Rating: 4.5/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 All the Bright Places follows two main characters: Violet Markey and Theodore Finch. Finch often thinks about committing suicide, and sometimes he asks himself if today is the day to do it. The people at school call him "freak" and he gets bullied often. Violet lost her older sister in a car accident 9 months ago. They were in the same car; she lived, her sister died. One day during school, both of them find their way onto the 4-inch wide ledge of the bell tower, unsure if they would really let themselves fall. Somehow, they talk each other down, and slowly get to know each other as the days continue. 
 Originally, I was going to rate this book 4 stars but decided on 4.5 because of all the different layers of the book, and also how the book made me feel. 
 At first, I found this book pretty slow. I wasn't necessarily bored, but I was eager for something to happen. As Finch and Violet's relationship continued to grow, my love for this book grew as well. I felt sympathetic for Finch in the book, but I also felt a kind of understanding for how he was feeling. Most of the people at school thought he was a freak, he had an abusive father, and his mother, while there, still felt absent. For a portion of the book I really didn't like Violet because she seemed extremely shallow. She hung out with her popular friends and didn't want to be seen with Finch because people would talk about them. She was too afraid of being judged, but thankfully, she changes later in the book. 
 I loved this book because it addressed the issue of mental illness. I feel like it isn't something that is talked about enough in "good" way. What I mean is that there are a lot of books that feature mental illness as something to make a character more interesting, or add another layer to a character, or to give them some sort of "personality" and I hate that. I hate when authors add in mental illness for no discernible reason other than trying to make their characters "interesting." That isn't what happens in this book. I feel like this is how books about mental illness should be written. 
 Lastly, I loved how there were so many layers to this book and the characters. Not everybody is the same person on the inside as the one they show to everyone else. This book shows that lots of people are fighting their own battles, but at the same time it's not okay to take that out on other people. I loved how this book made me feel. It managed to make me happy, make me cry, and keep me reading. 
 Overall, this is a wonderful book featuring mental illness and a romance that feels real. I would definitely recommend this book to anybody, but not if you're particularly sensitive. There is bullying (it does get extremely violent), abuse, and mentions of suicide, so please don't read this book if you're sensitive to these things or if they're triggering.