Review - All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Title – All The Bright Places
Author – Jennifer Niven
Publisher – Knopf Publishing Group
Published – January 2015
Format – Hardcover
Source – Purchased
Genres – YA, Contemporary, Fiction, Mental Illness, Teen, Death
Pages – 388
'' 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. ''
RATE - 4.3 STARS
This book drove me crazy
I felt like riding a roller-coaster while reading this. It is just…. (can’t describe it). This book has all emotions into one! I felt happy then excited then curious then burst into tears! The plot is simple but the emotions are just a heaviness that, I don’t think this book would be everyone’s cup of tea. If you don’t like depress, pressure and death, you better don’t pick this book!
Plot – It is simple and unexpected. Most of the settings are in Indianapolis and Jennifer Niven made a great job on taking us the readers into voyaging Indianapolis. She wrote such beautiful and neat sentences to describe the places. When I read the book , I could feel the journey at Indianapolis, it is like I am the one who is in the place, not just by reading it. I felt like I want to travel to Indianapolis after reading the book <3
The Characters – They are complex! I really love how she wrote POVs for both of the main characters, Finch and Violet. Especially Theodore Finch’s POV because he is boy and well we girls know that boy’s mind is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from girls. Especially when Jennifer Niven added ‘a little abnormal’ things for Finch character. The way he talked, unexpected things, changing of emotional, caring. For people, he is a ‘freak, weird, nonsense’ but he is kind of person that you-will-love-once-you-know-them and he just need a little more attention and love from family (which breaks my heart). He has no ambitions, goals, and plans but that makes him keeps alive. Oh and I love his sister, Kate because she is cool and supporting. For Violet Markley , she is someone , well we can say ‘normal’ at outside. I mean, we could categorize people into two which is normal and abnormal . But that could only apply for the outside view because no one is normal inside , aren’t we? That’s how I describe her. She is a beautiful nerd, popular and very well in writing. But, when she loses her beloved sister, Eleanor , her life changed 180 degrees . She no longer rides car, cheerleading, writing, she is like an alive body with dead soul. Luckily, Finch becomes her lifesaver, same goes to Finch. Sadly, a happy ending isn’t just flowing like that forever. ‘…as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.’
Emotions- Only one word to describe this, roller-coaster.
SPOILERS ALERT!!!
Last thought- I WAS SO SAD when SPOILER ALERTS LAST CHANCE!!!
Finch died . I mean, after all of the things happened, he… died…. It is just like Me Before You by Jojo Moyes L And it is even sadder when he sent his last message to Violet in which he already visited the last places of their project. And he even left messages and things for Violet at every places . It was so hard to continue reading it when all left was Violet finding the last piece of memory Finch left at the brightest places they chose… (Still can’t move on)
This book made me realise about how important attention to people of our surroundings. All people are different. Someone might acts weird and different, it might be because he needs attention or love. Or maybe he has a disease. From my research, there are many disease in the world including the diseases that are undiagnosed. For example, dyslexia and bipolar. If our friends have these kind of disease , the surroundings might thought he is a slow learner or untalented or etc. For people with these disease, they are struggling, suffering and aching. They themselves thought they are a slow learner, they felt insecure , doubtful and self-conscious because they believe what the people are saying, ‘slow learner’, ‘dumb’ , ‘foolish’. I found out that most of the person who is afflicted by a disease doesn’t know about it for years , even 20 years! How much they suffered because of us, ignorant people. So, change ourselves, care of people, although we didn’t get the same treat back.
Pssss, i got the signed-copy! <3 And Jennifer Niven liked my picture on Instagram <3
