Indeed, All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven is a beautiful piece of literature. Surely, in this article, we bring you a book review of All the Bright Places.
Also, this book fills you with frustration and sadness and makes you want a perfect happy ending. But it is about mental illness and its powerful impact on those affected and those around them.
About The Book
Title: All The Bright Places
Author: Jennifer Niven
Genre: Young Adult, Mental Health, Realistic Fiction
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 388 pages
Goodreads rating: 4.1/5
Finch and Violet meet at the top of the school’s bell tower. They both want to jump, but instead, they save each other from doing so. Finch is suicidal, and Violet has post-traumatic stress disorder. After all, Finch persuades Violet to be his partner on their geography project, snapping her out of the comfort of her clique: the popular kids. They explore all of Indiana in the United States and see everything it offers before graduating. Eventually, Finch teaches Violet how to live when all he wants to do is to die. As Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink. How far will Violet go to save the boy she has come to love?
All The Bright Places Book Review
All The Bright Places is an outstanding book. It shows that saving them isn’t always possible despite your love for someone. The book gently touches on first love and how quickly you can fall for someone, but also the pain that comes when your idea of forever ends.
It explores the difficulty of teenage years and mental health struggles among young adults. The plotline highlights heavy themes like grief, trauma, depression, and suicide. The female and male protagonists – Violet and Finch, are dealing with their mental issues while also trying to help each other get through the pain and struggles of surviving with it.
“You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.”
Jennifer Niven, All The Bright Places
When Violet is first introduced to us, her character is overwhelmed with grief following a traumatic accident. With the advancement of the plot, she emerges as a strong female lead, able to overcome all her losses, and her recovery journey feels real. Finch is a complex character with anger issues and erratic behavior and generally does what he wants. Though he is always on his best behavior with Violet; thus, she never sees how much Finch is hurting.
As you turn the pages of this book, you get more attached to the characters. They’re both so young, and their lives so complicated, but they give their relationship a try. And for their sake, we wish for a happy ending. But love can’t fix everything. Sometimes, love is not enough.
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
Jennifer Niven, All The Bright Places
The plot constantly explores life and death, showing the reader just how fragile life is, and it comes with an overpowering message of doing everything before it is too late. It emphasizes how important it is to treasure every moment with a loved one before it is snatched away.
The book is a must-read and keeps you turning page after page. The author’s note at the end made the story more memorable. You will never look at anything the same way after reading this book; it changes your view about everything.
Conclusion
Rating: 4.7/5
Recommendation: This title is for anyone who enjoys reading young adult novels with elements of pain and grief told fluidly.
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About The Author
Jennifer Niven is a New York Times and international best-selling American author best known for the 2015 young adult book, All The Bright Places. It won a 2015 Goodreads choice award for Best Young Adult Fiction and was longlisted for the 2015 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. It has also been adapted into a Netflix film.
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