382. All the Bright Places

Rating:  ☆☆☆

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Author:  Jennifer Niven

Genre:   Fiction, Young Adult, Romance

378 pages, published January 6, 2015

Reading Format:  Audio Book

Summary

All the Bright Places begins when two teenagers, Theodore Finch and Violet Markey, meet on the ledge of the bell tower at their school where one or both of them is contemplating jumping.  It’s unclear who saves whom.  They are paired to work together on a school project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state.  They end up discovering each other.

Quotes 

“You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.”

 

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”        

 

“The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it’s the small things that count.”

 

“I know life well enough to know you can’t count on things staying around or standing still, no matter how much you want them to. You can’t stop people from dying. You can’t stop them from going away. You can’t stop yourself from going away either. I know myself well enough to know that no one else can keep you awake or keep you from sleeping.”

 

“The great thing about this life of ours is that you can be someone different to everybody.”

 

“Sorry wastes time. You have to live your life like you’ll never be sorry. It’s easier just to do the right thing from the start so there’s nothing to apologize for.”

 

“You make me lovely, and it’s so lovely to be lovely to the one I love.…”

 

“We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.”

 

My Take

A sweet, sad teenage romance.  I’m a bit old for it, but I think youngsters would enjoy it.