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Is this an overrated book (since it has been compared to Eleanor & Park and The Fault In Our Stars) or is it worth buying? Opinions, anyone? :)

Camiawrites Suicide and dying from cancer are not synonymous. Death comes in many shades as does life. To compare the two is to diminish its value. All these book…moreSuicide and dying from cancer are not synonymous. Death comes in many shades as does life. To compare the two is to diminish its value. All these books fall under the same category but they are from the same. Finch is dealing with the desire to live but can’t find what he needs to validate his life. And Violet is going through the same thing because she lived and her sister lived and she wants to know why. The Fault in Our Stars deals with mortality and coming to face with that at a young age. Eleanor and Park deal with love and loss and grief if you will but as teenagers find one another, lose one another due to circumstances beyond their control and grieving of those loses. But it’s not about death. I think the book All The Bright Places should be read alone and not compared at all. It’s so much more than teen angst and sickness. It’s about life and finding a way to live. (less)

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