All the Bright places was a great read. 
 This is a story of two teens, both who are going through problems, how they find each other, how they love each other and how the world reacts to death and suicide. 
 So many spots in this book hit home with me and parts made me smile. I love all the adventures wanders and the poems they recite each other as conversation. 
 There is a lot of talk of depression and mental illness and the stigma that surrounds them. One of my favorite lines is "It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood disease just to make it easier on me and also on them." 
 It explains the feeling of being told to 'cheer up' or 'get over it' we live in a advanced time, we can talk to people thousands of miles away via airwaves, we can cure a multitude of diseases, we have permission to be who we want, love who we want, church is separate from state, and the world is a land of opportunity at the moment! BUT the one thing we haven't eradicated from our society is the stigma around depression, mental illnesses and suicide. 
 "People rarely bring flowers to a suicide." 
 I'm not sure what book or show this was from but there was a bit along the lines of ' When your child dies its the worst thing a parent can experience and one cannot imagine if it hasn't happen to them, but when your child dies of an overdose, you don't get casseroles or condolences just looks of pity and avoidance of the subject, you feel bad talking about there memory but you still love them and want to talk and remember them" 
 I think that's how a lot of us feel that have lost a friend or family member to suicide, defensive about talking about them due to the looks and response people give you and the stigma around it. 
 Everyone deals with things differently some have anger, some repress, some become comedians, bullies, some turn to drugs, others hide in the imaginary world of books, this book represents all these thing all to well. 
 Live life the best person you can be and treat others how you'd like to be treated even if it isn't reciprocated, smile at someone in the street. You can never know how much simple things can make someones day all that better. 
 I originally gave this a 3.5 stars, now after writing this I'm bumping my review to a 4 as it was thought provoking, truthful and truly a great read.