This book is a masterpiece.MORE HAPPY THAN NOT is a coming-of-age novel set in the near future, in the Projects of the Bronx, NY. Already the story is so much more rich, because Silvera grew up there himself; this story is a reimagining of some of his most vulnerable moments, which are discussed a little more here.I'm friends with Adam on Goodreads, but we haven't interacted much at all, so I can say without a doubt that my review & rating are completely unbiased in that regard.I'll start with the negative first: this book, at least in my personal experience, can be slow to get into. Perhaps this comes with the territory of the situations that the novel meditates on, because MORE HAPPY THAN NOT is far from the only gut-wrenching book I've read that had a lagging start. I can foresee a common DNF being due to the amount of time it takes for readers unaffiliated with city life, or extreme poverty, to be able to settle into Aaron's skin.Actually, this non-issue with becoming acquainted with the New York Projects leads into another topic that's portrayed powerfully in this story, despite it being only 293 pages; the smallest comments and the littlest events remind you of the class divides. The most beautiful part of this book, I think, is its ability to take multiple genres and various topics, and somehow tie it together without the reader feeling as if they're all being thrown at you at once. If you've already read MORE HAPPY THAN NOT, did it ever occur to you that this is totally a science-fiction. Leteo Institute works with medically altering memories of trauma to bring peace to its clients. Similarly, it paints a picture of the issues we still have presently in the United States, despite what everyone wants us to think or believe. And we're seeing it through our children's eyes. Through a sixteen-year-old boy's perspective, we see the injustices that are supposedly non-existent in today's America. We see boys who'd rather kill themselves or throw their lives away than accept who they really are. Aaron deals with his life in the aftermath of his father's suicide -- and his own attempt he wears on his wrist -- but there's nothing graceful about what he's going through. I love the stark reality that Adam Silvera paints of teen and parent suicide, a contrast to how I've seen other authors (especially young ones) write it, as if it's something beautiful and to be admired.Adam Silvera knows how to be a god in his craft, twisting words to fit his intentions with no errors to be found. MORE HAPPY THAN NOT is so many things. Bad is not one of them. Poorly written is not one of them.Masterpiece is. 
 P.S. I will be holding the prayer group for Aaron Soto next Tuesday, behind the old laundromat. That kid needs it, he can't catch a FUCKING break.