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More Happy Than Not

by Adam Silvera · 295 pages · Published June 2015
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3.89 / 5 across 50K ratings
Spice: ❄️ (0/5)

A dark, emotional Young Adult ya contemporary built around memory erasure, identity, lgbtq+. 295 pages and a satisfying conclusion.

Best for readers who want…

Dark. Emotional. Devastating.

Dark Emotional Devastating

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Dark Emotional Devastating
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Content notes

Suicide Attempt Violence Homophobia
Memory Erasure
Identity
LGBTQ+
Book profile

Mood, trope, and intensity breakdown

How this book actually feels — based on mood analysis, not publisher blurbs.

Mood profile
Romance
10%
Fantasy
0%
Pacing
3/5
Darkness
3/5
Spice
0/5
Core elements
Genre
YA Contemporary
LGBTQ+
Moods
Dark
Emotional
Devastating
Key Tropes
Memory Erasure
Identity
LGBTQ+
Ending
Satisfying
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Is More Happy Than Not spicy?

No spice (0/5) — clean read with no heat.

Who would enjoy More Happy Than Not?

Readers who love dark and emotional stories with memory erasure and identity. Best suited for Young Adult readers and up.

What kind of read is More Happy Than Not?

A dark, emotional Young Adult ya contemporary built around memory erasure, identity, lgbtq+. 295 pages and a satisfying conclusion.

What are the content warnings for More Happy Than Not?

Content notes include: suicide attempt, violence, homophobia. Sort By Cravings always flags these so you can make informed choices.

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Every Sort By Cravings guide is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs or Amazon summaries. We map tropes directly from the text, cross-reference BookTok and Goodreads reader reactions across 500+ community posts, and calibrate heat ratings against reader consensus before publishing. Mood tags, spice numbers, and “skip if” notes reflect actual reading experience. Read our editorial standards.

📚 Last reviewed: March 2026 Guide verified against current edition
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