Happiness Falls
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ⢠When a father goes missing, his familyâs desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another in this thrilling page-turner, a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis from the award-winning authorâŚ
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The voice of the main character was compelling. Annoying at times, but that was part of her character.
A quirky mystery on the surface -- a man goes missing -- but ultimately a deep dive into the human condition, with all the flaws and inconsistencies that suggests. Charming, funny, gut-wrenching.
The complicated and wonderful characters in Miaâs family really drew me in. They all have enough to deal with: the pandemic; Miaâs first breakup; her complicated relationship with her twin, who seems to do everything right; their brother Eugeneâs disabilities, which mean heâs often discriminated against or underestimated; and their parentsâ struggles to keep it all together and move on from heartbreaking false hopes.
When her father disappears, Mia doesnât let her other problems or even the fear and heartbreak get in the way of her determination to find out the truthâno matter how painfulâand protect Eugene from unjust suspicion.âŚ
From Kat's list on sleuths who have enough problems without a mystery to solve.
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Sometimes, I read to be entertained, sometimes to enjoy the authorâs use of language, and sometimes to make myself think about my own life. Rarely does a book do all three. This one did.
Not only is it a great mystery, with sparkling prose, but it made me think about my own family in a way that is going to stay with me for a long time.
In Happiness FallsâAngie Kimâs follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut, Miracle Creekâthe trial-lawyer-turned-crime-writer takes another giant step towards perfecting what I like to call the âphilosophical mysteryâ novel.
Yes, the engaging plot is a twisting tale about a missing person that had me guessing and re-guessing what happened from the first to the final pages.
But within this tightly wound whodunit, Kim posesâand perhaps even approaches answers toâsome of lifeâs biggest questions, including what one might do to become truly happy.
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