All the Bright Places | 
“You make me happy, whenever you're around i'm safe in your smile. You make me handsome, whenever I feel my nose just seems a bit too round. You make me special, and God knows i've longed to be that kind of guy to have around. You make me love you, and that could be the greatest thing my heart was ever fit to do“ OH MY GLOB I'M BAWLING RN 😭
Oh no! I don‘t like where this is going!! I want to put the book in the freezer like Joey! 😭😭
I‘m finally reading this and absolutely love Finch! ❤️
so-soThe beginning was difficult to get into, but I‘m also just not a fan of 1st person present tense—yet this book is better written than most others written in that way. I had a hard time liking Finch and Violet in the beginning and even when they got to together; however, I do understand why the book is popular. It just wasn‘t for me. I did think the mental health issues were well addressed though which is often hard to do in novels. 3.5/5
pickI was in tears towards the end, very heartfelt and relatable
pickI got the ugly cry I asked for 😭 While the writing style is catered to a more teenage audience, it has been a long time since a book has moved me this way. It very accurately/realistically portrays the struggles with teenagers and mental health, specifically suicide and bipolar disorder. It broaches these subjects in such a perfect way as to make it feel real and heavy in an attempt to gain understanding from a mostly uneducated audience ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I‘ve been reading a lot of thriller and fantasy novels as of late. I love a wide variety of genres, but for some reason I‘ve found myself defaulting to these two specifically. So, to try and mix things up a bit, this will be my next read! It‘s been so long since I‘ve read something in the romance genre, and I am totally ready to ugly cry 🥹😅💔
so-soIt didn‘t make me want to read and it took me more than a month to finish. It wasn‘t the most exciting but when I read it, I did so with ease. Although I did like the story! I liked how we got to see Theo‘s side of the story and it really hurt me. Even though I didn‘t cry, my heart hurts. Another thing I found interesting is that this book wanted me to look at the author's note, and when doing so I found it interesting. Overall: 3.5 / 5 stars
pickI fell in love with Finch and Violet. There was a lot here that reminded me of my own teen romance. Read it in a day — and except for that treasure hunt for closure bit I was all in.
Oh, this book wrecked me! 😭
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I read this with my daughter which added another layer to it. It was fun and intense. I remember the conversations it sparked for us. Definitely a YA recommendation from me.
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pickAhhhh no!!! I finished this book with tears rolling down my face. It‘s going to take a long time to recover after this book. This book has all the emotions tied together. You will feel moments where you are happy, confused, angry, and really, really sad. I feel awful for Violet and what she has to go through. Finch was gone to early. If you want a book that will make you bawl your eyes out this is for sure a book that will do that.
I just finished the part where Violet and Finch stay out to late and when they get home Violets parents get so mad. Her parents told her she could never see him again. That made me so mad because they‘re perfect together. Finch tried to apologize to her parents but they shut the door in his face! Why do her parents have to be like this???
pickTW- suicide. W O W! I finished this book in less than 24 hours because I truly couldn‘t put it down. I really identified with Finch‘s self deprecating humor in the first half of the book. His chemistry with Violet was practically palpable! Sort of reminded me of Looking for Alaska. I need recs for similar books!
“You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.” The tone in this sentence is happy and the mood i got from this sentence is joyful it makes me feel kind of important.
This book is really good so far. I love Finch‘s curious mind and how he is not afraid to express himself and how he feels. Violet is a very quiet person who‘s not very open to people. Finch and Violet are very opposite but I can already feel they will have a connection.
I‘m not very far into this book yet. I am very curious why underneath Finch‘s name it‘s counting the days, and under Violet‘s name it‘s counting days until graduation. What could it mean? Why is it not counting days until graduation for Finch, and only Violet?
pick14/52: All the Bright Places
Suicide is a sensitive topic for me and this story touched me because of how well it was written. Mental health is and will always be important to write and talk about. Great job
Also I‘ve been kinda procrastinating on reading lately, sorry.
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so-soTW: SUICIDE MENTION
I didn‘t adore this book, and here‘s why:
One of the characters, Theodore Finch, commits suicide. Before he does so, he leaves a bunch of clues for his girlfriend (Violet Markey) to find. From the moment she began to search for them, Finch began to fade from a well-developed character to a concept. Instead of a person with his own struggles, he merely became a vague idea there to heal Violet.
Not a huge favourite of mine.
I‘m only halfway through this book but let me tell you the characters development. Finch is a spunky, careless person that really cares for violet. And violet is a quiet, loveable character who is amazing at writing. I am very excited to finish this book if you want to read it I really recommend it but it has a lot of heavy topics
pickJanuary has been a good month for reading for me! All the Bright Places was a good one - funny, sad, and great characters.
pickThis tugged at my heart. Hit really close to home. Very beautifully written. Truly lovely.
pick⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good book!
"I know life well enough to know you can‘t count on things staying around or standing still, no matter how much you want them to. You can‘t stop people from dying. You can‘t stop them from going away. You can‘t stop yourself from going away either. I know myself well enough to know that no one else can keep you awake or keep you from sleeping."
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A very tough topic, but like how he makes it funny. I know u should never never joke about suicide, trust me.... I have tried it. It just made me smile alittle.
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Just now starting the book... this quote was at the beginning. I really like it.
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04/23/21
At night when I‘m lying awake because my brain won‘t shut off due to all there is to think about.
Is today the day?
And if not today—when?Book All bright places. Im sure every teenager or young adult has had that night where your awake because your brain just won't shut off, it just won't stop thinking, weather if you're thinking of your after life, something that happened that day it's like a never ending thinking going and cause stress.
pickLately, I have been grabbing books off my shelf without reading what they are about first. Had I known what this one was about, I don‘t think I would‘ve read it right now. A student of mine is having a major mental health crisis at the moment and so this book hits a little too close to home. That being said, I did really enjoy it.
Quote by Virginia Woolf :
"It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality"
And I think fits here ...
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I remember, I really liked the book, but sorry, not sorry, the film on Netflix was just annoying. Those dialogues‼️? Were they also this awful in Jennifer Niven‘s book❓
It was too much cliché and soft focus lens for me. And the worst: that monologue Violet held in the end had nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the original assignment her teacher gave.
Plot holes, plot holes everywhere.
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Book #10: I listened to this as an audiobook and LOVED it. I laughed && cried (although I‘m pretty emotional as a person so.). As a therapist and neurodiverse trauma bb, I love books that show the depth & nuance of living with mental health. This one isn‘t perfect - there are some things I may have changed - but I loved it and it inspired me to wander. Definitely recommend! I like the voice actors for the audio too :)
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved this one! It‘s such a brokenly beautiful story. This book broke me, and the darkness that Finch feels is overwhelming. But there is also light in the moments with Violet. “You are all the colors in one, at full brightness”. I would read this again and my hearts goes out to Finch.
Just got done watching this. I really liked it. Now I gotta go hunt the book down. #MentalHealth
Let's talk about it. What do u think happened to him???
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“When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don‘t seem to matter very much, do they?”
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1. I must have just read this book at the right (or wrong) time because it really broke my heart. There was some very ugly crying involved.
2. I didn‘t get around to real pumpkins this year, unfortunately.
3. Minimally I always watch Hocus Pocus(many times), Halloween, Scream and usually Nightmare Before Christmas yearly.
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