#117 in Young adult
All the Bright Places
- 402
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“All the Bright Places” is an earnest young adult novel about first love and grief that hits hardest when read at the age of its characters. Jennifer Niven drew on her own story, and the feeling behind it shows. Some readers who come to it later, with the wave of tearful teen romances behind them, find it pleasant rather than piercing.
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About the book
All the Bright Places is a young adult fiction novel by Jennifer Niven which is based on the author's personal story. The novel was first published on January 6, 2015, through Knopf Publishing Group and is Niven's first young adult book. A film adaptation starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith was released on February 28, 2020, on Netflix.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 543 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 79% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 65 | 12% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 13 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 465 | 86% |
Frequently asked
What age is All the Bright Places for?
All the Bright Places sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 402 pages — shorter than 58% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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