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A review by lilawsahar
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
God I learned so much from this book. I am destroyed that Eugene lived for 14 years without being able to communicate because he doesn’t have fine motor skills and his disability enables him to speak. How did he wake up each day knowing that he was going to be treated like an idiot and he had to continue on? The realization that people live like this in real life is gut wrenching. And how I contributed to this idea. Not treating people with disabilities as equals. Makes me sick. Everyone needs to read this book. It blew me away with that insight alone.
I am also utterly sick that we will never know what happened to their dad. Did Eugene kill him? We will never know especially since she put the wrong passcode in the cell phone. I wouldn’t have done that. They don’t know who Eugene is because he wasn’t able to communicate with them. But Eugene knows them. That’s gut wrenching to me. What happened to him??
Tbh I think the happiness quotient part was unneeded in the story. That’s just my take. He just wanted his daughter to have a good life. But the story isn’t able her. It’s able Eugene and him.
Also ACAB.
Tbh I think the happiness quotient part was unneeded in the story. That’s just my take.
Also ACAB.
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Racism, Rape, and Sexism