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All the Bright Places

By: Jennifer Niven
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne,Ariadne Meyers
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Publisher's Summary

This New York Times best-selling love story about two teens who find each other while standing on the edge is soon to be a Netflix film starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith!

Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might die. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.

Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister's recent death.

When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it's unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the "natural wonders" of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It's only with Violet that Finch can be himself - a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who's not such a freak after all. And it's only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet's world grows, Finch's begins to shrink.

Please note: Includes a PDF Help Line Resource Guide, available in your Audible Library, and a Note read by the author.

©2014 Jennifer Niven (P)2014 Listening Library

Critic Reviews

"Many teen novels touch on similar themes, but few do it so memorably." (Kirkus Reviews)

"In her YA debut, adult author Niven creates a romance so fresh and funny...The journey to, through, and past tragedy is romantic and heartbreaking, as characters and readers confront darkness, joy, and the possibilities - and limits - of love in the face of mental illness." (Publishers Weekly)

"The writing in this heartrending novel is fluid, despite the difficult topics... Finch in particular will linger in readers’ minds long after the last page is turned." (School Library Journal)

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lovely

Lovely.
For years and years my nan pronounced lovely as "love-eh-lee" so my mum knew that it was spelt as lovely not lovley. My mum has done the same for us. Now, lovely is tradition in our family.
This book had me crying, yelling, laughing, blubbering and definitely tugged at the old heart strings. This book is lovely.
Thank you for acknowledging suicide not as something that people do out of stupidity, which i hear a little too embarrassingly often.

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Great YA book

Great story dipping into the tough topic of suicide. Really highlights mental illness in relatable and understandable characters.

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Great book.

This book was so good. Just a little shame the male narrator was very robotic and monotone. I actually thought at one point it ‘was’ an automated voice. Sometimes I thought it was Forrest Gump talking. That aside - the book is well written, emotional, keeps you listening to see what happens next.

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best book ever

love it I was in tears it was way better than the movie love it

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Made me cry

I loved it so much. I wish I could experience it for the first time again.

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Super tragic😢😢😢

This is a heart wrenching story, modernized Romeo and Juliet. From the title alone "All the Bright Places", I thought this is just a cliche of young adult novels whom high school students began from enemies to lovers. As the book progresses, hell it took a lot of my emotions and gut to continue listening this book. Finch and Violet made me realize that suicide happens not only because people are coward but there are other reasons why some people do so. Story is like 13 Reasons Why but this book made me realize that love is not enough for some to change their perception in life. There are a lot of factors and blaming oneself is not very helpful. The best thing we can do is that for them to make them feel they are not only loved but you will always be there no matter what. The narration is okay or maybe I'm just biased since I have favorite narrators. All in all this story is one to watch out for specially Netflix already made it into motion.

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Loved it!

I bawled my eyes out.
This book is amazing, this book is needed and necessary.

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meh

a bit disappointing, I feel like the story was a bit pointless.

The story is essentially about a high school project, and tragic love story - however I feel like it didn't really NEED to be so tragic. I didn't really see the point.

a good way to bring about awareness of teen MH issues. However I feel like it kind of glorifies suicidal ideation and "teen angst" unnecessarily, as we see so commonly in shows like 13 reasons why/ Riverdale- rather than being empowering.

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So not exactly on par with John Green.

I wasn't as into it as I'd have hoped, being a huge John Green fan and having heard how JohnGreenesque this story is. I didn't find either Violet or Finch remarkyably (see what I did there!) likeable most of the time.

The narration was okay. Nothing spectacular, but not bad at all. I quite liked there actually being two people to give you each character's point of view.

Oh, but the author's note at the end! 😭 ♥

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Beautiful

A remarkable story of sadness and brightness. Feeling very lost that it’s over now, sigh.

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