Review by amarahk - Happiness for Beginners

amarahk 's review for:

Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

3.5

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I read everyday but I don’t often enjoy it. So when I need something to redeem my faith in books, I naturally pick up a Katherine Centre book.

Her books are lighthearted in the best way and they’re just the right amount of cringe.

They’re guaranteed to make me smile and that’s what I love in a book.

Her writing style is humorous, easy to read, as well as relatable,

Even if I don’t love the main character, Katherine Center has a way of putting me into their shoes: when they feel rejected, I feel it too; when they feel jealous, so do I; when they’re happy, I am too.

And despite the title, I didn’t actually expect the book to teach me anything on happiness but somehow it did! I love the “appreciate three good things” technique and hope to implement it into my own life.

Three good things about this book are:

-The font (I really liked it).

-Windy - I loved her.

-Beckett, although I did hate him at the beginning.

It’s clear that KC researches topics in her books because I usually seem to end up learning something :)

This wasn’t my favourite KC book, probably because I wasn’t rooting for

Helen and Jake to be together

at all? I wanted

him to get with Windy

lol. And as a hopeless romantic, it’s rare that I don’t love the romance in a book. Nevertheless , I mostly enjoyed reading this!

TL;DR More enjoyable than most books I read, but not the best KC book. The side characters > Helen and Jake.

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