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Gay FictionQueer FantasyLGBTQ+ Young Adult

More Happy Than Not

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  • 2015 first published
  • 320 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (12 ratings)
  • 8 editions
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More Happy Than Not is a 2015 gay fiction and queer fantasy novel by Adam Silvera. Much of the action takes place in New York, N.Y. and Bronx, New York, N.Y.. Key subjects include Memory, gays, youths' writings and single-parent families.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, and 97 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.

It runs to roughly 320 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About More Happy Than Not

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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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Subjects

  • Dating, Social customs
  • Memory
  • Gays
  • Youths' writings
  • Single-parent families
  • Coming out, Sexual orientation
  • Children's fiction
  • Homosexuality
  • New york, N.y.
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance
  • Gay teenagers
  • Children of suicide victims
  • Puerto Rican youth
  • Urban poor
  • Bullying

Quick answers

Who wrote More Happy Than Not?

More Happy Than Not was written by Adam Silvera and first published in 2015.

What genre is More Happy Than Not?

It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction, Queer Fantasy and LGBTQ+ Young Adult.

How long is More Happy Than Not?

The median edition has 320 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to More Happy Than Not?

Readers who like it often enjoy Two Boys Kissing, Am I blue? and The Red Scrolls of Magic.

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