Fate will not be fought.

This book left me with goosebumps! This story follows a cast of characters after a lady on a flight begins to tell strangers their age of death and cause of death. The predictions leave passengers and crew on edge. As the story unfolds through multiple points of view, you see how that day came to be and it's lasting impacts on the lives of those on the flight. I found this to be very thought provoking, and couldn’t stop thinking about it. It will be one of those books I think about long after I’ve written this review!

Many thanks to @crownpublishing @netgalley for my #gifted (free) copy. Pub date 9/10/24.

This book was incredible! I'm not going to lie it did have a slow start, but I promise you just keep reading! I loved how we really get to know all the characters, and you just keep hoping nothing bad happens to them. This is unlike any book I have ever read, and it will definitely stay with me for a long time!

It was just supposed to be an easy quick flight from Hobart to Sydney, but one ordinary lady changed that for the passengers of the plane. The ordinary lady Cherry stood up and walked down the aisle and told all the passengers what age they would die and how they would die. Some passengers were scared, and some thought she was just a crazy lady, that is until a few months after the flight, some of her predictions start coming true. Told through multiple POVs that we really get to know a handful of the passengers and what they do with the prediction they were given. The ending was perfection! Grab this book on 9/10!!!!

A sharply written narrative that explores the human experiences of fate, free will, grief, and love in this uncertain world.

The moment I saw Liane Moriarty had a new book out, I jumped at the chance to read it. And once again, she does not disappoint. Here One Moment covers the lives of individuals who had the (mis)fortune to be on a plane with a psychic who predicted their age and cause of death. Alternating between their post-plane paths and the history of the psychic, the characters keep you hooked. The dilemma of "fate vs free will" bounced around in my head for weeks after.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.

Bravo, Ms. Moriarty! This was such a unique novel and I don't think I've read anything even close. A touch of the mystical but grounded in reality, the closest I might compare it to is the plot of the Final Destination series. Very developed characters and such a great plot!

This book was a joy to read. This author is just an automatic read for me because anything she writes will just move you in so many ways. She has a way of pulling your emotions our and just leaving them to do what they do. I always have to brace myself going into one of her books so needless to say I really enjoyed this book. Try going into it without reading the synopsis and I think it will be a better read. I highly recommend this book and author.

Liane is such a great author. She can take strangers and tie them together in an amazing story.

For this book I enjoyed the plot and presentation so much! It truly makes the reader think if they knew the year and how they would die, what would you do?

The connections we have between others and the choices we make can be incredibly important.

But I thought the book was a bit too long and some of the characters stories took up more space than was necessary. Also, it took me about 40% to really get into the story because there were SO many characters. It made sense for the story but it was still a bit overwhelming.

3.75 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🌟

“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 except there will be times when it will gallop off in a direction, not of your choosing.”

Do you believe that everything is predetermined? One day, on a much-delayed flight, an older woman gets up out of her seat and walks through the plane telling everyone their age of death and cause of death. Some people don't believe her; some people obsess over the prediction, and some people only begin to take her seriously when some predictions start coming true.

The chapters alternate between the POV of the woman, called the Death Lady by some, and some of the people who were on the plane: Leo, predicted to die at 43 in workplace accident, Ethan, predicted to die at 30 in an assault, Eve, predicted to die from intimate partner homicide, Paula, who was predicted to have a long life, but her son was predicted to die at 7 in a drowning,

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty examines life and grief: what would you do if you knew you would die soon? Or can fate be changed?

Thanks to the publisher, the author, and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Fans of Morarity won't be disappointed..she seema to go in a different direction here, but it's interesting enough to keep the reader engaged.

Good story! This one kept me engaged, I enjoyed the cast of characters.
I was expecting a different ending,
Overall, entertaining.

I was intrigued by the premise of a woman on an airplane standing up and predicting the cause of death and age at death for each of the passengers. For some, it's a date far in the future, but for others it's uncomfortably close. Some people laugh it off, some take steps to mitigate the likelihood, and others obsess about the possibility. But I felt the story got much better when the focus shifted to the various ways that people grieve,

I expected this to be a sad and much darker book and questioned why I wanted to read it - but I am so glad I did, as it is another great one from Laine Moriarty!

You get the stories/viewpoints of several passengers on the plane and follow them through the months after the initial flight. Sometimes too many storylines are frustrating but I loved all the stories here. I wasn’t as interested in Cherry’s (I have no idea why) but overall found this fantastic book engaging.

The premise is disconcerting, being told by a stranger how and when you’ll die. Even though the psychic in the book isn’t telling you, the reader, when & how you’ll go, it’s unavoidable not to think of it and if you’re using your time wisely. The first quarter of the book is claustrophobic as if you’re sitting on the plane with these characters learning about their lives and then learning about their foretold deaths and being unable to escape it.

The author, whether intentionally or not, puts into perspective the people currently in your life and reminds you of those you’ve lost. As usual she writes about a myriad of people with rich stories that immediately sucks you in. You are ingratiated into the lives of these characters hoping along with them that the psychic was wrong. The chapters are short as the books flows through each of the people touched by the predictions. While the book tries to remind you that you can always work to change the prediction and to also make the most of the life you’re given, I still found myself riddled with anxiety. So while I hope you’re living life to fullest, reading this could also send you into a spiral!!! It’s still well written with beautiful characters and stories, but the tone is rather unsettling and sad.

Thank you to Crown Publishing for this ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I've loved Loans Moriarity's books and this one has jumped to the top of the list. This is a story of grief, love, life, family, losses, and unexpected gifts. There is humor also. This is a wonderful, heartbreaking and heartwarming, hard-to-put-down read. Fantastic!

Wow! I really enjoyed this book. It has to be one of my favorite Liane Moriarty books to date.

What would you do if your knew the age and cause of your death? Would it make you look at your life differently and start living it differently?
This story opens on an airline flight from Hobart to Sydney. After a delay the flight takes off and all is normal. Then, a woman of unpredictable age, and unspecified attributes stands up, counts to 3, and starts predicting the age and cause of passengers deaths. No one takes her seriously until her predictions start coming true.
I loved the different points of view in each chapter, five passengers and the elderly lady herself. We learn the backstory of the "psychic" and we learn how the other passengers start making changes in their lives to prevent the predictions from coming true.
This story will make you feel all your emotions, while also delivering a message about living life to it's fullest.
Thanks to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for sharing the digital ARC of this book.

Why is it so hard to write a great book that tackles the question of what people would you do if they knew in advance when they would die? Liane Moriarty's latest novel, Here One Moment, attempts to dissect the spectrum of emotions and reactions that would come with that knowledge, but this is not uncovered ground in modern literature. Chloe Benjamin's novel The Immortalists, which follows siblings who are told the date of their death by a circus fortune teller, and Nikki Erlich's The Measure, in which people received a package with a string whose length foretold the remaining duration of their life, both made an attempt at the topic. I moderately enjoyed The Immortalists; BarlinBooks' editor-in-chief Greg hated The Measure. In both cases, a really promising premise suffered from sub-par execution. I was optimistic that in Liane Morarity's skilled hands that the "knowledge of one's own death" question would be more deftly handled. It was not.

The premise follows the story of a delayed Australian flight from Hobart to Sydney. Once the flight is well underway and nearing Sydney an older woman, Cherry, the daughter of a fortune teller (and later known by the media as "The Death Lady") unbuckles her seatbelt and starts going one by one down the aisles prognosticating a cause and age of death for each of the passengers on the plane: "I expect Alzheimer's. Age eighty-nine," "I expect heart failure. Age eighty two." "I expect old age, age one hundred and one." Many people feel reassured by their rather long life spans. Others are shocked, angered, and understandably pained: "I expect assault. Age thirty." "I expect drowning. Age seven."

The first 20% of the novel covers the flight itself and jumps between a few passengers on the plane and Cherry, establishing background by giving us first-person accounts of why they are traveling, what issues they are facing in their life, and their interactions with each other on the plane. Once they disembark and are scattered across Sydney we continue to follow a select number of passengers and Cherry.

Most people initially brush off the incident as charlatanism, but then over the next year reports circulate on social media about a few of the passengers that met their end exactly at the age and in the way that Cherry had foretold. In an interesting twist, Cherry has no recollection of the event, and was seemingly in a trance during the flight, but we also learn that she has had similar visions in her past. A group forms online to unite and track the passengers. Some lash out, seeking to find Cherry and demand a new fortune. Others grapple with what to do with the information they now have. They wonder what steps they can take to prevent their seemingly pre-determined death, and many change the course of their lives.

The concept pulls you in and opens up so many questions and what-ifs, and Moriarty does her usual great job of getting into the psyche of the characters and adding few interesting twists. Unfortunately for me it wound up a bit flat. I'm between a 3 and a 4 on this, but I'll round down as I definitely wouldn't read it again and it wouldn't be a book I would likely recommend if asked for reading suggestions. Skip this one (and The Measure, and The Immortalists) and reach for Moriarty's Apples Never Fall, instead which I found to be a more compelling and complete novel.

This story goes through the lives of several people after they went through a trauma together. I found this book difficult to follow and extremely slow from start to finish. The premise was intriguing but I feel that the characters fell flat, and so did the story.

The audience for this book would be someone who enjoys a slow paced read.

Thank you to Crown publishing for the opportunity to read and review an early copy of this book.

Full Disclosure: I received an Advanced Reader's Copy of Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty from Crown Publishing via NetGalley. It should be available to the public on September 10, 2024.

I've read and enjoyed a few books by Liane Moriarty, but Here One Moment is my favorite so far. The book is told from various perspectives. All the narrators were on a flight together. One of them gets up during the flight and predicts the age and cause of death of all the others. What happens after that is up to each of them. There's a little mystery and suspense as we wait to find out if the predictions will come true. More importantly, it makes you stop and think about what you might do if you were given the same information. Would you accept your fate or try to change it? Be sure to check this one out!

Wow! I have read some of this authors books and they have been hit and miss for me. However, this one is her best yet.

A woman on a plane seems to have some sort of breakdown and predicts the age and death of passengers. Then the book begins to follow all of them during their aftermath.

The premise was catchy. It gave me Alice Hoffman vibes. Perfect fall book:) it's dark enough to keep me interested and witty. Really enjoyed this authors writing style.

Liane Moriarty has done it again. She has created an ensemble of fully-developed, individual characters, and placed them in an unusual situation that not only creates high drama, but also some beautiful connections. I loved following the story of these total strangers on a delayed flight as they first heard their expected age and date of death, and then either tried to elude the possibility or find Cherry, the "prophetess", and prove her wrong. Throughout it all, I delighted in all the clues from Cherry's own backstory as they illuminated each one of her connections and prophecies to her fellow passengers. A wonderfully unique premise, and one that helps us remember that human connection--even one that seems at first banal--can change our lives.