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Liane MoriartyHere One Moment
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Why might Moriarty have chosen to tell Cherry’s backstory in such detail? Is it important, for instance, to know so much about her marriage to David Smith to understand how she became the “Death Lady?”
Is Cherry justified in feeling somewhat guilty over the death of Kayla Halfpenny? What does this first death among her prediction “victims” say about The Tension Between Free Will and Destiny?
Chaos can be defined both as a state of confusion and, within chaos theory, unpredictability in a system such as the atmosphere. How does Cherry’s description of herself as an “agent of chaos” apply to both definitions of the word?
Moriarty’s publisher refers to her as a contemporary Jane Austen. In what ways are Moriarty’s books similar to Austen’s?
Coincidence plays a large role in the novel. Is this a weakness or a deliberate choice? Explain your response.
Mothers have a significant influence on several adult characters, such as Cherry, Leo, and Allegra. Trace the impact of mothers on the decisions the characters make. What might Moriarty be saying about a mother’s role in parenting an adult?
Allegra wonders in Chapter 90 if the point of social media might be to “make everyone feel bad” (341). Do the events in the novel justify Allegra’s view, or does social media help to bring characters together?
Both Ethan and Cherry are grieving as the novel begins. How are their emotional journeys similar and different? What might Moriarty be saying about grief?
Why might Moriarty have given the role of “rescuing” Cherry to the character she calls Thor?
Cherry has similar conflicted feelings about her mother and about God. What might Moriarty be saying when Cherry poses the question of whether she and her mother “were just stumbling our way toward God or enlightenment” (492)?
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