More happy than not

Written by: Adam Silvera

Published: July 24th, 2018

Format: Paperback

Length: 300 Pages

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, LGBT, Fiction, Romance

My Precise Rating: 4.4 stars! (Really liked it!)

SYNOPSIS

Part Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, part Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Adam Silvera's extraordinary debut confronts race, class, and sexuality during one charged near-future summer in the Bronx.

Sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto is struggling to find happiness after a family tragedy leaves him reeling. He's slowly remembering what happiness might feel like this summer with the support of his girlfriend Genevieve, but it's his new best friend, Thomas, who really gets Aaron to open up about his past and confront his future.

As Thomas and Aaron get closer, Aaron discovers things about himself that threaten to shatter his newfound contentment. A revolutionary memory-alteration procedure, courtesy of the Leteo Institute, might be the way to straighten himself out. But what if it means forgetting who he truly is?

MY SPOILER FREE REVIEW

“The boy with no direction taught me something unforgettable: happiness comes again if you let it.”

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MORE HAPPY THAN NOT; more happy than not

Yes, that’s what this book, Nah this is what ‘Aaron Soto’ made me realize, that no matter what you do you can’t run away from your past or you can’t forget it.

You can just acknowledge it and move on from there, even if it is insurmountable to do so.

I recommend this book to everyone, why well this book sure has everything you want from a little bit of Sci-Fi to intense Romance from those gut-wrenching moments to those irreversible twists and turns. For me, this book really made me see my life moments from a certain point of view, and even made me question some things!

If that sounded a little heartbroken, well yes this book sure broke my heart!

You may ask me what is in this book that profound!

There are so many things, and even if I wanted to say it may potentially spoil you, so go on read this if you haven’t already.

To be honest whenever I need some saturation for things going on in my life I read this book.

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“While we can’t always engineer our own happy endings, we can learn how to be more happy than not with the cards we’ve been dealt.”