Every day he thinks of ways he might kill himself, but every day he also searches for–and manages to find–something to keep him here, and alive, and awake. And don’t miss Take Me with You When You Go, Jennifer Niven’s highly anticipated new book with bestselling author David Levithan! Theodore Finch is fascinated by death. Not to mention the several f-bombs, and the weighty subject matter.NOW A NETFLIX FILM, STARRING ELLE FANNING AND JUSTICE SMITH! The New York Times bestselling love story about two teens who find each other while standing on the edge. Rated: High for teenage smoking and drinking and some off-screen sex. I enjoyed seeing the state through their eyes, exploring the nooks and crannies and offbeat places that people don’t usually go.īut that wasn’t enough for me to truly enjoy this book. What I did like, however, were Finch and Violet’s trips exploring the state of Indiana. It’s like all the crappy things that could happen to anyone in life were happening to Finch and Violet. I felt that Niven was throwing WAY too much at me: suicidal thoughts, car accident deaths, neglectful parenting, abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, actual suicide, and bullying, with a smattering of eating disorders in there as well. I wanted to like Finch and Violet, but I didn’t connect with either one. I’m sure this one will get huge comparisons to The Fault in Our Stars (teens fall in love in spite of Obstacles) or Eleanor & Park (teens fall in love in spite of Differences in background and in spite of Bad Circumstances), but I didn’t feel like it was as good as either of those. There’s really not much else to the plot.
And slowly, through a class project and sheer determination, he wins her over.
It’s a weird way to start a relationship, saving each other from suicide, but Finch can’t get Violet off his mind.
Both find themselves at the top of the school’s bell tower one wintry day, contemplating the idea of jumping off, ending it all. Violet is dealing with guilt and heartbreak, being the only survivor in a car accident that killed her sister. Finch is just coming out of a two-month “sleep,” as he calls it.
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