This was lovely. A bit anticlimactic, but beautiful. Solid 4 star read. Suspenseful and intriguing. Moriarty delivers again!

4.5 stars rounded up. "But that's the thing about life: both your wildest dreams and your worst nightmares can come true."

I've read several books by Liane Moriarty and this one is my favorite. This novel is full of wisdom, insight, and wit, wrapped up in a compelling and unique story.

The book follows a group of Australians on the same flight. Midway through the flight, an older (psychic) woman begins to walk down the aisle while predicting aloud the time and cause of death for each passenger. Of course, everyone initially believes she is crazy or senile. That is, until her predictions begin to come to fruition.

I could not put this one down. The story is told through multiple POVs of the psychic, named Cherry, and several of the other passengers. There is also a dual timeline element, as we learn the backstory of Cherry. I love that this novel tackled a heavy and difficult subject - What is the meaning of life? - but managed to do so in a heartwarming and funny way. I found myself highlighting many passages and was sad when the book ended.

Thank you to Crown Publishing and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!

A departure from the writer's usual domestic suspense, but a good one. Asking the age-old question, if you knew when you were going to die, how would you change your life, her characters grapple with that conundrum in myriad ways. While the ending wasn't the supernatural twist I was hoping for, it was meaningful all the same.

I absolutely love Liane Moriarty's books. I was so excited to be approved for her most recent novel. I enjoyed this book. I loved the premise of the story. I found myself liking each of the characters, such a great variety of characters. At times, I did not love the short chapters. Sometimes they felt too short, especially because they were alternating between Cherry and the other characters. Some chapters felt like they ended too soon and then to not revisit that character again for a few chapters could feel frustrating. But it also kept me hooked and reading for longer spurts.

I don’t often come across- and want to read- a book about death. But this story of death is told in such a unique way, starting with the dishing of death notices to each passenger on a flight and how each of their lives change because of this new information. We are taken into the their innermost thoughts and fears now that they have this knowledge. Each changes the course of their lives to stay out of harm’s way, and we see how differently each family lives with the changes. This book had me thinking so much about what I would do given a similar situation, and I found it illuminating.
Is there anything Liane Moriarty can’t write about? I will eagerly await what she dreams up next!

A plane ride that goes wrong in the most unexpected way..Instead of facing a problem with the plane, the passengers face a problem with a passenger! An older woman has stood up and as she marches past each person in succession, she points at them one by one and shouts their future death dates (age!) and cause. As though it's an intentional parlor trick, some passengers are fascinated, delighted even. Others are apathetic, living in the assumption that the woman is just disturbed. Nothing really serious to worry about. But many others are fearful. Why would she say and do such things? Does anyone know her? She seems so familiar..
This story held my attention all the way through. Each chapter goes back and forth between key main characters, and the older woman herself. It could be confusing at times trying to grasp who exactly was narrarating the chapters as they went along. And for awhile, as it went along I started to fear that the whole plot was just going to be the predictions coming true, death after death, nothing more. Fortunately, I was wrong! I don't want to spoil the ending for those who haven't finished it yet, but I will say that I like how things wove together nicely and the depth I was hoping for made it's appearance.

In Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty, Cherry, a psychic on a short flight, tells her fellow passengers their cause of death and the age at which they’ll die. Most dismiss her as a madwoman, but soon her eerie predictions begin to unfold. The novel poses the profound question: What would you do if you knew when your life would end? Would you try to change it? Do we have control over our fate, or are we bound by destiny?

Having lived with a loved one facing a terminal illness, I’ve grappled with these very questions. The answers are rarely clear-cut. Starting this book while on a plane was probably a bad idea! I couldn't help glancing at the other passengers, hoping none of them would stand up and start predicting doom.

This was somewhat hard to get into because while I enjoyed the main plot, I absolutely despised the story within the story where we see the life of the old woman on the plane. I did not find her to be remotely likable and did Not enjoy her voice. To me it completely detracted from the main plot and everytime it switched to one of her chapters I felt compelled to put the book down altogether. I soldiered through and it was fine but not at the caliber I’d expect from this author overall.

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𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Here One Moment
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Liane Moriarty

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝:
⇥ The premise of this book is AMAZING. It reminded me of The Measure, where the main characters find out details of their death but still have to live their lives.
⇥ The narrators were also AMAZING. I loved every character and what was happening in their lives; I couldn't choose a favorite.
⇥ I LOLed many times thanks to the antics of certain characters and the way the narrators infused each voice with unique temperament.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐝:
⇥ The only thing I would recommend is having a character name at the beginning of each chapter so I didn't have to play catch-up wondering who it was about.
⇥ I think the ending was a letdown in one specific regard. I was expecting much more to make up for how amazing the first 90% was. DM me if you're interested in the details.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠:
★★★★☆
Despite the letdown ending, I still really liked this book. I usually hate any that deal with death, and there were definitely some moments I found uncomfortable. But I experienced so many emotions with this one. Moriarty captures them all—happiness, sadness, anxiety (partly due to the death element), and curiosity about what would happen to these people. While it's long, it didn't feel that way, and I'm picky about lengthy books.

Definitely pick this one up if you've been eyeing it!

Aboard an Australian flight, one woman abruptly tells each passenger what she expects their age of death and cause of death to be. Naturally, there is a lot of fall out from these predictions, and it goes from mildly concerning to quite serious when her predictions start coming true. We get chapters that alternate in perspectives from the fortune teller (nicknamed the Death Lady) and various passengers. This allows her back story to be fully fleshed out alongside the lives of those she inadvertently interrupted on that fateful flight. Themes include mortality, grief and an exploration of what it means to live fully.

I enjoyed this book a lot! The characters were well crafted and the gradual revelations kept me turning pages. I’m a sucker for learning about how people choose to live in light of their own mortality so that was right up my alley too! Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced digital copy.

Wow! Liane Moriarty is a master at weaving together seemingly unrelated stories, and this book is another example of her mastery. While this story did start out a bit slow for me, it really picked up once connections between characters were revealed. Another five star read from one of my favorite authors. I hope this books gets adapted into a television show like some of her others have!

Holy cow! This book was amazing. Liane Moriarty is one of my all time favorite authors and this book just made her even more so. Here One Moment was a blend of several different genres and the main character, Cherry, was so delightfully weird. I loved this book so much that I bought the hard copy of it even though I received this ARC. Great read!

So good! I found myself holding my breath several times while reading this book. I could not read it fast enough.

𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐈𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭, 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 (𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭) 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 (𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰) 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞—𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 (𝐡𝐚!) 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐞—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐞, 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐝𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲’𝐬” 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝐻𝓊𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝐿𝒾𝒶𝓃𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓎, 𝒞𝓇𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒫𝓊𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔, & 𝒩𝑒𝓉𝒢𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝑅𝒞! 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

Here One Moment has all of things I've come to expect from a Liane Moriarty novel - An interesting diverse set of characters, a conflict or issue that is complicated and unresolved until the final pages (or after) and not being able to turn the pages fast enough.

Here One Moment starts with a flight that has been delayed and all the passengers are quite unhappy about that turn of events, when an elderly woman gets up and makes her way through the entire plane pointing to each passenger and saying things like, "I expect 35 and workplace accident." or other disturbing predictions of age and manner of death. This clearly creates a chaotic scene during the flight which then continues as the passengers arrive home and contemplate whether this woman was a psychic or psychotic.

I was worried at first that I could follow that many different storylines for the various passengers, but the author did such a good job that each story felt unique and original. This was the type of book that made you think and at the same time, made you grateful for each moment we have.

I received this book courtesy of the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC! Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty is a very different kind of novel. When Cherry boarded a plane with her husband’s ashes, she could never have imagined having some sort of psychotic break. As far back as she can remember, she has always been fascinated with mathematics and statistics but just how would that fascination turn into such a bizarre turn of events. Making
predictions about life expectancy is an insurance worker’s main focus but can predicting people’s futures actually help them make positive life choices? Moriarty has such a subtle way of telling the story that it kept me engaged and consistently wondering if the old woman’s predictions would come true. Overall a very different yet good read that I would recommend
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I think I've read almost every book by Liane Moriarty, and one thing I love about them, you never know what to expect. The only thing you can be sure of is that there will be a big cast of diverse characters that you will become invested in, but everything else is up for grabs.

Here One Moment starts on an airplane, with a scene that feels all too familiar to those of us who fly often. People find their seats, hope they aren't near a crying baby, and settle in for what they hope will be a short, calm flight. On this Sydney to Hobart run, that is what the passengers expect. Then a way into the flight, an older woman who we will later find is named Cherry, starts to walk down the aisle of the airplane, pointing to each person and telling them their method of death and the age it will happen. Many passengers are pleasantly surprised, but some are horrified at the predictions.

Then when someone on the flight dies a month later in the predicted manner and timeframe, social media is set alight trying to find the mysterious woman who made the predictions. Like some reviewers, I was slightly reminded of the book The Measure, although the style of this one was very different.

As seems to often be the case, we have two storylines. We have the people on the airplane storyline, and then the life of Cherry, the one who made the predictions. I wondered how the author would tie up the ending of this book without making the reader feel mislead or cheated, and hats off, I think she did an excellent job! I loved the ending, and there is a life lesson in the pages of the book. As usual in Moriarty's books, I found characters that come to life and are engaging and begin to seem like real beings to me.

Thank you to NetGalley, Liane Moriarty, and Crown Publishing for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’m not sure how to explain how I felt about this book. I immediately loved the premise. (Possible psychic predicting others’ causes and ages of their deaths? Okay!) I didn’t quite know what to predict beyond waiting to see if the receivers of these predictions actually died like she said they would. However, as you’re waiting for said deaths to happen, you start to get to know and care for these characters. And you hope and hope that fate isn’t actually set in stone. That predeterminism is just some silly thing that philosophers made up long ago.

In between the chapters of the plane’s passengers, there are chapters from the “death lady’s” POV. At first, I honestly wasn’t that interested in her POV. But then you get to know her, as well, and slowly some things start making sense. And while she seems like a bit of an odd ball (the narrator that voiced her was terrific at that btw), you’ll really start to care for her, too.

Under Goodreads, this falls under mystery and thriller, and while there’s a slight aspect of both, I don’t think that’s a good characterization. It’s a bit of a genre-bending book, and if you’re like me, you’ll need the tissues on hand for this one. It’s a longer book (500+ pages or 16 hours for audio), but don’t get discouraged- you’ll definitely want to stick this one out!

4.5 / 5

On a random packed flight, everyone is worrying about the flight being delayed and what it will do to their plans. Suddenly a woman stands up. She makes predictions about how and when everyone on board will die. Some dismiss her. Others will do everything they can to make sure her prophecies do not come to pass. All of them will be forever changed.

How would you live your life if you thought you knew how it would end? Would you love who you love or try to love someone else? Would you stay married? Would you stop drinking? Would you call up your ex-best friend you haven’t spoken to in years? Would you quit your job?

This book felt like a cross between The Measure and Manifest (the tv show), and I really enjoyed how it got me thinking. How much of life is because of what we are told, and how much is based upon what we create ourselves?

Thank you to Netgalley and Crown Publisher for the Advanced Reader Copy. All opinions are my own.

A great read! The story was unique and intriguing, just the right balance of realism and possible "supernatural" influence. Trying to keep track of all the characters was a bit of a challenge, but there was always enough context provided fairly quickly to jog my memory as to who they were. The ending really worked well to tie everything together in a very satisfying way.