In a short flight between Hobart and Sydney, an older woman walks the aisle and tells passengers their age and cause of death. She seems as if she’s in a trance. The book follows several of these characters after the flight.

My thoughts: Loved it. There was just something so readable and enticing about the story and the writing. I’ve heard rumblings about the ending, but it worked for me. There are a bunch of characters, but I was invested in them all.

4.25 ⭐️

I’ve been a Liane Moriarty fan forever - in fact she is the one who broke me out of my reading slump with the Husbands Secret and Big Little Lies many many years ago. Her writing style - where the chapters alternate between characters’ perspectives - keeps me engaged in the story and I love how often the lives of the characters intersect in some fascinating way. This book followed the same format - where we alternated learning about Cherry (‘the death lady’) and the characters’ lives she affected with her predictions on the plane. How this book differed from her other books I’ve read is that it wasn’t often clear whose perspective I was reading - the chapters aren’t titled - and there were a lot of characters that I had a hard time remembering who was who and what their prediction was. It felt like the momentum of the story slowed at times due to not knowing whose perspective I was reading but I did still enjoy the story and the overarching message of the book.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced electronic version of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book and give an honest review.

If you knew the cause and year of your death, would you choose to live life any differently? A woman on a flight begins to tell passengers when they will die and what they will die from. It turns the life of some passengers upside down.

The story is about one woman’s life and how it is interwoven with the life of so many others, because of her predictions.

This book is long, or does it just seem that way. There are so many story lines.
Towards the end of the book some of the characters’ lives come together in a meaningful way.

There are a lot of characters in this book and there are a lot of plot lines.
Most of the characters led very ordinary lives that did not especially make for interesting reading. This book was just not the book for me.

A packed flight experiences something unforgettable – a woman predicting the time of death and cause of death of each passenger. Some laugh it off, some are instantly worried, and some change their lives because of the predictions. But suddenly – one by one – the predictions begin coming true. Was the woman a psychic accurately predicting death, or was she a fraud who simply lucked out? This story follows the lives of the passengers in the fallout of this memorable flight.

The premise of this book really hooked me in – it was unlike anything I’d ever read before, and I was intrigued to see what predictions were coming true. I also love Liane Moriarty – I’ve read many of her other books and was always thoroughly entertained. This book, however, fell a little flat for me.

The first quarter and last quarter of the book were very interesting, and I was eagerly devouring pages. The middle half of the book, however, was a little slow and boring for me. There wasn’t much action, it moved slowly because of the multiple points of view, and nothing seemed to be changing or happening much. I think the book could have been a little shorter and cut out some of the middle chapters that didn’t add much to the overall story.

The characters were interesting, and I did really enjoy the multiple POVs. The tension mounting as some major characters drew nearer to their death date predictions was stressful in the best possible way.

I would recommend this book to all Liane Moriarty fans. If you enjoy slower, character driven novels with minimal plot events, then this book would probably work well for you.

This is one of my more favorite Liane Moriarty books. I went to an author event where she spoke and it was interesting to hear her touch on this being the first time she wrote a character throughout their whole life and it was one of the things I noticed when I was reading and thought was interesting. I haven't been able to decide if I would want to know my date of death and cause of death. The whole concept made an interesting read. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an ARC.

Phew this book is longggg but once I waded through everything it felt worth it in the end. I loved the characters and I was so interested in their stories but it took so long to get to the ending. I was definitely happy with the end, it gave me happy and sad tears at different points throughout the book. I am giving this 4 stars because I enjoyed it, but the middle dragged on too much for me.

This was my favorite book of the year so far out of 52 books. I have missed the writing of Liane Moriarty recently and was so excited to pick this one up and it didn’t disappoint.

Here one moment-gone the next.
This one will get you thinking about mortality.. yours, your family’s, and friends’… even strangers on the bus!(or plane!)

One day, a woman on a flight walked down the aisle and told everyone aboard the time and nature of their death. This story is told in alternating POVs between “the death lady” and the passengers on the plane. I started to really care about those who we got to know deeper. The death lady was telling her life story in her chapters and while I enjoyed how it was written, I found it boring sometimes and I wanted to skim. Overall this one was a little too long. I liked the ending but I didn’t find the reveal very satisfying. I loved how the characters lives were woven together.

This one is for fans of Moriarty as well as books like the Measure, the Immortalists, or Dare to Know. I would definitely recommend it.
Though we don’t know when and how we will die, thinking about it may make you change the way you’re living today. We’re only here one moment.

A book about living life to its fullest with a twist. This did toy with my mind, and almost wrecked me in the end (having lost both my sister and father), many of the experiences of Cherry were much more poignant to me as a reader. I shall have to start keeping an OGT notebook bedside. 4.5/5 stars

I wish I had liked this book more, but I struggled with it. The chapters were short but I never connected with any of the characters.
Yes, I knew what the book was about when I got it but I just found it to be macabre and depressing.
This book just wasn’t for me.

Here One Moment felt slow-paced for me. At the start, I found it confusing to figure out which character was speaking since the chapters weren’t labeled and alternated between different perspectives. It’s a lengthy book to get through without feeling fully invested. I usually enjoy Liane Moriarty’s novels, but this one just didn’t quite hit the mark for me.

(4.5⭐️) Thank you to my friends at @crownpublishing and @prhaudio for the free #gifted copies of this book.

One way to kick my anxious nature into overdrive: a stranger giving me definitive details about something fated in my future. Would I truly believe it? Most likely, no. And yet, the amount of overthinking that would churn in my brain!

So... how did I come to ADORE a woman who goes around a plane midflight handing out predictions regarding people’s deaths?

Moriarty’s newest novel begs the age-old question of free will versus determinism. It’s a conundrum as fascinating as it can be uncomfortable. Here, Moriarty unpacks the quandary with a fresh perspective and clever storytelling.

From the start, we meet a whole host of characters who’ve received damning predictions. Getting to know them and learning about their purported futures oftentimes felt jarring. And yet, this methodically slow, character focused beginning allowed my mind to teem with questions regarding fate, as I suspect Moriarty preordained.

Short snippets interspersed throughout the present-day narrative revealed the backstory of the elderly female who delivered the shocking predictions, the Death Lady. Going unnamed for the first 20% of the book made it easy to pigeonhole her into the role of the villain.

But once named, Cherry’s life took on a fullness. Her voice was compelling, and her life was relatable. Long before the end of the book, Cherry definitively enamored me and became my favorite part of the story.

Surprising connections between the characters were eventually revealed and the ending satisfied in a way I couldn’t have predicted. For such a morbid premise, this book was unexpectedly hopeful and uplifting. I closed the last page with tears in my eyes, convinced that Moriarty’s storytelling is rooted in the truest kind of magic.

🎧Oh, how I am smitten with an Aussie accent! With dual narrators, one for Cherry and one for the rest of the storyline, I was fully charmed by this audiobook. Caroline Lee and Geraldine Hakewill gave an expressive and heartwarming performance.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Crown for the ARC of this novel!

Let me just say this is my new favorite novel by Liane Moriarty. This one has such an interesting beginning that draws you in. It had me invested in the characters' lives and outcomes from the start. Will the death prediction come true?

To learn more about Cherry's life, in particular, was fun and sad at times. Although the book has some length to it, I believe that was needed with all of the different characters you get introduced to. There were different times throughout the story that I was crying and also crying from laughter.

Overall, this was a fun read, and I will be recommending it to anyone that will listen! :)

A psychic goes around an airplane, predicting the age and cause of death for the passengers. All the passengers use these predictions to change their lives.

I didn't love the premise of this book and really struggled with reading it.
Pro's: I actually liked the last 20% of the book and the resolution. One of the main points of view that I'd found annoying throughout got better and I liked the ending, which made sense.

Con's: I hated the premise. It was 200 pages too long (where was the editor??) It had way too many points of view and some of the characters were much more interesting than the others. The writing was very uneven; I was having flashbacks to the terrible Apples Will Fall and not in a good way.

Verdict: I don't know. I previously loved Moriarty's books but the last few have had me wondering if I should keep reading her all together. This one was certainly better at the end than Apples and it did come together, but was it enough for the 3 days of 512 pages of hate reading?

Thank you to Netgalley for the advance copy for review. Maybe.

Imagine being on a flight and a lady goes up the aisle predicting the age and cause of death of everyone.

How would that information affect your actions? We follow some of the passengers and as they wrestle with their fate, they make decisions that begs the questions: is their fate predestined regardless of what they do? Did the prediction lead to actions that can alter their fate? Alternatively, do their actions lead to the prediction actually coming true, a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy?

As we delve into these passengers lives, we also learn more about the lady who made the predictions.

Despite the topic, in the author’s hands, it is anything but heavy.

I just finished Here One Moment, and wow, Moriarty has done it again! I’m always drawn to her engaging writing style and knack for creating complex characters, and this book delivered on both fronts.

The storyline pulls you in right from the start, blending humor with some pretty poignant moments. I loved how she explores the chaos of everyday life and the little things that can change everything in an instant. The characters felt so real; I found myself invested in their lives and rooting for their journeys and waiting for what appeared to be inevitable.

Moriarty has this amazing ability to balance drama and light-heartedness, making it hard to put the book down. It’s definitely a page-turner with that signature twist I’ve come to expect from her.

If you’re a fan of her other works, you won’t be disappointed! This book is a beautiful reminder of how fleeting life can be, wrapped in a story that feels both relatable and thought-provoking. Highly recommend!

* I received an advanced reader’s copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review

I love this author and was so excited to read this book. I was instantly drawn into the story and the different characters lives. At some point, things slowed down for me and the ending sort of fell flat for me. 3.5 stars overall, but I’ll always read this author.

I think this one will be a polarizing read, but I for one, loved it! This is one that will make it in my top 10 reads of the year.
I was nervous going in to this one because I feel the "when will you die" trope has become more common as of late, but I'm so glad I decided to request this one. I was compelled by the opening and couldn't put this one down as the characters tried to reckon with the death ladies predictions. I really feel like I can't say much or I'll spoil things, but just give this one a shot!

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for an ARC of this book.

This isn't my first Liane Moriarty so I have to say that I was surprised at how different this was from other things I've read by her. This kept me turning pages and thinking about the overall themes of the work.

In brief: a woman on a plane walks down the central aisle giving death notices to (many of?) the passengers. Age of death and cause. At first, it seems weird and a little creepy--but not too concerning. That is until the predictions start coming true.

We follow just a small handful of these passengers as they grapple with the knowledge of when they (or someone they love) might die. The idea of fate--and whether or not it can be avoided--is central to this story. And more importantly, it makes the characters all question their lives and how they spend their time; we ALL have an expiration date, whether we know when it is or not, so how do we want to spend the time we have here?

What I really liked was the questioning of the validity of the predictions. Was this legit? Was it a scam? Do we believe some people can predict the future? Could anyone with a very keen observational ability and a certain skillset make similar predictions? (This question is ultimately answered, so no open questions here!)

There were a lot of characters and often the sudden thrust into each chapter narrative was discombobulating until you figured out who was peaking (and remembered which character was which). So the reading was not as smooth as I would have liked.

But overall, I enjoyed this one and thought it a refreshing departure from the regular genre that Moriarty usually populates.

I absolutely loved this book. The intricate plot and the connection of all the characters are perfect !

Cherry finds herself on a flight to Sydney feeling very odd. After the flight she comes to be known as the death lady. Cherry gave predictions to all the passengers when and how they would die. The book then follows each person and how they deal with their prediction, cherry turns out to be right for 4 passengers, the first 4 deaths she predicted would happen.

This was a heartwarming and heartbreaking book all at once. I enjoyed how interwoven all the stories came to be. I cannot wait to read more from this author.