All The Bright Places

Rating 4.5/5 (close to being perfect, from characters, plot, quotes and language. Mostly aimed at a younger audience though)

I doubt there's any young adult left in England that hasn't read this book. Honestly, though for once, the mass opinion may not be such a bad thing. It is truly brilliant and I think we can all learn from the morals in the story, to do with bullying, alienation, bereavement and mental health. My favourite part was probably the dual perspective. I feel like it's hard to find books or a writer that does both the male and female perspective justice, except for Eleanor and Park and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. The wit, comedy, characterization is second to none and it really captures the feeling of coming of age and what its like to be seventeen. The quotes are brilliant too, especially the Virgina Woolf ones. The ending broke me. It really was hard to read the vibrancy of Finch fade and for Violet to deal with the pain of watching him descend further into his illness. I won't give too much away, in case you've been living under a rock and haven't grabbed a copy. Do it. It's full, it's warm, it's inspiring and it's actually good.

Favourite Quote: "You're all the colours at once, at full brightness".