All The Bright Places (Book Review)

 

Title: All the bright places
Author: Jennifer Niven
Genre: Romance, Young adult fiction
Published: January 6, 2015
Rating: 3.7/5

Synopsis:

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.

Review:

All the bright places is written by Jennifer Niven which is based on the author’s personal story. And this is her first young adult work. She received a lot of positive responses for this book. A film adaptation based on this book was also released on February 28, 2020 on Netflix.

The characters Finch and Violet are developed in an outstanding way. They face abuses, bullying, depression, mental illness and suicidal thoughts in their teen-age. They struggle to find themselves. They always try to find out their own ways to acknowledge their faults.

“I’m broken, and no one can fix it. I’ve tried. I’m still trying. I can’t love anyone because it’s not fair to anyone who loves me back”.

They failed in every process of recognizing their imperfections when they didn’t know each other. But, everything just upturned once they meet and fall in love with each other.

“You make me lovely, and it’s so lovely to be lovely to the one I love”.

Their trying to help each other’s healing is the best part of this book. They may wrench your soul unreservedly and leave a huge void that may stay with you evermore.

“You are all the colours in one, at full brightness”.

On the whole, this book endeavours to teach us why we should try to understand those people who are fighting with depression and mental illness through excruciating melodramatic love story.

The New York Times favourably compared all the bright places to Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park and John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars. And I am totally enraptured by this comparison because that’s what exactly I felt when I read this book.

P.S: Don’t forget to read Author’s Note at the end of this story.

I highly recommend this book to all the admirers of contemporary love story and also to the fans of Jennifer Niven.

Happy Reading!!!

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