Reviews

Happyhead by Josh Silver

spoody's review

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

this book gets two stars because the writing was amazing, i do love the author. i have so many questions about the plot though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Mental illness, Homophobia, Violence, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

arwenj's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

booknerd93's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

toppreads's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

joannedernie's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Gripping, stayed up late to finish. Understand comparison to Hunger Games, but stands on it own 

ayeesharbrts's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

nicole_ar's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

toriepeters's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

kjovertherainbow's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

mel_books's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

4.0

Format: audiobook ~ Narrator: Huw Parmenter
Content: 4 stars ~ Narration: 4.5 stars
Complete audiobook review

100 teenagers are selected to participate in a project called HappyHead (a retreat for teenagers to help them with their unhappiness). Seb is one of those participants.

I’m a bit thorn to write this review. I generally liked it, but I think there were some unrealistic details (like family relations). But I like the way it was written when Seb’s internal voice mixed with actual conversations.

There are some similar elements to Hunger Games, but I wouldn’t directly compare it. Maybe it is a little similar to Squid Game, but still different. I’m not sure about dystopia, either. I would say HappyHead is a YA thriller. It is tense, fast-paced, and thought-provoking.

The narrator had a tough job narrating this audiobook, but he did great.

3.5 because of the details I mentioned above, but I will round it to 4 because it was a well-imagined YA Squid Game equivalent.

Thanks to Bolinda Audio for the advanced copy and this opportunity! This is a voluntary review and all opinions are my own.