More happy than not

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Adam Silvera: More happy than not (2015, Soho Press, Incorporated)

295 pages

English language

Published Sept. 9, 2015 by Soho Press, Incorporated.

ISBN:
978-1-61695-560-1
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4 stars (2 reviews)

When it first gets announced, the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure seems too good to be true to Aaron Soto-miracle cure-alls don't tend to pop up in the Bronx projects. Aaron can't forget how he's grown up poor, how his friends all seem to shrug him off, and how his father committed suicide in their one bedroom apartment. He has the support of his patient girlfriend, if not necessarily his distant brother and overworked mother, but it's not enough. Then Thomas shows up. He doesn't mind Aaron's obsession over the Scorpius Hawthorne books and has a sweet movie set-up on his roof. There are nicknames. Aaron's not only able to be himself, but happiness feels easy with Thomas. The love Aaron discovers may cost him what's left of his life, but since Aaron can't suddenly stop being gay Leteo may be the only way out.

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4 stars

I read this because it was challenged at my local school district and I was offered to serve on a committee to review it. This book was deeply, deeply depressing but I enjoyed it regardless. I do have some qualms with the way some of the characters were presented, but I am glad I stuck with it till the end because there was a point where I was iffy and then instantly shifted to one of my most memorable books I've ever read. I feel like this book however, should contain some pretty big trigger warnings. It is very, very, VERY upsetting. Like, I honestly had to take a few breaks here and there just to get thru it. 

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Subjects

  • Dating (Social customs)
  • Memory
  • Gays
  • Youths' writings
  • Fiction
  • Single-parent families
  • Coming out (Sexual orientation)

Places

  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Bronx (New York, N.Y.)