More Happy Than Not

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and maybe, maaaybe one time you're there long after the last class has let out for the day, and you know you're going to do it right then, when the building is empty of anyone you'd want to see you triumph, as well as everyone you wouldn't want to see you fall. Instead, you would say “much happier” to convey exactly how happy you are on a scale. What Does More Than Happy Mean?

A dark and deeply affecting book, More Happy than Not asks young readers to reflect courageously on the value of memory and self.”

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A fresh spin on what begins as a fairly standard, if well executed, story of a teen experiencing firsts—first love, first sex, first loss—and struggling with his identity and sexuality . . . Prejudice is illustrated with gut-wrenching brutality and its effects are scarring, but Silvera tempers it with the genuine love and acceptance Aaron receives from a few important friends and family members . . . Ingenious.” Aaron is one of the most interesting, authentic teen narrators I’ve met, and his story is told with incredible courage and unflinching honesty. Silvera managed to leave me smiling after totally breaking my heart. Unforgettable.” So, yeah. It was cringe-worthy, crude or even annoying at times, but I wouldn't have changed one sentence. Note how the nominative case can always use a be-verb such as “am” or “are” after the pronoun. We can also remove it, and the sentence would retain its meaning. Using “Than” With Possessive Pronouns

Unfortunately, the way the story concludes left me dissatisfied. It seems to paint being gay in a toxically unhealthy and hopeless way - which fine, that's the way the main character feels about it, I guess?

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maybe you let go, and for the first few seconds of glorious acceleration you're thinking this is the best thing ever, and what you wouldn't give to have that asshole c*****—not martinez, or prieto, or gonzales, or de silva—the other one— ALSO, I LOVED the plot twist! I wasn't expecting it and it blew my mind, had me reading until 4 AM and I had to work the next day! A beautiful debut novel [that] manages a delicate knitting of class politics through an ambitious narrative about sexual identity and connection that considers the heavy weight and constructive value of traumatic memory . . . Aaron’s Bronx universe [is captured] with a precision that feels at once dreamy and casually reportorial . . . Mandatory reading.”

maybe you panic and clutch at the pitted metal bar to stop yourself, and then feel silly when you realize you've only moved two steps down.Smith, Eric (2015-12-10). "The 30 Best Young Adult Books of 2015". Paste Magazine . Retrieved 2022-01-01. Personally, I do not think the promised big twist is particularly hard to guess if you've read the description and seen the movie this is being compared to, but I don't think much hangs on it anyway. Because this book is an overlapping of several stories and themes, each one as powerful as the last. It's about coming to terms with ones sexuality, it's about friendship, it's about memory and forgetting, it's a love story, and it's about choosing to be happy, despite the sad. 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.