The father of the year rejects to borrow him money, humiliating him in front of everyone, pleasing to watch him squirming in pain. Our Adult Fiction Books, Range includes Classics Novels, Comic Books, Crime, Thriller, Mystery Novels, General Fiction, Horror, Romance, Science Fictionand War. I still had fun reading this one and will always pick up a Lapena novel knowing pretty much what to expect.

Quite a bit as it turns out - well Fred mainly as he was not ever going to win a "Dad of the year" award.

Happy Families is a delightfully charming story filled with lovable characters and was an absolute joy to read.

My only downfall for this story that it was a little too slow-moving for my liking, as many of the dramatic elements happen in the latter part of the book and I'm a little too impatient for so much context and background building. Just like the tastiest Chinese dish, Happy Families is full of spice and flavour, sweetly funny, with a tiny dash of sour. Weirder still, they've lived in the same small flat about the takeaway for the majority of those years, with Amy's mother Joan acting as their unfortunate go-between and buffer. Every page contains some crucial new development, so I always feel compelled to read just a few more pages. Happy Families looks at the family and history behind the local Chinese takeaway in a new perspective, by giving them a sense of humanity and exposing their secrets to us - showing that despite having the recipe for delicious food, they don't have the recipe for a perfect happy family.

Both were revealed pretty swiftly near the conclusion and felt a little underwhelming, I guess I was expecting something a little more impactful. I was anxious to see who the killer was and everyone seemed to have a past that couldn’t be overlooked.

I’ve read all of Shari Lapena’s suspense novels (except her last one, which I plan to make right soon), and I have loved all of them. She didn’t do anything to protect them and now that’s how she got paid for herself: being strangled to death! For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK).Really enjoyed the first half, the writing simple, and funny, with an insight into first, second and third generation Chinese families in Wales.

Are there any teachers or MNs who can tell me the difference between the book band colour and the reading stages?I must be losing my brain cells, found the second half hard to keep up with the people and their connections to each other. At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills. You don't know who to trust and with the short sections from each character's POV, that trust changes page by page. I would have been interested to understand more about the experiences the first generation to arrive faced given they are now an accepted part of the community and the takeaway regarded as something of a local institution.