ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES by Jennifer NivenBOOK REVIEW
Hey guys! Today I'm here with another review and I'm gonna be talking about All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven.
Now, just a warning, the words are gonna be difficult with this one. I don't
think this is going to be a very cohesive review, it's my second time trying to film this review. The first
time it was too much of a mess to really make a video out of, so I'm gonna give it another
go. So with that said, let's jump straight into the review.
All the Bright Places is about two main characters. First, we have Violet Markey, and her sister has recently
died in an accident and she's really, really
struggling with coming to terms with the whole thing. She's absolutely devastated about it. And
then we have Theodore Finch, and he's got a bit of a
difficult home life.
He is suffering from depression, he has suicidal thoughts and
the two of these characters meet on top of the school bell tower and Theodore Finch, commonly known as Finch, is talking Violet out of jumping off the tower. So this story is about these
two characters and how they grow both individually and together, and the impact
that each of them has on the other ones lives. It
is just a beautiful and poignant book and - thinking about it now is kind of hard. This book deals with some very serious topics and I think these things a quite important to be talked about.
There's a lot about mental health issues, including depression,
suicide, anxiety.
I found that these things were portrayed really well and after finishing this book I found out that Jennifer Niven herself
had experienced a lot of what happens in this book when she was younger. And to be quite
honest, I wasn't too surprise to hear this because just the way that everything is dealt
with, you can tell that it comes from a real place, it feels so genuine. So even though there is a
lot of this serious subject matter this book does have a lot of positivity
behind it as well It has plenty of lightheartedness and humour. I also loved the aspect of exploration, because the two characters, they're paired up in a US geography class and the project that they have to do involes them going around to three different wonders of their state.
So going to different places
trhoughout the state that are interesting, a bit strange, unique, and documenting that experience, and I loved this fact. It really kind of
ignited something in me as well - wanting to go out and explore. It made me
feel like I haven't seen enough of the world around me and in
particular, like in close proximity. It's made me feel like I
really need to go out and find all of these quirky places that
are near me, but I have no idea exist.
In addition to that I also read this book right before The Bookshop Book. So this combination really made me want to explore and find really interesting bookstores. This book was also written in dual points of view, and i think this was
executed wonderfully. I found that two main characters had quite
distinct voices and I was never really confused between the two.
And I also really liked having this written with dual perspectives because both of the characters have quite different journeys, particularly in terms of their character
development. These two grow as individuals, but also together as
their friendship flourishes. But it was nice to see the rate at which each of them was progressing, with
dealing with all of the things that were happening with their lives. And getting a
little more specific about the characters; First of all, Finch, I found that he was a really interesting characters, he's definitely a quirky one.
And he does this thing where he adopts a persona, he becomes a slightly different version of
himself, I guess. Deep down he is the same Finch, but he
dresses differently and speaks slightly differently and acts differently he does certain things
that he might not have done when he was a different version of
himself. And I thought that this made things quite interesting as well. I was just so
captivated by his character.
I just loved his wit, and him. I did love
him. While I did really like Violet's character, I wasn't quite as captivated as I was with Finch. I think just because Finch with such a
unique character, I was really drawn in by him.
But that
doesn't in any way mean that I didn't like Violet. I really appreciated her growth as a person. Just trying to deal with
everything, and taking everything in and kind of changing her attitude about things. I
think that was done really, really well.
The thing that really made this book for me, though, I think was how it just snuck up on me. I read about the first half of the book and I was enjoying it, I didn't have any problems with it, but I was just kinda along for the ride. But somewhere during this time, the book
just grabbed my heart. It held it in its clutches and it waited and waited.
And it wasn't until just after I
realised that it did have my heart in it's grasp, that it crushed it. It crushed my heart. It honestly just kinda clicked one moment,
that this was an amazing book and I was just so
enthralled by it. There were times when I physically
couldn't continue reading.
I had to stop, I couldn't
continue any longer. But it really was worth it. This book was just so, so beautiful and I have recommended this
to quite a few of my friends so far and the majority of them have actually
already picked this book up. One in particular, we still talk about it
weeks after having read it and each time we get choked up.
The fact
that this has left such an impact on me, and I keep thinking about it time and time
again, that's one of the main reasons why I just love this book so much. Before I wrap this up though, there's one more thing that I wanted to include that I found out after finishing this book. So within the story Violet creates this online magazine called Germ Magazine. It's kind of about love, life, literature and more.
But what was really cool that I discovered,
is that Jennifer Niven has actually brought this to life There is a real Germ magazine that
you can actually go to and have a read through, check out all these articles, so I will leave a link that below if you're interested. I thought this was
just an extra really special touch that made me appreciate it
just that little bit more. So that is my review of All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. I gave this one a five out of five stars.
I also want to thank Penguin Australia for sending a copy of this book my
way, thank you so, so much.
I'm so happy to
have had the opportunity to read this book. It was beautiful. As always, I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions down in the comment section below if you have read this book and if not
and you're thinking about picking it up, if you're interested at all, I have also included a link to where you can pick it up down below through my Book Depository affiliate. Thank you guys so, so much for watching.
I
hope you enjoyed this review and I will see you next time with the new video. Bye!.
Now, just a warning, the words are gonna be difficult with this one. I don't
think this is going to be a very cohesive review, it's my second time trying to film this review. The first
time it was too much of a mess to really make a video out of, so I'm gonna give it another
go. So with that said, let's jump straight into the review.
All the Bright Places is about two main characters. First, we have Violet Markey, and her sister has recently
died in an accident and she's really, really
struggling with coming to terms with the whole thing. She's absolutely devastated about it. And
then we have Theodore Finch, and he's got a bit of a
difficult home life.
He is suffering from depression, he has suicidal thoughts and
the two of these characters meet on top of the school bell tower and Theodore Finch, commonly known as Finch, is talking Violet out of jumping off the tower. So this story is about these
two characters and how they grow both individually and together, and the impact
that each of them has on the other ones lives. It
is just a beautiful and poignant book and - thinking about it now is kind of hard. This book deals with some very serious topics and I think these things a quite important to be talked about.
There's a lot about mental health issues, including depression,
suicide, anxiety.
I found that these things were portrayed really well and after finishing this book I found out that Jennifer Niven herself
had experienced a lot of what happens in this book when she was younger. And to be quite
honest, I wasn't too surprise to hear this because just the way that everything is dealt
with, you can tell that it comes from a real place, it feels so genuine. So even though there is a
lot of this serious subject matter this book does have a lot of positivity
behind it as well It has plenty of lightheartedness and humour. I also loved the aspect of exploration, because the two characters, they're paired up in a US geography class and the project that they have to do involes them going around to three different wonders of their state.
So going to different places
trhoughout the state that are interesting, a bit strange, unique, and documenting that experience, and I loved this fact. It really kind of
ignited something in me as well - wanting to go out and explore. It made me
feel like I haven't seen enough of the world around me and in
particular, like in close proximity. It's made me feel like I
really need to go out and find all of these quirky places that
are near me, but I have no idea exist.
In addition to that I also read this book right before The Bookshop Book. So this combination really made me want to explore and find really interesting bookstores. This book was also written in dual points of view, and i think this was
executed wonderfully. I found that two main characters had quite
distinct voices and I was never really confused between the two.
And I also really liked having this written with dual perspectives because both of the characters have quite different journeys, particularly in terms of their character
development. These two grow as individuals, but also together as
their friendship flourishes. But it was nice to see the rate at which each of them was progressing, with
dealing with all of the things that were happening with their lives. And getting a
little more specific about the characters; First of all, Finch, I found that he was a really interesting characters, he's definitely a quirky one.
And he does this thing where he adopts a persona, he becomes a slightly different version of
himself, I guess. Deep down he is the same Finch, but he
dresses differently and speaks slightly differently and acts differently he does certain things
that he might not have done when he was a different version of
himself. And I thought that this made things quite interesting as well. I was just so
captivated by his character.
I just loved his wit, and him. I did love
him. While I did really like Violet's character, I wasn't quite as captivated as I was with Finch. I think just because Finch with such a
unique character, I was really drawn in by him.
But that
doesn't in any way mean that I didn't like Violet. I really appreciated her growth as a person. Just trying to deal with
everything, and taking everything in and kind of changing her attitude about things. I
think that was done really, really well.
The thing that really made this book for me, though, I think was how it just snuck up on me. I read about the first half of the book and I was enjoying it, I didn't have any problems with it, but I was just kinda along for the ride. But somewhere during this time, the book
just grabbed my heart. It held it in its clutches and it waited and waited.
And it wasn't until just after I
realised that it did have my heart in it's grasp, that it crushed it. It crushed my heart. It honestly just kinda clicked one moment,
that this was an amazing book and I was just so
enthralled by it. There were times when I physically
couldn't continue reading.
I had to stop, I couldn't
continue any longer. But it really was worth it. This book was just so, so beautiful and I have recommended this
to quite a few of my friends so far and the majority of them have actually
already picked this book up. One in particular, we still talk about it
weeks after having read it and each time we get choked up.
The fact
that this has left such an impact on me, and I keep thinking about it time and time
again, that's one of the main reasons why I just love this book so much. Before I wrap this up though, there's one more thing that I wanted to include that I found out after finishing this book. So within the story Violet creates this online magazine called Germ Magazine. It's kind of about love, life, literature and more.
But what was really cool that I discovered,
is that Jennifer Niven has actually brought this to life There is a real Germ magazine that
you can actually go to and have a read through, check out all these articles, so I will leave a link that below if you're interested. I thought this was
just an extra really special touch that made me appreciate it
just that little bit more. So that is my review of All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. I gave this one a five out of five stars.
I also want to thank Penguin Australia for sending a copy of this book my
way, thank you so, so much.
I'm so happy to
have had the opportunity to read this book. It was beautiful. As always, I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions down in the comment section below if you have read this book and if not
and you're thinking about picking it up, if you're interested at all, I have also included a link to where you can pick it up down below through my Book Depository affiliate. Thank you guys so, so much for watching.
I
hope you enjoyed this review and I will see you next time with the new video. Bye!.
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