This book was definitely of interesting content. I like her as an author but this book feel rather flat and a little too “out there” for me.

The story was great but I felt it dragged a little bit and each chapter is a different POV but you don't know whose it is until you are reading. They should have had a title of whose POV with the chapter number.
An elderly lady gets up during a flight in Australia and points to each person telling them when they will die and from what. Some people are pleased and some horrified.
When the flight is over some of them start dying but the lady doesn't remember doing this and the ending was great. I wanted to give it a 4 star but like I said it dragged just a little bit.
Thank you to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for the ebook to review.

I am always glad for a new Liane Moriarty novel. Her latest, Here One Moment, is above and beyond her best one yet and is number one on my top three list of her books (which also includes Big Little Lies and What Alice Forgot)!

I absolutely loved this story. It was so human and genuine in every possible way. I cared so much about all the characters, even the "death lady." I wanted to find out what would happen for each of them and if the predictions would come true. It reminds me of a mix between the movie Crash, the TV series Manifest and Six Feet Under, and Judy Blume's novel In the Unlikely Event. However, it's also its own unique story. If I had the time available, I would have read it all in one day and now I'm trying to re-read it vicariously through those who are enjoying it for the first time (which includes one of my close friends). I'm glad I got to savor it when I read it though. It's very thought-provoking as it asks the question of whether you'd want to know when and how you're going to die. And if you do find out, how will that affect how you live your life? Can fate be fought?

My only minor concern is that the coincidences in the story seemed a bit forced at times. The world can't be that small, right?

Overall, I highly recommend this one. It's perfect for someone who hasn't read anything by Liane Moriarty yet, even though it sets the bar extremely high. It's also something her fans will definitely devour!

(Trigger warnings below.)

Movie casting suggestions (I just focused on the primary narrators):
Death Lady: Maria Doyle Kennedy
Paula: Lyndsy Fonseca
Eve: Madison Wolfe
Ethan: Justin H. Min
Leo: Ben Schwartz
Sue: Molly Hagan
Allegra: Amrit Kaur
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TW: Death of spouse, death of parent, cancer, obsessive-compulsive disorder, death from car accident, anxiety

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On a short flight, Cherry, an elderly women, is in a trance like state. She goes thru the plane giving the inhabitants predictions on their date of death and the cause. Psychic or Sham? Needless to say this causes a panic on those that receive an unfavorable reading.

I really enjoy this author, jumping to read anything she writes. This one was an interesting premise and I dove in. But, in the end, I can’t say I loved it. Interesting, yes. Fast paced, yes. Made me think, yes. Character driven for sure. I can’t say I loved the characters and some of their stories were enticing while others I found frustrating. I can understand why this announcement took over their life, I’d be right there with them. Not sure what I was expecting of the ending, but it left me unsatisfied. This book does have something for everyone and would make a fun book club pick. I look forward to seeing what this author comes up with next.

Thanks to Crown Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC. This is my honest opinion.

Actual Rating 2.5

The work is told from multiple POVs. There is one first-person POV (the psychic), whose chapters are interspersed throughout and generally give her history/background. The remaining chapters are told in the third person and follow the people who were on the flight with her. I didn’t care for the psychic’s chapters and found that they drastically slowed down an interesting premise. I think the book could have been much stronger without her POV or with much less of it.

I struggled with this book. I honestly found the first 15 to 20 percent pretty boring and parts of it overdone (especially the character descriptions at the beginning, the amount of overwriting was astounding). Thankfully it started to get a bit more interesting once the fortunes began to be told, and as the characters split off into their own lives. Even when it did pick up though, it was still quite slow and cumbersome and it wasn’t until about halfway through that I was mostly engaged with the read.

The second half of the book saved this one for me. As events finally begin to unfold, things pick up and the characters finally start to come to life, take action, and the plot begins to move a bit. By that point it was interesting to see how the characters responded differently to knowing their fate, and how it influenced their lives in ways that before would have seemed unimaginable.

I’ve read a few books by this author and have honestly found them to be more boring than I want them to be, which I think is generally due to how overwritten they are. If you’re a fan of this author, you’ll likely love this one, but I don't think this author is for me. My thanks to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for allowing me to read this work. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

The Death Lady, as she would become known, walks up and down the aisle of a plane telling people when they would die and how. This story then follows many of these people that heard their prediction and how each of them dealt with knowledge they wish they had never received. When several of the predictions come true, things get serious for others that had been aboard the plane.

This book ended up being pretty good…I had a hard time at first because the writing was kind of sporadic and there are so many characters and story lines. Once I got a handle on all the players, I could really start to get into the story. It really leaves you with the question, “would you want to know when and how you are going to die?” Would you love life differently? Very solid book!

What a book! I don't even know where to start.
The plot drew me instantly - a woman gets up from her seat on a full plane and starts giving each passenger an age and manner of death. That got me really excited even though I was scared of it being over 500 pages long. The first part of the book was very engaging and exciting as we get to know some of the passengers and their stories. Then the pace slows down and the story starts dragging. I thought the parts about the psychic's life were not needed, I personally wasn't really interested in her character. I wish the author spend more time on the other passengers. It took me a while to get through the second part and I finished feeling exhausted. This book had a potential but it was just too drawn out and filled with fluff.
There are a lot of characters and POVs and sometimes it was hard to follow who's chapter I was reading. I think it would be less confusing if chapters were labeled with characters names.
Overall this is not a bad book, the premise was interesting but the execution was just not quite there to totally WOW me.

Thank you Crown Publishing and the author for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I'm a big fan of Liane Moriarty but Here One Moment was probably one of my least favorite books of hers. I loved the premise of people being told when and how they are going to die. I think part of the problem for me was there were a lot of characters...many people on the plane that were told their fortune and needed to be followed throughout the story. The other problem was the story went back and forth between these characters and Cherry, the woman who predicted their future. I found myself skimming through Cherry's sections. They were long and not quite as interesting. While I struggled through a good bit of the middle, the last 15% of the book really picked up and I'm glad I stuck it out.

Thank you to Net Galley and Crown Publishing for the ARC.

I was so excited to read this book as I love this author. Right from the beginning this book grabbed me. I was so interested in where it was going and the lives of the characters. The part that lost me a little was the ending. I wasn't left with questions but thought the build up of the story compared to the explanation was a little disappointing. Such a good read, though.

Short synopsis: A woman on a delayed flight predicts all the passengers age and manner of death.

My thoughts: What what a unique concept! I love Lianes ability to weave an intricate story. You can always expect some sort of mystery and a character driven story.

This one comes with lots of different characters and their perspectives, to be honest it took me a hot minute to get everyone straight in my head. Basically, we hear from Cherry, the woman making the predictions, then one of about 5 different passengers from the plane. From Cherry’s perspective we get her past, and what led her to making these predictions.

It was definitely thought provoking and really got me thinking how I would change my own life if I knew my time were short.

Read if you love:
- Australian settings
- Character driven stories
- Butterfly effect
- Multiple POV
- Psychics and death predictions

I mostly enjoy this author's books, and this one is no exception. I like her writing style and character development. This story had an unusual premise of a woman on an airplane correctly predicting passengers cause and age at time of death. The way it was resolved was satisfactory, but not awe inducing. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

First, special thank you to Netgalley and PRH Audio for the complimentary files. I was beyond thrill to get an opportunity to read Liane Moriarty's new creation. The audio was narrated by Caroline Lee and Geraldine Hakewill and it was phenomenal.

On a delayed flight from Hobart to Sydney, everything went wrong. Not the catastrophic wrong but inconveniences that one dreadfully endures in a horrific flight. A crying baby, a puking toddler, anxious businessman guy that is tapping his foot nonstop, a newlywed still in their wedding clothes heading to their honeymoon, an injured guy whose arm is in a cast and yes, a quiet lady who started giving predictions to each and every passenger including the baby. She is giving everyone their age of death and cause of death. Yes, the passengers called her crazy, psychotic, insane and delusional. No one took her seriously, but for some, her predictions became the entertainment of the terrible delayed flight. Cherry, is the "death lady" and the reason why she did what she did was absolutely unknown even to herself. Until the day when her prediction came true, and one passenger actually died exactly how she predicted.

I love how this book has short but very eventful and impactful chapters. It's a big book with a total of 126 chapters plus the epilogue. There were so many characters. By many, I mean a full flight plus the crew and the families of every individual. I normally get lost in a crowded book but surprisingly, Here in One Moment has uniquely introduced everybody making them significant and easy to remember. I was hooked. I need to get to the next flip of the page wanting to find out who is dying next or if Cherry actually predicted the correct terminal diagnosis. Even with ll of these happening, every character has the chance to shine in their own spotlight. I love the ending because it gradually gave me the closure that I need to let go of the characters. It was am amazing read and I highly recommend!

Liane Moriarity once again delivers an intricate look into an engaging cast of characters while getting the reader to contemplate life, death, and all the twists and turns that happen in between.

Reading challenge category - 2024 Flourish and Blotts: History of Magic - Harry Potter: Mentions Harry Potter. "the man was old, but not, you know, Dumbledore old." brief, but i'm counting it.

The epigraph at the beginning of the book: "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." - Stephen Hawking. This sets the tone and expectation for the book.

On a flight from Sydney to Hobart (Australia), the passengers are in for a surprise. After a bit of a delay that already has people amped up, the flight takes off. An unremarkable woman then stands up and begins reciting the age of death and cause of death for every single passenger. She comes to be known as "the Death Lady."

The Death Lady, Cherry, is our main character of sorts. We get her life story in chapters, interspersed with chapters that are from the point of view of other plane passengers - but all of these are in the present, after the events of the flight. When Cherry's predictions begin to come true, like that of her 'psychic' mother, Madame Mae, before her, the passengers make different choices for their lives. This connects back to the epigraph - do we make our own destiny, or is it predetermined?

I love that the cover is the imagery of the butterfly effect and how it fits with the story of all of the characters' lives intersecting and affecting one another.

I was invested in the start of this book, but from 20-40% in, it lagged. About half-way through, it picked back up and I was engaged until the end. I feel like some of the points of views could have been edited down or removed entirely. I liked getting Cherry's full past and present to show all of the facets. I even shed a few tears by the end.

While this isn't my favorite book by Liane Moriarty, I enjoyed it. Thanks to #NetGalley for the ARC.

I enjoyed this new book from Moriarty. I thought the focus on the different after-effects on the passengers was well done, and reminiscent of some John Marrs novels. I did not enjoy the main character's back story as much. She felt very unlikeable and her point of view seemed unimportant. It does make you think a lot about life and death.

Love love loved this book. I’m a big fan of this author and was a little nervous after this felt like a bit of a slow start. However, it picked up and it was so great. The characters were dynamic and beyond entertaining.

“It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had.” - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

An ordinary flight between two Australian cities becomes life altering when an elderly woman walks down the aisle predicting the manner and time of death for each of the passengers. What is initially dismissed as nonsense is looked at differently when some of the predictions come true. The Death Lady, as she has become known, has caused ripples well beyond that flight.

It’s best to go into this book blindly and allow the story to unfold. It does so slowly at first, but be patient. The payoff is worth the investment. This book has been compared to The Measure, but other than the basic premise of being told when one will die, the plots are nothing alike. It’s a revelation when all the pieces fit together. Liane Moriarty has written another page turner.

Thank you to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for the opportunity to read an advance copy in exchange for an unbiased review.

In Here One Moment, a woman tells all of the passengers on a flight how and when they are going to die. And then the book proceeds to follow the stories of a few of the passengers and the “Death Lady”. The book sucked me and consumed me. It was gripping and so emotional and deep. The various characters were so well developed and so multi-dimensional that I found myself so invested in all of their lives and so anxious about whether the predictions would come true. It was so well done, with so many passages that I wish I wrote down to remember. Things about living in the moment, about not taking anything for granted, about the power of love. It was a long one but so worth the investment.

I have enjoyed most of Moriarty's books, but this one fell mostly flat for me. The premise was fantastic, and I can see this being a GREAT TV show, but it was just so slow, and I felt like we spent too much time on the plane. The book, like many before it, asks: what would you do if you knew how and when you would die? I think another issue was the enormous cast of characters, and how quickly we change between each. It was hard to get situated in one story before changing to the next.

dnf at 40% this book was absolutely obnoxious. endless rambling stream of consciousness. I think Moriarty was trying way too hard here. if you liked The Measure you might like this. I did not like The Measure.