A review by whiteknight247
Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine by Derren Brown

2.0

Darren Brown is a British magician who pulls off some amazing social experiments. Here he relates some of his experiences from his broader productions into fraud, happiness, and the narratives we tell ourselves that are fictional bullshit. I liked the way he took an approach and framed things in terms of the stoic philosophy and the anecdotal stories he had that relayed his point. I found it hard to get through the book which I was surprised by because I've seen many of Brown's TV material and found it interesting and enjoyable. Brown highlights that despite the difficult challenges we can face in life, overall how we handle the stresses, the disappointments, the death of friends and family, and everything in between is based less on "luck" or money or success and more on our own approach and views on it. Happiness is there for all of us and despite everything terrible or everything awesome that can happen, we'll be fine and we can all be more or less happy.