If you've followed my blog for any length of time, you know these topics are some of my favourites to read about. So let's get into the review.
This book follows Theodore Finch, a teenager struggling with family issues, identity issues, and mental illness. It also gives the point of view of Violet Markey (Ultraviolet Re-Markeyable) a girl who feels responsible for her sisters untimely death. The two meet and what ensues is hope.
Now for those of you who hate a cliche you will and won't find that here. I don hate when people get angry at cliche's, because it's like being mad at remakes of movies, or new brands of mac-n-cheese. Not everything can be original, and all characters fall into some archetype.
Finch is cliche in that he's the spontaneous, qwerky, bad boy, except that he's not. And Violet is the smart girl with the wrong friends (which she is). This didn't bother me reading it though, as these characters, these tropes, are real people in the real world.
Violet and Finch wind up on a school project together, wandering Indiana, and together trying to recover from the things that haunt them. It's a beautiful story, and I won't soon forget it.
BUT THAT ENDING. The ending of the book may be the least cliche thing about it. I'm trying to keep this spoiler free, but if this book was all cliche, it would not have ended like that. I was in fact almost in tears. Is that a spoiler? No, it's a hint. Oops.
I love what this book has done, and what it stands for, the Authors Note at the end is very well-written and appreciated as well. This book tackles the subject of suicide, depression, and loss very well and for an audience that may really need that. I can't express my love for this book.
5/5
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