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A review by mochiheart
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book has a lot of interesting things to say about ableism and discrimination, but it unfortunately falls flat for me in two ways: 1) I don't find the narrator to be very likeable. Characters (and especially female characters) don't owe readers likeability, but since this story is already very heavy and emotionally taxing, I would have liked to be able to retreat into a narrator that wasn't so angsty; 2) The story was maybe ~75 pages too long. I feel that a good mystery will make you care more about the journey than the solution, but I found myself getting bored and just wanting to know that happened. Maybe if some parts had been pared down it wouldn't have felt like such a slog to get to the end. But overall it was an enjoyable enough book.
Moderate: Death of parent