The blurb for this book is extremely long, I think it gives away too much – but there it is anyway!!

I enjoyed this book, it made me think about the things that are really important in life. There are of course many subjects addressed such as destiny and free will, love and grief, our constant struggle to retain control over our lives, etc. The author didn’t mention religion but I could imagine how some passengers may have had ideas of how their belief system may play into their feelings of destiny.

PROS:
*Wonderfully original and engaging plot - what would you do if you knew how much longer you had to live?
*Engaging and relatable characters. I thought the author showcased a range of ages and personalities in her cast of characters
*What can happen on an ordinary day, on a single flight that affects so many passengers?
*A main protagonist that made me feel compassion for her, she has lost many people that she loved and is struggling with her own life choices
*The author keeps the reader engaged and offers glimpses of happiness, humor, love and friendship

CONS:
*As much as I enjoyed the book I still felt as though it was too long. There were many
details that could have been eliminated
*There were so many characters that it was hard to really get to know them well.

This was a great read and I can highly recommend it to the author’s followers as well as anyone who wants to read a truly original novel.

I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher through NetGalley. It was my pleasure to read and review this title.

This is feel good reading from Liane Moriarty. A lady on a plane walks down the aisle pronouncing age of death and cause of death to each of the passengers. When three of the passengers actually die at the predicted age and of the predicted cause, the rest have more than reason to panic. An entertaining book that outlines the stories and lives, hopes and fears of various characters. The five hundred plus pages and keeping track of the multitude of characters was a bit of a challenge though.
Thank you NetGalley and Crown Publishing for the ARC

I love everything Liane Moriarty writes! Here One Moment was no different and a total success! An ordinary domestic flight from Hobart to Sydney changes to lives of the passengers when a seemingly harmless older woman, walks down the aisle of the plane, pointing at each passenger and telling them the age at which they are going to die as well as the cause. For many its years into the future at a ripe old age, but for a few passengers the cause of death and the age which is not so distant, is cause for alarm. When the first death she predicted comes true, the rest of the plane passengers believe her predictions and change their lives. The chapters give us points of view from five of the plane passengers as well as the old woman, Cherry. This book will make you contemplate life and really touch your soul! I loved it.

Liane Moriarty never disappoints with her character-driven story; her new novel is just as great. This book feels whimsical and mysterious throughout with a huge emotional punch at the end. I definitely recommend for fans of her other books and anyone who just needs to read a story about life and its consequences.


Thank you to Netgalley and Crown Publishing for a copy of this book. It is out this Tuesday, September 10th!!

And she’s back! At least for me. I stopped calling Moriarty my favorite author after her last two books - I couldn’t even finish the tv adaptation of Nine Perfect Strangers. So when I picked this one up, I audibly groaned at the length, the grim description and the fact that I assumed I was over Moriarty. Instead I found myself emotionally invested in each character and blew through it.

As I already implied, I found the description of this book ridiculous and just a downer: A woman boards a plane and while inflight, she predicts age and cause of death of passengers against their will. Well, it wasn’t ridiculous or anymore grim than actual life, it was full of heart and even uplifting at times. I loved it. Beginning to end.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a fascinating book. A women on a plane tells each person when they will die and from what. What would you do if given this info? The book follows several of the passengers who were given their fate to see how they responded and what actually happened. Great premise and very enthralling.

Liane Moriarty’s latest book sucked me in immediately! Aboard a flight, passengers find themselves being told their age and manner of death by an elderly woman. Some of the information is shocking, and all of the passengers are rightfully upset. There were many characters and the way they handle the news is really eye opening, and made me think about how I would handle the situation. I definitely recommend this one. Thank you so much to publisher and NetGalley for this ARC!

🦋Liane doesn’t crank books out every year like some authors which makes the reading experience of her books even that much more special to me. I take them in slowly and savor them since it will likely be another 3ish years before another one. As much as I tried to take in this 500+ page book slowly, I simply couldn’t. I HAD to know what was happening and frankly I had no idea how she was going to pull of an ending in this book. Even when I was 80-90% I was starting to sweat not seeing a way she could tie up all the loose ends and close this story out in a way that was satisfactory. But, to no one’s surprise, she blew me away with the ending. I closed the book and sat with my tears for several minutes afterwards.

Love, love, love Liane Moriarty! If you're a fan of her collection, you will devour this book and if you are new to Liane Moriarty, you have some catching up to do!

I love Liane Moriarty and her writing. Her cast of characters with dual POVs always suck me in! The perspectives in this one made you pause. She will always be my go to when I'm in a reading rut.

I was immediately intrigued by the premise of this book - a woman predicts the age and cause of death on passengers of a plane. Throw in that I have loved all of the Liane Moriarty books I’ve read and I was sold. However, this one fell a little flat. As per usual I loved all the characters she created, but there were so many characters and the jumping back and forth was at some times was challenging to get through.
While I enjoyed the ending and I’m glad I finished it, it wasn’t my favorite book by this author.

Thank you to Crown Publishing and NetGalley for a copy of this book.

If someone could tell you exactly how and when you would die, would you want to know? For the people on this Australian flight, one psychic makes a prediction for every person on board. People write her off as insane, suffering from delusions, but when the predicted deaths start coming true, some of the passengers begin to panic, especially those who had a prediction within the next few years.

I thought this was a really unique concept, and I was genuinely curious the whole time to see how this would end. The story has a ton of people it follows - the "death lady" fortune teller, a woman who is told she'd die this year from self harm, a woman who is told her son would die from drowning at age 7, a couple where the wife is supposed to die from domestic violence, a woman who would get sick, a man who would die in a bar fight, a man who would die at work, and then some.

It definitely was a lot to keep track of, and there were some story lines that I was invested in more than others. The people who I cared about I really enjoyed their chapters and wanted to get back to them. The people I cared less about I found myself racing through their chapters to try and get back to the parts I enjoyed.

I guess that's the risk you run when there are so many POVs to follow, but overall I really liked this story and it's definitely one that stands out from other things I've read. This did make parts of the book a little bit slower than I would have liked, which is why I dropped my score down to a 3.5, but it is definitely still one I recommend just to have a taste of something different. I have a feeling this will be a plot that is hard to forget!

3.5 stars

“The thing is, you can’t always choose your future. Not in a world of risk and uncertainty. No matter what the self-help gurus tell you. You can only attempt to guide it in the right direction, like a willful horse, but accept there will be times when it will gallop off in a direction not of your choosing.”

On an airplane flight, a woman stands up and begins predicting the passenger’s age of death and cause of death. It clearly stirs up a lot of emotions and many of the passengers take what she says to heart, which brings up some interesting questions.

If you knew when you would die and/or how you would die, how would you change how you live? Would you want to know this information?

Moriarty’s premise was super interesting to me. For the first 25%, I was really interested. But then the story slowed waaaay down and I even contemplated DNFing it. Like I said, the premise is there, but the execution didn’t hit for me.

There are books out there that does this better: The Immortalists, The Measure, and even maybe The Change.

Laine Moriarty has a particular skill in weaving a story from the start to finish that ends in a perfect tapestry. This happens again in Here One Moment starting with a harrowing story of a psychic giving death predictions to everyone aboard a plane. From there unveils a story of what would you do if you thought you only had a bit of time left to live or, if your date of death was approaching in the very next year? What could have been a very depressing story to read turned out to be one that really made me think. As the characters had to re prioritize what they wanted in the time they might have had left it made me think about what's most important as well.

I good read overall and I would recommend, especially if you are a fan of other Laine Moriarty books.

If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate?

A seemingly ordinary flight is abruptly interrupted when an elderly woman begins predicting the ages and causes of passenger's deaths. What a highly captivating premise!

Unfortunately, the writing was all over the place and felt very chaotic, making the novel fall flat overall. It gave off similar vibes to The Measure but had enough of a different storyline to not feel redundant for those that have read/will read both novels. The sheer page count of this lengthy novel coupled with the slow pacing made it a difficult read to get through.

I had a hard time connecting with the multitude of characters. Given the number of perspectives and their rapid shifts, it wasn't always immediately clear whose point of view you were following at the beginning of each chapter.

While this book was a miss for me, I’m still a fan of the author and look forward to her future works.

Thank you to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for the opportunity to read this digital ARC. All opinions expressed are my own.

A Thought-Provoking and Inventive Story

SUMMARY
A female passenger rises from her seat in the middle of a flight and goes seat by seat, predicting the date and manner of each passenger's death. The passengers are horrified, and the flight attendants are of little help. After the flight, the passengers react differently to their predictions. After three of the short-term predictions of the date and manner of death come true, many start to panic, while others attempt to find this unknown psychic.

REVIEW
When is an airplane flight, not just an airplane flight? Here One Moment is a thought-provoking and inventive story. Liane Moriarty's writing is intriguing, but sometimes felt a little jarring with abrupt chapter ends. The book started off slow, but once the short flight took off and got to cruising altitude, the fun began as a woman, presumably a psychic, rose from her seat and sealed their fate.

The story follows six passengers after the flight, including the psychic Cherry and one of the flight attendants. I found it challenging to keep track of the names of the passengers and their family members. The chapters alternated between the six passengers, and it would have been helpful and easier to follow if the chapter headings indicated which passenger the chapter was about.

Thanks to Netgalley for an advance reading copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Publisher Crown Publishing
Published September 10, 2024
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Thank you to Liane Moriarty and NetGalley for allowing me to read the ARC of this story. Overall, I thought the book was okay. I thought it was going to be more of a thriller, but that really isn't the case for the plot of the book. Overall, I liked how the book ended.

Here One Moment is another great book by Liane Moriarty. The interesting text and the short chapters drew me quickly through the story. 500+ pages (don't let this scare you) and a day later, I'm left contemplating what I've just read. . I'm a big fan of Moriarty's writing; this novel does not disappoint. Thanks, NetGalley and the publisher, for providing me with the ARC ebook I read and reviewed. All opinions are my own.

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of this fantastic novel. Live in the moment! This book makes you think about life even after you finish the last page. It will encourage incredible discussions for classrooms and bookclubs. The variety of characters in this novel allow every reader to relate to someone. Moriarty does it again...another winner!

Thanks to the NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy. I really enjoyed this book. I put off starting it for a bit because it is 500 pages, but the short chapters made it fly by. I loved the Death Lady character and how all of the other characters were all related in some way at the end. I even liked the somewhat corny epilogue. I had gone off Moriarty since Nine Perfect Strangers, but I think I’m back after this one.