Book Review: All the Bright Places



Synopsis:

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.

Review:

✮✮✮✮✮


Finch is Violet's brightest place. And Violet is all the colors in its full brightness for Theodore Finch.
Lovely.
I don't know how to review this one really. I just don't think my words would be enough to express how beautiful this masterpiece is. It's been two weeks since I've finished this book and I cannot move on from Theodore Finch.
Forever changed.
Indeed. Finch's point of view would stuck within me forever (his beautiful thoughts especially). Finch is one of those characters that I assure you, you would love and adore. A lot.
A girl who intends to live and a boy who intends to die.
Violet is suffering from post traumatic depression because of her sister's death. Counting the days 'til graduation so that she can be free from the things that reminds her of her sister's death. Finch is undiagnosed with bipolar disorder, considered as a freak on their school because he's different.
But I can guarantee you that his difference would make you love him. Just as Violet did. It's so lovely to be lovely to someone you love. All the wanderings they've been together. And all the wanderings they did apart. It all started with the wandering project they've been assigned to do. Finch chose Violet as his partner. And the rest was history.
The theme is very realistic; especially to those who were struggling. Mental Illness is no joke and Finch is actually afraid of labels. He's afraid to prove of them right - that he's a freak and that he's crazy. This book is to wake us up that we should give a hand to those people who were suffering from it and not - at the same time - devalue them as a human being.
You might also want to get a box of tissue too before reading this one. This was Jennifer Niven's 8th novel but is actually her first Young Adult book. And what surprised me most is that she has her own Theodore Finch.
And it made me love the book more.




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