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All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven

Start date: February 10, 2015

Finish date: March 10, 2015

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Jan 03, 2015 Dayla rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary, depression, young-adult, beautiful-writing, awesome-ya, heartwrenching, arc, books-for-review

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My exact, non-flowery thoughts after finishing this wonderful, crazy, and so completely relevant piece of literature: Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap.

Jennifer Niven's young adult novel All the Bright Places is one of those books that treats you just like the female protagonist. By this, I mean that you are so caught up in the moments that it almost, almost makes you forget the darkness ...more

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Dec 20, 2015 Dalmush rated it it was amazing

4.5 stars

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Aug 16, 2016 Unholy Unicorn rated it it was ok

Shelves: maybe-some-other-time, my-one-and-only, half-troll-half-rag, just-kill-me-now, lost-the-will-to-live, sheer-morbid-curiosity, too-painful-to-finish, x-marks-the-spot, young-adult, mediocri3-is-a-sin

DNF at 80%

This book is not for me.

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Dec 28, 2014 Krissy P (Kris) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, ya-contemporary, amazon-vine, tearjerker, mentally-ill, tragedy, suicide, death

Beautifully Written Tragic Love Story

There’s a famous quote that goes something like, “Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.” That quote really sums up this book for me. I loved Violet and Finch. I loved their love story even though it was tragic. I hear they are making a movie based on this book. This was one of the saddest books I have ever read.

Violet Markey’s sister was killed in a car accident. She was with her when this happened and is still broken and hurtin ...more

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Dec 28, 2021 Bror (Abrar) rated it did not like it · review of another edition

To whomever recommended this book to me (Tiktok) I just want to say fuck you, I hate you, I didn't ask to end my year like this and I don't need this amount of negativity in my life. ...more

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