All the Bright Places
All the Bright Places by @jenniferniven
Reviewed by Tanya
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THIS BOOK! THIS GOD DAMN BOOK! Jennifer why you do this to me??
Lol, I don’t know if you guys felt the same way while reading this, or maybe because I watched the film on @Netflixuk before reading so I knew how it was going to end, but I just had this lump in my throat the whole time.
I couldn’t hold back the tears, I really tried. It was honestly such a great book even though it was totally heartbreaking. One line that totally broke me was “ I am broken. I am a fraud. I am impossible to love.”
I think this is a reason why I prefer books over films because you can get so much more out of a character. You feel so much for Finch. I just wanted to give him a hug. Books like #Allthebrightplaces and #EleanorOliphantisCompletelyFine really make you wonder how you treat people and that kindness goes a long way.
Finch, had the shittiest childhood; first seeing his mother get banged up by his father and then for the physical abuse to actually happen to him - I think this is where it all starts to go wrong. He got into fights, they called him a freak. And even when someone good like Violet comes into his life it’s still not enough to fight the demons.
I wrote and spoke to people who had read the book who believed Finch to be selfish but I really don’t think he was. I’m clearly Team Finch if you hadn’t noticed, but he just didn’t have a good support system. The counsellor didn’t do enough to help him or listen, his mother was dealing with her own problems to see that her son was struggling and he couldn’t speak to Violet. He had coping mechanisms to help him get out of his head by going on long drives and running but it just wasn’t enough.
It’s a story of a girl who learns to live from a boy who wants to die.
Theodore Finch wants to take his own life. Violet Markey is devastated by her sister’s death. They meet on the ledge of the school bell tower, and so their story begins. It’s only when they’re together that they can truly be themselves…But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink. How far will Violet go to save the boy she has come to love?
