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Melancholy of haruhi Suzumiya is a masterpiece from the early 2000s.

Well written science fiction with an emphasis of slice of life story of a high school boy with no willingness to explore the joy in the world as he is coping with the reality, and a girl who is willing to take an action on every opportunity for fun things like aliens, time-travelers or espers.

Only thing people may not enjoy is the overabundance of monologues, where every thoughts of the main character is being described.
Many of the characters' emotion are being described with unconventional similes and metaphors or detailed gestures, which may slow pacing down. ... For me it helps my mind to settle the emotions of the characters, but some may find this frustrating.

I have read the first eight books, and I will say this series tells a coherent story throughout the books, and everything from the second book until the seventh book is linked so it is very difficult to judge the independent book, if we were to judge the entirety of the book.

The book deals with the independence of the high school kids, being under the environment social pressure, and eventually over coming the expectations of the ones they love. Their emotions are being torn apart, as the go through a troubling time, which all of them end up affecting the main character Sakuta. Which not ... only drives the story forward in a unforceful way, but helps Sakuta grow as he understands about himself and the ones he love and care.

Also the writing style is very polished, as depiction and imagery is plentiful without being overly done and annoying like the light novels in the 2020s.