![]() It was the best of times it was the worst of times. There’s also the sudden death of a loved one in the book’s second act, complete with psychological fallout, as well as plenty of picturesque outdoor dining and leisure activities. Almost immediately, his train of thought takes unwelcome and chaotic turns he compares it to being 'stoned on bad, cheap dope' and he experiences bizarre visual hallucinations. Meanwhile, Sabrina and Cleo, in the book’s B-plot, suffer the pangs of estrangement - one hesitates to schedule a visit, the other feels stressed and isolated and less intimate than before. Enslin spends 70 minutes in Room 1408, dictating his experience into a handheld tape recorder. The protagonist, Harriet, is a burned-out medical professional considering a career change. What differentiates “Happy Place” from a standard love story is how much it’s a love-in-the-time-of-covid story, though inexplicably, neither covid nor the pandemic is referenced explicitly. All romances, be they comedies or dramas, demand that their leads get vulnerable and confess their feelings before is too late. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Happy Place” is funny at points, but it is also the closest that Henry has come to writing an old-school melodrama, a heart-rending plot that struggles to express the inexpressible. ![]()
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