I have loved the author's other books and found this one to be a departure from her earlier works. The plot of this story was so intriguing, and I was truly vested in the characters' outcomes and the backstory of the death lady herself. I was really curious throughout the novel about how it would possibly end, but in what I think of as true to the author's style, it was unexpected and worth the wait.

Thank you to Netgalley, the author, and Crown Publishing for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The premise of Here One Moment’s story is intriguing but the character development lacked the depth it needed to articulate a deeper meaning.
The setting begins on a plane in the main cabin (4th row) during a maintenance delay. This hit a nerve having experienced some flight delays myself in the past couple years. I am able to hang in through a discomfortable scene if it leads to meaningful character development.
I was disappointed almost immediately.
The story carried on to read like the main character, Candy, was Moriarty, and the characters were the people she created stories about based on how she viewed them. Based on an interview of Moriarty, maybe this was intentional? It took me out of the story.
I understand that some of the best stories can come from observation. I will not criticize that style of writing. It just proves to be a tough line to walk.
The writing seemed to be a constant information dump, built up with no actual benefit to the story. New characters continued to be added even through the end. Details were included about characters that didn’t support the story. Social details were even thrown in with no rhyme or reason. I do not think a parallel of Taylor Swift and Barbie’s personalities fit the one female character whose life was one of nearly ten in this 500 page novel. This sent me over the edge (pun intended).
The idea for this book had potential. It was meant to lead to a profound message that we never know how much life we have to live. To say we should make sure we are living life the way we desire now. This was not what I took out of it. It seemed to make a bold statement on the effect a mental health crisis can have on others when not managed by the individual going through it. Had this been the focus, I might have enjoyed the story more.
Thank you NetGalley and Crown Publishing for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Do you need a real fall banger to read? Something that’s going to get you hooked, turning the pages, emotionally involved, and actually thinking? Here One Moment is that book.

I haven’t read everything Liane Moriarity has written, but I’m extremely impressed with Here One Moment. She has an uncanny knack for writing regular people, with regular problems, #justlikeus but also, holy hell what is going on here.

I will tell you it took me about three times to start this book. And I kept hearing great things, but the first pages were kind of confusing me. Finally, I plowed ahead, and I’m so glad I did. The style is short and can feel choppy at first, but once you get into it, you’ll fly through. I really loved this one and recommend it to just about my entire spectrum of reader friends. That’s probably you.

Liane Moriarty is a must read author for me, so I was so excited to get an ARC of her new book, Here One Moment.

An average women that goes basically unnoticed on a flight, stands up and starts predicting everyone’s cause of death, and age at which they pass. While most people brush it off as the rantings of a deranged woman, some people really are affected by her predictions.

When a handful of people really do die as she predicted, the rest of the passengers start to worry- should they change their lifestyles to avoid their predicted fates ?

I loved so many of these characters and I loved the big life questions this book made me ponder.

I highly recommend this book, definitely one of the best books of this year. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

How would you react if a psychic told you how and when you would die? That’s what happened to the passengers on a flight to Sydney. The Death Lady predicted the deaths of most passengers. Initially, they blew her off but still had that lingering thought in the back of their minds. What would happen if some of those passengers died as she predicted? How would the others react? Here One Moment answers all of these questions. This book, for me, started out really strong and I was heavily invested in the story. After the flight, it sort of dragged on though and I didn’t feel as interested in a few of the characters. I found myself rushing to chapters with the characters I really liked, like Leo and his family. This book made me think of what I would do if I had that information, what lengths would I go to try to beat fate. Overall, this is another great book with such a unique story idea from Moriarty and I do recommend it.

Here One Moment is the newest release by one of my favorite authors, Liane Moriarty. This novel begins on a delayed flight that should be quick and easy but becomes life changing for some passengers. An elderly passenger begins to make predictions for various passengers as to how long they’ll live and what will be the cause of their eventual demise. The question is do the passengers believe her or not? If they do, will they change how they’ve been living up to this point? What impact will these supposed predictions make on their lives? Would you want to know your future? Read and enjoy!

Thank you to Crown for the review copy and to PRH Audio for the audiobook. I read the book but also listened to parts of the audio, which was exceptionally well done.

Here One Moment is a powerful read that left a deep impression on me. While I truly enjoyed it, I also found it challenging due to its intense themes and exploration of grief, life, and fate. As a mother of a young child with aging family members—and navigating all things post-pandemic—the story hit particularly close to home.

I was especially captivated by the Monte Carlo theme, where future actions are meant to be independent of past behaviors. But how can anyone truly remain unaffected by a message about their fate? What changes when you're told when and how you will die? The way the book interweaves the stories of those affected by a fateful plane trip and their resulting destinies is masterful, thought-provoking, and, in my view, makes for a compelling book discussion.

I wanted to love this but it was a little too quirky for me, very long-winded and honestly it felt depressing. I couldn't get into it, I wanted it to be like The Measure (which I loved), but this felt very performative.

Liane Moriarty does it again! She keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout a 500 page book -- each chapter a cliffhanger! Moriarty is such a good storyteller, her writing is so smooth and compelling. She keeps the reader wanting to come back for just a little bit more -- just a little bit more -- until you just decide to sit down and read the whole book!

This story is about a group of people on a short plane flight in Australia. The flight goes smoothly -- however -- while they are on the plane, an elderly woman goes around to almost every passenger, pointing to each one and telling them their “date of death and cause of death.” Needless to say, she causes quite a stir! Is the woman a psychic? Is she just a crazy person? Should she be believed?

The real story begins after the passengers return to their everyday lives and decide how they are going to handle the information told to them by the woman on the plane. They must decide if they believe, if they want to change anything in their lives, if they are going to live in fear -- but can they really just forget what they heard about what might be the end of their lives? This leaves the reader to query: what would I do if I thought I knew exactly when and how I was going to die?

This one was thought-provoking, making it very interesting to see how each person handled their situation. And, of course, with Liane Moriarty, the reader doesn’t find out what is truly going on until the very end -- but it’s worth the wait!

This one was really good, and I highly recommend it!

I’d like to thank NetGalley, Liane Moriarty, and Crown Publishing for the advanced reader’s copy in exchange for my unbiased review.

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty is a very highly recommended psychological thriller that explores existential questions regarding free will versus destiny. Here One Moment asks the questions: What would you do if you knew when you were going to die? Would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny?

After a long delay, a short domestic flight proceeds smoothly from Hobart, Australia, to Sydney. This ordinary flight turns extraordinary when an unremarkable older woman wearing a brooch stands up, counts to three, and then proceeds to walk down the aisle while proclaiming the cause of death and age at death for each passenger she encounters before the cabin crew intervenes. She also states, “Fate won’t be fought.”

For some passengers the date is far in the future and they laugh it off, but for some passengers their predicted deaths are not far away at all. Allegra Patel is predicted to die at 28 from self-harm on her 28th birthday. Ethan Chang, 29, will die at age 30 from assault. Leo, 42, will die at age 43 in a workplace accident. For Dom and Eve, a young couple on their honeymoon, she is predicted to die young at 25, from "intimate partner homicide." Sue and Max O’Sullivan are told he will into his 90s while she will die soon from pancreatic cancer. Paula Binici learns her baby Timmy will die at age 7 from drowning.

A few months after the flight one passenger, Kayla, dies exactly as she predicted. Then two more passengers die as she predicted. The woman making the predictions is now nicknamed “The Death Lady” and no one is laughing off her predictions. In fact, they are trying to find out who she is. Her real name is Cherry Lockwood. She grew up with a mother who was a psychic who went by the name of Madame Mae, but does she actually posses any psychic ability?

Here One Moment is a well-written, intriguing, articulate, and compelling novel that follows a series of characters as they deal with the predictions handed to them by The Death Lady. It is a long book, but the short chapters make the length feel more reasonable and the pages fly by quickly. The chapters alternate between the point-of-view of the different characters, keeping the tension is high throughout the novel as you wait to see if someone dies and how they are dealing with everything.

The diverse cast of characters are all fully realized individuals whose flaws and strengths are clearly developed realistically as they deal with their predicted demise. I was invested in the lives of these characters. Cherry's life and background is also presented in much detail, making her a real person and not the horrific Death Lady that she is presumed to be from the flight. Her chapters could have been edited a bit to lessen the length of the novel. And, in actuality, I was more interested in the other characters dealing with the question of their impending fate.

The final denouement of Here One Moment is pitch perfect and pulled it all together nicely. Thanks to Crown Publishing for providing me with an advance reader's copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.

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You need to read this book. The Butterfly Effect has always fascinated me. One different choice, leaving one minute later, moving one inch in the other direction could all change where you are right now. WHO you are right now. It's mindblowing to think about. This book was done absolutely brilliantly. I laughed, cried, and everything inbetween.

Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a masterful blend of suspense and introspection, where a seemingly routine flight becomes the backdrop for an extraordinary revelation. With a narrative as unpredictable as it is riveting, Moriarty crafts a tale that keeps readers on edge, questioning fate and free will. The plot's twists are deftly handled, leading to a conclusion that's as surprising as it is satisfying. Moriarty's skillful exploration of destiny, grief, and human connection makes this novel both thought-provoking and thoroughly engaging. A must-read for anyone who loves a story that challenges the boundaries of reality and fiction.

Thank you Liane Moriarty, Crown Publishing, and Netgalley for the advanced copy!

On an ordinary, short, domestic flight from Hobart to Sydney, Australia, the wildest thing happens - an unremarkable passenger, one everyone barely noticed, began to predict the age and way each person aboard the flight would die. Most people wrote her off as a crazy person, while others began taking steps to avoid her predictions from coming true. Everyone, however, thought differently once some of her predictions started to come true.

What a fun concept! It kind of reminded me of The Measure but with more details and obviously a different spin on things. This book was certainly a slow burn but as is typical with Liane Moriarty's style, it features a colorful cast of well developed characters. I thought the book was a tad long and drawn out, we really didn't need as much of Cherry's backstory as we got and while I liked some of it, I found a lot of it to be unnecessary. I also found the ending to be a little anti-climatic, even if it was realistic. I'm not a murderous person in real life but throughout this book what truly kept me going was the waiting to see how everyone's deaths would play out! So on that front I was a little let down, I just wish the novel as a whole was a bit more thrilling.

Overall I enjoyed this one but I predict that it's going to have mixed reviews based on the length and pacing of the story. I do recommend it if you like character driven slow burns!

Imagine being on an airplane, when one of the passengers goes from seat to seat telling your age of death and cause of death. What if you are that age now? Or it is your child that will die young? Would you see if you could do everything you can to try to prevent it? This is an interesting book that makes you look at life a little differently faced with an expiration date. Some people are thankful that she told them and they caught their disease while it could be cured. But why would someone do that? And when the premonitions start coming true, is she for real?

Great characters and a very interesting plot.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in return for my honest opinion.

I am a huge Moriarty fan, and her latest did not disappoint. Here One Moment starts with a woman, Cherry, going down the aisle of a plane and telling all the other passengers how and when they will die. Even reading the opening chapters I felt this was going to be such a unique book of perspectives. Moriarty has such a gift for character development and dialogue, and conveying interpersonal relationships, you get so invested in them and the story. And then the story will have you puzzling over big life questions, and this is not a bad thing. Highly recommend for your next read. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

What starts out as an annoying post boarding flight delay turns into a life changing experience for all. After a long wait for a technical issue, the passengers are enjoying a relatively short routine flight. That is until an elder woman stands and begins to inform each passenger how they will die and at what age it happen. Naturally, this creates a stir and leaves the passengers unnerved but as the woman says "fate won't be fought".

The interesting part of Here One Moment beyond the premise is the multiple POV. We get to see what several passengers are feeling before and after the predictions are made. We get to see their mental state before a stranger tells them in some cases death is coming sooner than they had hoped. Some are told they will die in terrible manners, while others hear of long lives beyond their imagination. There are several who are unfazed by the ramblings of an old woman while others are thrown by her words.

The flight takes up a good quarter of the book and really gets the reader into the minds of the woman as well as the other passengers and even one of the flight attendants. It isn't until halfway through the story we see the first prediction come to pass. But in that first half of the book the connections to the characters become strong and as a reader you become invested in their stories. Following the deaths of several passengers, they begin to worry about their futures. Do they take steps to fight their fate? Is there anything they can do? I found myself hoping for character to be saved from their destined deaths.

It is not often a book gets you to thinking about your own life and mortality. I loved the connections to characters of Here One Moment. Liane Moriarty took us on a ride of sadness, loss, fear as well as hope, happiness and even humor all in a story about death. That is rare and a very much appreciate read.

A powerful book that makes you question fate. This book was a little out of the box but I was excited to read it. How would you live differently if you know the age and cause of your death? Overall, I thought there were way too many characters to juggle in this book. The chapters bounced around in perspectives and it was hard to keep everyone’s names and stories straight. I enjoyed most of the stories and enjoyed how things were somewhat interconnected, but it was definitely a heavier and slower read. Not exactly my cup of tea but there was a lot to appreciate about it.

I don't recall if I've read anything by this author before, so I was going on blind. I did quite enjoy this book. It's a very interesting concept for a story, something I've not come across yet. Overall I really enjoyed it

Lianne Moriarty has a knack for writing a propulsive page turner and Here One Moment is no exception. Like many of her other novels, there is a host of characters, and they are all connected throughout the book. I enjoyed the various storylines once I sorted everyone in my mind. The story itself was very interesting and unlike anything else I have read, so major points for that! It felt a tad long at parts, especially the first half. But overall it was a fantastic book and I highly recommend! Best part is it drops tomorrow, so you don’t have to wait! Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy.

This read threw me off kilter at first because of the Third Person POV, however WOW! I cannot wait to read more of this author.

I’m a huge Liane Moriarty fan and have read all of her major novels, but this is now my absolute favorite. I found the premise of Here One Moment to be original and thought-provoking. The plot of the novel centers around Cherry, a psychic who creates long-term chaos in the lives of her fellow passengers on a flight from Sidney to Hobart by predicting each person’s cause and age of death. Quite honestly a couple of the predictions were hard to read, but that is what makes the book un-put-downable from the beginning. We follow the passengers as they become aware that some of the premonitions are beginning to be fulfilled, and become more and more invested in their lives. Despite the havoc she creates early on in the novel, I found Cherry to be quite an endearing character as tells her own story with wit and sarcasm. This is a story that is sad and moving at times, but also laugh-out-loud funny. I flew through the 500+ pages of this book because I could not wait to see what happens next.

Thank you to Net Galley and Crown Publishing for the advanced readers copy of this book.