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Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

164 reviews

charlottehn's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It got a bit slow in the middle, I got a bit bored and almost didn't finish. But I'm glad I did, it comes together really well at the end.

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donteatmercury's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Was better than the premise and the premise was very compelling -- a hard book to land and it was some very well. Also some surprise OCD representation that was really good!

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robynmargeson's review against another edition

3.25

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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maddsienicole's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The first half of this book was incredibly slow: You know at least one person is going to die, but the deaths themselves end up sort of being cop-outs, and the 'Death Lady' is so deeply unlikable, it's hard jumping back and forth between her story and the characters we're rooting to survive. By the end, things get wrapped up nicely and you have more sympathy for 'Death Lady,' but there was definitely a moment where I didn't know if I could finish it. The book makes you think, and can be quite dark at times.

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turning_every_paige's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have read a couple of Moriarty’s books before this, and this one is hands down the best I’ve read from her so far. She gets deep in this this somewhat meandering story, exploring themes of loss, grief, divorce, death, fear, and relationships. To me, the overarching messages was: make the most of the time you have with the people you love. I think another key idea is: Don’t let fear take over your life.

There are so many characters in this one, and I enjoyed the creative ways in which the author entwined their lives! However, it could be a little bit confusing keeping track of so many.

I appreciated these themes from my Christian worldview! We don’t know how much time we’ve been given by the Lord, so we must spend it wisely! We have such a finite amount of time with which to love those in our lives. It’s precious, it is meant to be used up and maxed out!

Also, don’t let fear drive you. Let love drive you. When fear drives your actions, it sucks away all the joy of life; but love enriches your experiences— even the painful or frightening ones.

My favorite character was Cherry. It takes a while to finally uncover her whole story, but it’s worth it!

I detracted a start because of the amount of language. There’s frequent use of mild language, and semi-frequent use of strong language. I’ll share other content advisory below!

4 ⭐️

CW: mentions of suicide and self-harm, sex is mentioned with very mild description (no actual sex scenes though), frequent mild language, semi-frequent strong language, divorce, death of friends/loved ones, depression, stalking, reference to domestic violence

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