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In my opinion, the plot was interesting if it could be trimmed to a pretty intriguing short story, axing the extraneous characters who did not really add anything to the book and most of the parts where the MC is acting silly and ignoring perfectly good clues. Saumya Dave beautifully depicts the weaknesses and strengths of a complex and flawed family, while bringing multiple compelling perspectives to mental health issues. I was really entertained by this book and found this to be the best book I've read by this author in quite a long time. What a Happy Family delves deep into the emotions of family struggles, mental health, happiness, and the importance of communication.
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In Chapter 3 she shares her dread that “something that happened a long, long time ago, something I thought I’d managed to bury forever, might not be buried at all.Good thing is that it was easy to read, but a bad thing is that it was too repetitive, so many things that were already said were mentioned again and again. Nestled in the suburbs of Atlanta, a family learns the funniest punchlines can hide the hardest truths in this evocative women’s fiction novel from the author of Well-Behaved Indian Women.
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It's just good, dirty, murderous fun, with no one to care about because no one is worth caring about. I couldn't get enough of The Happy Family, loved the characterisation, writing, and just everything about it. Other families expose kids to new ideas and lifestyles and give them a broader view of their roles in their own family as well as in their community," Haltzman says.
The book follows each character as they navigate their own battles and investigates the question, "How do families hurt us, and how can they also heal us? It’s told from a multi-person perspective which I as a reader love because I enjoy getting to be in the heads of everyone and see the depth of why they act the way they do. I loved this book and it turns out that I have read Jackie Kablers book the perfect couple and I loved that one also so it makes sense. I still had fun reading this one and will always pick up a Lapena novel knowing pretty much what to expect. But knowing someone is lying doesn't solve a case and this case is so tangled in lies that it might never get untangled.
The Happy Family: The gripping new psychological crime
Some characters look like celebrities (Zack is like Andy Samberg), and others want to be like celebrities (Natasha wants to be Mindy Kaling, etc. Part psychological part domestic, THE HAPPY FAMILY is an addictive read that will keep you turning the pages long into the night. The Joshi family must delve into the past and examine long-buried secrets if they are truly to help each other and heal as a family. Over the story, we gradually find out about Beth’s past, informing us of why she is so paranoid in the present. There's humour effortlessly mingled with more serious issues and it never feels either heavy handed or glib.Spending time with our extended family is a big deal for us," says Gita Saini, 39, a mom of two, ages 5 and 8, in Orange County, CA, who has two sisters-in-law living close by. Instead of the story moving in a straight-line trajectory (with Lapina's signature twists), the book kept on going back-and-forth in circles, spotlighting the three adult children and possible other suspects.
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Why has someone waited all this time to get rheir revenge, Beth believes they don't want her to be happy and having her mother back is the dream she never expected to come true. The more sinister theme of gas-lighting shows how victims really do lose faith in their judgement and I found Beth’s behaviour saddening because she lacked control over her life. Knowing that you prioritize new experiences, for example, you might decide to pull the kids out of school for a special family trip, while another family who values education over everything else would never consider scheduling a vacation during the school year. The only suspects are the three adult siblings who all will gain a big inheritance from their deaths, and who argued with their parents the night before.This was a fast-paced read, centered on divorced mom of two, Beth, whose mother walked out on her 30 years ago when she was just 10 years old. Things go missing or are moved about and Beth begins to wonder if she is losing her grip on reality. And finally one of them decided to take matters into his or her own hands: brutally killing parents before their father pull his last trick up his sleeve by changing his will and leaving half of his wealth to his sister a. However, in terms of plot development, I don’t think it was the most original of stories and surprises in the plot were lacking.
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