I’ve never fallen in love with any fictional book character ’til I met Theodore Finch.
Well, I fell in love with Cedric Diggory before, but Edward Cullen destroyed my fantasy.
There’s never been a book quite like All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. This book talked about mental illness, and the story was relatable to me because I could see myself as the main male character. I liked the story despite the triggering parts. As I read All the Bright Places, my music playlist on Spotify played some songs that I personally think they would be perfect for the soundtracks if this book were a movie (it turns out that they will make the movie!).
It’s not usual that I decided to post a book review. Sometimes I like the story in a book—very much—that I don’t really know how to express it into words. I have also forgotten how to write properly. So… it isn’t really a “review” review, but All the Bright Places is my best book I’ve read this year.
Some reviewers on Goodreads gave 1 or 2 stars, just because they think the book doesn’t represent the people with mental illness, or the characters weren’t people, just mental illnesses put into bodies, or the story is similar to “The Fault In Out Stars”, or that this book eventually only focused on the “illness”, they expected more from the stories, etc. Some complained about how adults in the book did nothing to help the child. As I said earlier, this book might trigger the reader with mental illness—like 13 Reasons Why—but I always look at the bright side!
Anyway, here is my personal All the Bright Places book soundtrack (in case you want to take a look):
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