All the Bright Places
Characters in All the Bright Places
10 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Theodore Finch
A senior at Bartlett High preoccupied with mortality, who counts each day he stays awake and alive; narrates half the novel.
Violet Markey
A popular senior carrying survivor's guilt after her older sister's death, counting down the days until graduation; narrates the other half.
Antagonists
Gabe Romero
Known as Roamer; a senior baseball player who relentlessly bullies Finch at school.
Supporting characters
Eleanor Markey
Violet's older sister, killed in a car accident before the novel opens; her absence shapes everything Violet does.
Amanda Monk
A popular classmate and former friend of Violet's, dating Roamer, who is hiding struggles of her own.
Charlie Donahue
One of Finch's two closest friends at Bartlett High.
Brenda Shank-Kravitz
Finch's other close friend, a writer who sticks by him when the rest of the school does not.
Ryan Cross
The most popular boy in the senior class and Violet's boyfriend before her sister's accident.
Kate Finch
Finch's older sister, about nineteen, who stayed home after their parents' divorce.
Decca Finch
Finch's eight-year-old younger sister, blunt and emotionally honest.