so memorable in a way and I liked it.
Overall:
I read it months ago so I don't remember much of my thoughts on the book but I do remember how it reminded me a bit of the movie The Dressmaker. You have to both see the movie and read the book to know what I'm talking about but yeah.
via GIPHY
Like I said I don't remember much, but I do remember not being emotional in the end. It was either me, or I just didn't find the ending all that sobbing/rolling on the floor with cries of agony. It was sad but I was just not taken by that sadness and what happened.
I think out of the entire book I only liked a quarter of it. But it was well executed, both with the writing style and the way the characters developed. I just didn't feel anything towards the ending, bits in the beginning and the middle. Other than that its fine, but then again that's most of the book. Still, I gave it a 4 out of 5 because it didn't make me want to not read it, and never finish it again. Plus, it was one of the books my mother had given me for my birthday last year, and I can't take that for granted.
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