All the Bright Places

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The New York Times bestselling love story about two teens who find each other while standing on the edge.


Theodore Finch
is fascinated by death. Every day he thinks of ways he might kill himself, but every day he also searches for—and manages to find—something to keep him here, and alive, and awake.

Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her small 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—six stories above the ground— it’s unclear who saves whom. Soon it’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself. 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. . . .
 
“A do-not-miss for fans of Eleanor & Park and The Fault in Our Stars, and basically anyone who can breathe.” —Justine Magazine
 
“At the heart—a big one—of All the Bright Places lies a charming love story about this unlikely and endearing pair of broken teenagers.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A heart-rending, stylish love story.” —The Wall Street Journal

“A complex love story that will bring all the feels.” —Seventeen Magazine

“Impressively layered, lived-in, and real.” —Buzzfeed

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Published Sep 13, 2016

416 pages

Average rating: 8

285 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Ayaportokaya
May 22, 2025
10/10 stars
This book absolutely brought me back alive and killed me. It's written so beautifully and gave me a sense of who I am and what I want to do with my life and helped me get back on my feet and connect with my mind and my feelings and creativity. I was lucky enough to have an amazing teacher who gave me this book, and after 2 years of it gathering dust in my drawer, I finally decided to give it a read... and it shook me awake. I'm so happy that I got to experience this, even though I have no idea how I will recover from it. Thank you.
BookBabe09
May 17, 2025
10/10 stars
Okay so, I put of reading this book for so long, I was scared. And now I've read it, I can not appreciate the writing more the amazing way that Niven portrays depression, I resonate with finch in such a personal way, and I think that'd what's important.
uhhhmanii
Mar 19, 2025
Loved it.
ItsShay__
Mar 12, 2025
Good read. Very emotional. 🥺
stackedlibrarian
Dec 11, 2024
8/10 stars
This book kinda wrecked me. I put off finishing it because I saw what was going to happen and just couldn't face it. But I finished and after an ugly cry, I can say I loved it.

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