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Liane Moriarty - Here One Moment

Sunday, January 26, 2025, 12:00 AM

Liane Moriarty - Here One Moment (2025-01-26)

Narrated by: Caroline Lee, Geraldine Hakewill
Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins

★★★★☆

My review of this book started at 3/5 and dropped all the way to 1/5 before coming back to a 4/5. In fact, I started writing my review before finishing it, and it gives some context. A bit of a spoiler is implied:

I generally love Liane Moriarty. She is an expert at making you fall in love with her characters, and she is really good at including little details that make you relate to them. I am constantly stopping to highlight (or note if listening to an audiobook) a passage or anecdote I find particularly meaningful.

In that regard, this book did not disappoint! But I do not recommend this one to others, nor did I enjoy it. It was just upsetting! The plot wasn't intriguing at all. It was just cruel! Sure, there is some interest in self-fulfilling prophecies and how you will behave, but that was secondary. What she did was force you to fall in love with a bunch of doomed characters, and all you did was follow them on their doom.

Stephen King - (Bill Hodges 1) Mr. Mercedes

Sunday, January 19, 2025, 12:00 AM

Stephen King - (Bill Hodges 1) Mr. Mercedes (2025-01-19)

Narrated by: Will Patton
Series: Bill Hodges Trilogy, Book 1
Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins

Series: Stephen King - Bill Hodges

★★★★☆

Teddy Wayne - The Winner

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 12:00 AM

Teddy Wayne - The Winner (2025-01-14)

Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins

★★☆☆☆ ... barely! Gratuitous sex scenes that didn't add much (and, while in place in the narrative, were well out of place in how other things were described). Poor plot with faulty logic everywhere. The story shoved ideas down your throat (e.g., class warfare). I will give the author credit: I didn't envision the major plot development (though probably should have), and it takes a certain amount of guts to make the main character so hateable!

I have no interest in further reading Teddy Wayne!