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Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
4.0

Thank you to the publisher for a Netgalley copy of this book.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I found the story to be compelling and once I got used to the voice of the narrator, I was turning pages very quickly. The family dynamics were well written, as were the flashbacks in time. The lawyer/police procedural part of this book did not overtake the story, but helped move the story along where without it we would've been in a standstill. 

What I did not like about the book was the amount of inner dialogue. Luckily, a good chunk of it was written in footnotes, which I began to skip after awhile. I didn't feel as if they were adding to my experience. Inner dialogue was what kept my from loving I Have Some Questions for You earlier this year, but the difference here was the case was way more interesting and the footnotes taking away some of this dialogue. 

Definitely recommend this one which is out 8.29.23.