A review by fuzzywuzzy
In This Moment by Karma Brown

4.0

Sometimes books feel personal and this was one of them. I liked everything about this book. I loved Meg, and truly dislike her husband. First, this is a story about an accident, a woman who feels responsible, and the aftermath of the accident. Guilt can make you do crazy things, and that’s essentially what happened with Meg. In trying to process the responsibility she feels for an accident that wasn’t her fault, she also has a daughter dealing with it (horribly) in her own way. This book covers grief, motherhood, and a woman trying to do it all which…. Newsflash…. We cannot. Her husband, a doctor, had God complex. Meg had a job, but he saw very little value in what she did and viewed it as only fluff. I wasn’t happy that the author didn’t address his disgusting attitude. Only what Meg did. He also didn’t take some things with their daughter serious enough. Clearly he hadn’t seen enough carnage at his job or was just oblivious and contributing to the obvious entitled attitude of their daughter. This book brought out many emotions. It didn’t make me laugh…. Ever… it wasn’t that kind of book. It didn’t make me cry because I’m not much of a crier with books, but it did make me feel. I felt for Meg, I felt for the daughter after what she witnessed, and I also felt for the father of the boy who would never be the same again. This is four stars only because I really needed it to be addressed how flippant her husbands attitude was at times, and how yes even though grieving, how horrid Alysse was. Anyhoo, another winner from Karma. She never lets me down and is superb at writing an emotionally charged novel. I’m anxiously awaiting her next one!