The Bookworm says... Absolutely. I am sitting here, a heart broken mess over this book. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven was absolutely outstanding. Violet and Finch meet on the bell tower, 6 floors above the ground. It becomes clear that they are there for the same reason: death. Whether desire for death, fear of death, or memory of death, it brought them there. The rumors fly- Violet Markey rescues resident suicidal freak, Theodore Finch. Wandering through Indiana's not so typical but oh so lovely wonders, the unlikely pair that is Theodore Freak Find and Ultrviolet Unremarkey-able are able to connect to each other in a special way. They show each other all the bright places within the state borders of Indiana, and within themselves.
I cannot describe how much I loved this book. I'm speechless. Here is the best way I can describe my love for it: when reading, if I come a cross a passage or a page or a thought that I really truly love, I fold the bottom corner of the page down. Most books, around 1-5 pages get turned. 14 pages. I turned 14 corners of pages. Jennifer Niven, I am in love with your lovely book and the characters that live in not only the fictional realm of this story, but in all of our lives.
"I grew out of my clothes because, it turns out, growing fourteen inches in a summer is easy. It's growing out of a label that's hard."
