I really enjoyed this book. It's classic Moriarty. It explores the familiar ideas of what is pre-destiny, self-fulfilling prophesies, and the interplay of self-determination and fate in a fun and unique way. It was quick and very easy to read, yet left me with much to think about even days after finishing.

A side note of next to no worth, but lots of people predicted to live to 100+ lol. Felt disproportionate, it niggled.

This book poses an interesting question, what would you do if you knew when you would die? There are multiple POVs which allows the reader to understand many characters very well. Having read most of Liane Moriarty books, this one was a slightly underwhelming compared to some of her other books. I enjoyed the concept and the characters but the ending fell a little flat (except for the swimmer!). It's very possible that my expectations were too high and if I had never read anything else by her I would have enjoyed it more.

Thank you for the early copy from one of my favorite authors. This book did not disappoint. I have already purchased multiple copies for my library.

Book Title: Here One Moment
Author: Liane Moriarty
Publisher: Crown
Genre: Women’s Fiction, Mystery/Thriller
Pub Date: September 10, 2024
My Rating: 4.4
Pages: 512

The flight from Hobart to Sydney is delayed for 30 minutes, and finally takes off. As everyone gets settle and ready to get to Hobart, a lady is stopping at each row talking to the passengers. However, she is actually making a prediction of when she expects they will die and what the cause. In other words how long or short they will live.
Actually the lady is Cherry (not Cheryl) Lockwood, the daughter of Madame Mae a famous psychic.
. The passengers regard her predictions as entertaining- reminding me of the time we enjoyed playing with an Ouija Board- however my son-in-law still tells of the time before he ever met my daughter that the Ouija used her initials as his true love. Hmmm

Later when passengers return home from their flight they are a bit nervous about whether or not this woman’s predictions will come true.
When asked to describe her, no one can remember much in fact, nothing specific other than the predictions. They identify her as a lady but cannot determine if she is 30 or 80 or somewhere in between.

Six deaths are predicted not far in the future.
When after a few months three passengers die as predicted, others now give her predictions consideration.

We follow the lives of the passengers who predicted to die somewhat soon ~
~ Allegra Patel, the flight attendant predicted from self-harm on her 28th birthday.
~Dr. Bailey and his wife also Dr. Bailey were on the flight to attend great grandchild’s christening and told would die when one was 100 and the
other 101 – their birthdays are approaching – will it happen?
~ Dom and Eve the couple on their honeymoon, although Dom is predicted to live until 100, Eve is told she will be killed by Dom.
~Leo a Civil engineer who is predicted will die in an accident and he is nervous about missing his daughter's school performance.
~Ethan Chang is told he will die after his upcoming birthday from an assault, Ethan is a mild manner man but recently has not been pleased when
housemate Jasmine has boyfriend Carter stay over. Carter is messy and acts like a spoiled preschooler.
-Paula Binici is told one of her children will live to be 100, however little Timmy will die at age 7 from drowning.
Does she risk this coming true for Timmy?

There is no doubt following their lives kept me interested even though I kept hoping some predictions would be completely off.


In addition to following the passengers we also get background info on Cherry the lady now named ‘Death Lady’.

The characters were all great. I am one who isn’t a fan of long books but this one actually went quicker than I expected.
I was hopeful to read ‘Author’s Notes’ as I always love knowing the motivation for an author to write a story. However wasn’t included in this early uncorrected galley= perhaps will be added later.

I am a psychological thriller fan but there are some authors who are on my favorite list no matter what they write. Author, Liane Moriarty is one of those authors! Ms. Moriarty has written 40 books and this was only my eighth but I still call myself a fan.

Want to thank NetGalley and Crown for this early eGalley.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for September 10, 2024.

I was very intrigued by the book summary, and because it is Liane Moriarty, of course I'm going to read it.

I was hooked by the first few pages. Towards, the middle, I was starting to get confused because there were so many characters with their own sub-stories. However, knowing Moriarty's writing, I knew it would come together in the end -- and it did! Also, for U.S. readers, the book cover made no sense to me until about a quarter of the way through the book. It fits perfectly for the story.

I would rate this in my top 3 favorite Moriarty books.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an advanced copy. All opinions are my own.

3.5 stars. First I have to say that I really love Liane Moriarty's books but this one for me may be an anomaly because frankly it was just too long. The idea is great - Would you change or alter your life based on what a psychic told you? Sounds fantastic, right?

A woman on a plane goes down the aisle and predicts the age of death and the reason for the death - disease, drowning, etc. Well obviously this creates havoc.

What follows is many pages with too many characters to remember at the beginning and it seemed a bit disjointed. The narrator, the psychic, speaks to you, the reader, and I didn't really like that. The chapters alternate between the alleged psychic and then one of the other people that were on the plane. As she tells her story though, she then interjects it with analogies or questions to the reader and I just didn't like this. It felt odd.

Thank you to NetGalley, Crown and Liane Moriarty for this very interesting storyline and one I was very interested to read - but for which I think went about 100 pages too long.

Another unique storyline from Liane Moriarty! I loved the premise of the story and I was fully invested in what happened after they stepped off the plane. I’ll be recommending this one!

Great writing, excellent character development, and multiple POVs that intersected seamlessly.

I devoured Liane Moriarty's latest, Here One Moment, pretty much in one sitting.

The first chapter of this book may be my favorite thing I've read all year.

A group of strangers boards a much-delayed flight in Australia. Among them are a weary mother with a toddler and an infant, honeymooners who are still in their wedding clothes, a retired couple returning from vacation, a hipster with an injured arm, and a workaholic dad who is about to miss his daughter's school play.

An already taxing experience turns even worse when an older woman slowly makes her way through the plane, pointing to each passenger, and predicting age and cause of death for each one.

Who is she? What is she doing?

And what if she's right?

Switching perspectives among passengers, a flight attendant, and the woman issuing predictions, Moriarty presents an entertaining meditation on fate and choosing your own destiny.

I received an early review copy from NetGalley.

Thank you to @NetGalley and @crownpublishing for the eARC of this book! These opinions are my own.

Synopsis:
People aboard a local Australian flight are shocked when suddenly an unremarkble septuagenarian (Cherry) gets out of her seat and walks through the entire plane telling each person their death age and cause.

As expected, many passengers are pleased when she predicts long lives, but several are shocked and nervous when she tells them they only have a short time left. The passengers who have been given a more concerning expiration date vary between disbelief and paranoia, each changing their post-flight lives to see if they can 'outlive' Cherry's sentence. All the while, the story of Cherry's own life is revealed as the current timeline continues for each passenger.

Opinion:
This might be my favorite Liane Moriarty book yet. This story is equal parts heart-wrenching, heart-warming, tense, and hopeful. Each passenger's lives are so relatable and I love how they range in age, careers, and family situations, and yet some of them make connections with each other through their shared bizarre one-time experience. I feel like this book would appeal to a wide range of readers and the story has a very satisfying conclusion that makes you cheer for humanity.

I hate to say this, but my least favorite of her books. Too many characters that I felt NO connection too. Really cool concept for a book, that I had high hopes for

Here One Moment
A short flight between Hobart and Sydney was interrupted when an older woman stood up and started making predictions about passengers and a crew member. She told each one what the cause of their death would be as well as when they would die.
The rest of the book gives us a history of the older woman, Cherry Lockwood and how she ended up making the predictions. It also focused on 6 of the passengers and their reactions to the predictions.
Each chapter alternated between Cherry’s life story and reactions to the predictions from one of the 6 passengers. There was no chapter heading so it took some time to figure out the subject of each chapter. The 6 passengers reacted to the predictions in different ways but all tried avoid the fate predicted for them.
I had read 2 other books by this author and was looking forward to this one. However I was disappointed in this book for various reasons. The difficulty figuring out who was speaking in each chapter. The length of the book (over 500 pages). The large part of the story spent giving us a history of the predictor. The disappointing ending. The unlikeable main character.
I received this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Here One Moment is a story of love and grief, free will and destiny, and the constant struggle to stay in control in an uncertain world. The book starts with a delayed flight where we learn about all the passengers including when and how they are going to die. How do they know this? She would be known as “The Death Lady.” The other passengers never recall her boarding the plane. She nothing special on the outside but what she did on that flight was truly remarkable.

A few months later one passenger dies exactly as she predicted. Then two more passengers die, again, as she said they would.

If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny?

I thoroughly enjoyed this book overall and definitely recommend everyone reads it. Yes, there were times I got a little confused as to what POV each chapter was being spoken from and definitely overwhelmed in the beginning with the amount of characters being introduced and sometimes having the hard copy would help organize that. But the story and book was exceptional and overall I didn’t want to stop reading once I got more into the book!

Thank you NetGalley, Crown Publishing, and Liane Moriarty for the opportunity to read this ARC copy!

Ever since Big Little Lies I get excited to see a new book by Lianne but usually end up not as satisfied with the book compared to that first story. She does beautiful character writing but this fell short for me.

One of her best! Didn’t want to end and try to save the last few chapters but couldn’t put it down. The storylines are all interwoven so beautifully and her storytelling is unmatched!

3.5⭐️…..The story was good however I was a bit bored with it. I skipped thru several parts to get to the end. Not my cup of tea.

Through a cast of characters that is flawlessly executed with charm and heart, Moriarty will force you to ponder your own mortality and fate-- and what would change if your future were set in stone.

📚 Here One Moment
✍ Liane Moriarty
📖 Fiction
⭐ 3.5/5

🙏 Thank you to Crown Publishing, NetGalley and Liane Moriarty for the advanced copy of Here One Moment. All opinions are my own.
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🎯 What I loved: This book took a deep philosophical question (how would knowing your fate change your outlook and actions in life?) and brought wit, humor and heart into it to make it a deeply gratifying story. I love a book with multiple perspectives and really enjoyed the characters Moriarty chose to highlight because they were each so unique but ultimately tied together. While I didn't adore every character, the diversity of perspective and experience kept me reading and I found that ultimately, each character possessed some characteristic I could relate to. Though the broader story topics were related to death and fate, there was plenty of levity and humor in the way things were told and overall, I really enjoyed this book!

🙅‍♀️ What I didn't: I loved the way the chapters played off of each other but never really felt like the story was propelling itself forward. The ending seemed a little less climactic than I would have hoped for a book about such a powerful topic but it was ultimately really hopeful and I did appreciate that.
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Read if you love:
* books that hypothesize what would happen if people knew how and when they would die
* multiple characters and perspectives woven together into one bigger story
* one event/experience that binds a group together for life
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See also: The Measure, No Two Persons, The Hypnotist's Love Story

4 ⭐️

To be honest, it took me about 45% to get into this book only because the characters were not distinguished very well, and I wouldn’t know who was talking until a few pages into the chap.

Once I hit the 55% mark I really started to enjoy my time because I knew who all of the characters were (there’s a lot)

I really did not like the ending only because I wanted to know more I didn’t like the non-ending ending
But some people like that

I felt like sometimes I didn’t really like the writing with the way that Cherry was talking to us
But then, other times I felt like I did like the writing.


Beginning 2/5
Writing 4/5
POVs: yes multiple 3.5/5 liked most if not all
Plot: 4.5/5
Enjoyable? 3.5/5 (beginning no middle sure ending yes but not the ending ending lol)
Ending: 2/5

4 fortune teller stars

Would you want to know your cause of death and what age? What would you do with that information? That’s really the crux of this book.

Cherry is a perfectly forgettable woman who boards a short flight. For some reason, maybe it was a trance, she ends up walking through the plane, pointing at people and telling them their age of death and how they will die. She becomes known as “The Death Lady,” and soon, everyone talks about her and her predictions.

What would you do with the information? If your time was short, would you get to work immediately on your bucket list? Would you focus on your mental health? Would you try to avoid every possibility of her prediction coming true? Would you simply write her off as a hoax?

The book introduces us to many of the people on the flight and we learn how they deal with the information. I started to root for people to fight fate and live past her prediction.

There are also chapters that give us Cherry’s whole life story. These parts felt a bit long, to be honest! We learn that fortune telling runs in her family, but is some of it real and some made up? Do you believe that someone can see your future?

This is overall a longer book than I typically read, but it has many short chapters. I will say that I cheered at the end and maybe even got a little teary-eyed.

During a flight an old women gets up, counts to three and begins giving the passengers “death predictions”. Most of the passengers are annoyed, but don’t believe the old woman, until some of the predictions start coming true.
In true Liane Moriarty style this book is full of interesting characters and an interesting story.
Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC.

Pub date: 9-10-24

I have read a few books from this author and always seem to have a good time with them. I did feel like this was a little long and slow paced and sometimes it felt like a chore to pick it up. That being said a lot of the story reminded me of Dear Edward which I loved so I am glad I read it. Thank you for the ARC