Book Review: All the Bright Places

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places. 

-Ernest Hemingway
This is a tear-jerking book. At first I thought it would be a light book. But the struggle is heavy, it turned out to be. And the bereavement kind of feeling as a theme of this book never fails me. I cry loudly when Violet starts continuing her wanders to complete their project from U.S. Geography class. And the last place Violet visits is making me cry even harder. I love Finch and some part of me thinks about the same kind of thoughts as him. The other side of me is thinking hard about the reason why Finch gone through everything. I get the clue, of course. He used to get beaten up by his father. His mother doesn't really care about her family. But still, I think it is not enough to make him as complicated as him until all he can think about is drowning himself in a lake. I want more of his story. The complete story of Finch beside the death of the cardinal. But maybe there is no reason. It just happens. And is he bipolar? I still can't get it. But at some points I do understand his feelings. Some lines represent the state of my mind, like, sometimes I also think about other Universe. Some chapters even encourage me to write, esp when Violet and Finch mention about Virginia Woolf. It is just so me, somehow. I made some notes while reading this book too. I think Finch needs to learn how to let go bad thoughts and people. Okay he used this post it and then tear the bad words apart. But still, how can he give up easily? That is when I conclude him as a bipolar. Though it is a label, as he believes in the book, a person with bipolar disorder would not recognize it. That is what makes him special. One of a kind.

But then again, maybe it is the real deal. The mystery of mysterious Finch. No one knows what he's thinking. But most of the time, most of the lines nail me in the head, like I've been through the same struggle as Finch too. But I guess everyone is struggling now and has been through some bad days too, right? Because the most important thing is not what you take, it's what you leave...

I recommend this depressing-yet-so-meaningful book. If you want to know what is a bipolar thinking about his life...this book is the best one you can pick. I give it 4.5 ratings out of 5. Maybe some people would not agree with me of Finch considered as a bipolar, but then again, I guess the author leaves it the way we want him to be. And I don't want him to be so stupid, in drowning himself for no strong particular reason, except, he is a bipolar. It makes him special, though. In my heart, especially.

This book is so touching. You would cry your ass out.

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