Book Review// All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

 

Author: Jennifer Niven

Date Published: January 6, 2015

Started on: August 18, 2020

Finished on: August 27, 2020

 

 

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

This book is beautiful.

This book will show you how beautiful and painful life is.

The cover might be too light and pretty but the character’s emotions here are too heavy. This book tackles mental health and suicide. This is relevant on our generation, teenagers ( and I think other generations are now also included today) nowadays have a weak mental health and I believe social media is one of its factor. People get pressured because of the things they see on social media, one example of it is the beauty standard media depicts. (What do you think?) Anyway going back to the book.

I love Theodore Finch, I really do love his character. I can somehow relate to him because there are times that I do things spontaneously without thinking the consequences that might happen, just YOLO. Finch deserves to be loved. He deserves to be understood. We all deserve to be understood. Like Finch, we have our own obstacle that people don’t see.

I enjoy Violet and Finch’s adventures. Finch shows Violet (and us) how beautiful life is, that there are undiscovered things that deserves to be discover, that life is so much more.

The flow of the story went natural which I like in a contemporary book. Because of the natural flow of the story, it became more compelling.

It’s just sad to think that there are still people who thinks words are just words and when that person is gone they will feel sorry. Like what are they sorry for?

Note: Words are weapons.

This book brought something in me and I’m glad I read this.