Aboard an Australian flight, one woman abruptly tells each passenger what she expects their age of death and cause of death to be. Naturally, there is a lot of fall out from these predictions, and it goes from mildly concerning to quite serious when her predictions start coming true. We get chapters that alternate in perspectives from the fortune teller (nicknamed the Death Lady) and various passengers. This allows her back story to be fully fleshed out alongside the lives of those she inadvertently interrupted on that fateful flight. Themes include mortality, grief and an exploration of what it means to live fully.

I enjoyed this book a lot! The characters were well crafted and the gradual revelations kept me turning pages. I’m a sucker for learning about how people choose to live in light of their own mortality so that was right up my alley too! Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced digital copy.

Wow! Liane Moriarty is a master at weaving together seemingly unrelated stories, and this book is another example of her mastery. While this story did start out a bit slow for me, it really picked up once connections between characters were revealed. Another five star read from one of my favorite authors. I hope this books gets adapted into a television show like some of her others have!

Holy cow! This book was amazing. Liane Moriarty is one of my all time favorite authors and this book just made her even more so. Here One Moment was a blend of several different genres and the main character, Cherry, was so delightfully weird. I loved this book so much that I bought the hard copy of it even though I received this ARC. Great read!

So good! I found myself holding my breath several times while reading this book. I could not read it fast enough.

𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐈𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭, 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 (𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭) 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 (𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰) 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞—𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 (𝐡𝐚!) 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐞—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐞, 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐝𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲’𝐬” 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝐻𝓊𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝐿𝒾𝒶𝓃𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓎, 𝒞𝓇𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒫𝓊𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔, & 𝒩𝑒𝓉𝒢𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝑅𝒞! 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

Here One Moment has all of things I've come to expect from a Liane Moriarty novel - An interesting diverse set of characters, a conflict or issue that is complicated and unresolved until the final pages (or after) and not being able to turn the pages fast enough.

Here One Moment starts with a flight that has been delayed and all the passengers are quite unhappy about that turn of events, when an elderly woman gets up and makes her way through the entire plane pointing to each passenger and saying things like, "I expect 35 and workplace accident." or other disturbing predictions of age and manner of death. This clearly creates a chaotic scene during the flight which then continues as the passengers arrive home and contemplate whether this woman was a psychic or psychotic.

I was worried at first that I could follow that many different storylines for the various passengers, but the author did such a good job that each story felt unique and original. This was the type of book that made you think and at the same time, made you grateful for each moment we have.

I received this book courtesy of the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC! Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty is a very different kind of novel. When Cherry boarded a plane with her husband’s ashes, she could never have imagined having some sort of psychotic break. As far back as she can remember, she has always been fascinated with mathematics and statistics but just how would that fascination turn into such a bizarre turn of events. Making
predictions about life expectancy is an insurance worker’s main focus but can predicting people’s futures actually help them make positive life choices? Moriarty has such a subtle way of telling the story that it kept me engaged and consistently wondering if the old woman’s predictions would come true. Overall a very different yet good read that I would recommend
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I think I've read almost every book by Liane Moriarty, and one thing I love about them, you never know what to expect. The only thing you can be sure of is that there will be a big cast of diverse characters that you will become invested in, but everything else is up for grabs.

Here One Moment starts on an airplane, with a scene that feels all too familiar to those of us who fly often. People find their seats, hope they aren't near a crying baby, and settle in for what they hope will be a short, calm flight. On this Sydney to Hobart run, that is what the passengers expect. Then a way into the flight, an older woman who we will later find is named Cherry, starts to walk down the aisle of the airplane, pointing to each person and telling them their method of death and the age it will happen. Many passengers are pleasantly surprised, but some are horrified at the predictions.

Then when someone on the flight dies a month later in the predicted manner and timeframe, social media is set alight trying to find the mysterious woman who made the predictions. Like some reviewers, I was slightly reminded of the book The Measure, although the style of this one was very different.

As seems to often be the case, we have two storylines. We have the people on the airplane storyline, and then the life of Cherry, the one who made the predictions. I wondered how the author would tie up the ending of this book without making the reader feel mislead or cheated, and hats off, I think she did an excellent job! I loved the ending, and there is a life lesson in the pages of the book. As usual in Moriarty's books, I found characters that come to life and are engaging and begin to seem like real beings to me.

Thank you to NetGalley, Liane Moriarty, and Crown Publishing for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’m not sure how to explain how I felt about this book. I immediately loved the premise. (Possible psychic predicting others’ causes and ages of their deaths? Okay!) I didn’t quite know what to predict beyond waiting to see if the receivers of these predictions actually died like she said they would. However, as you’re waiting for said deaths to happen, you start to get to know and care for these characters. And you hope and hope that fate isn’t actually set in stone. That predeterminism is just some silly thing that philosophers made up long ago.

In between the chapters of the plane’s passengers, there are chapters from the “death lady’s” POV. At first, I honestly wasn’t that interested in her POV. But then you get to know her, as well, and slowly some things start making sense. And while she seems like a bit of an odd ball (the narrator that voiced her was terrific at that btw), you’ll really start to care for her, too.

Under Goodreads, this falls under mystery and thriller, and while there’s a slight aspect of both, I don’t think that’s a good characterization. It’s a bit of a genre-bending book, and if you’re like me, you’ll need the tissues on hand for this one. It’s a longer book (500+ pages or 16 hours for audio), but don’t get discouraged- you’ll definitely want to stick this one out!

4.5 / 5

On a random packed flight, everyone is worrying about the flight being delayed and what it will do to their plans. Suddenly a woman stands up. She makes predictions about how and when everyone on board will die. Some dismiss her. Others will do everything they can to make sure her prophecies do not come to pass. All of them will be forever changed.

How would you live your life if you thought you knew how it would end? Would you love who you love or try to love someone else? Would you stay married? Would you stop drinking? Would you call up your ex-best friend you haven’t spoken to in years? Would you quit your job?

This book felt like a cross between The Measure and Manifest (the tv show), and I really enjoyed how it got me thinking. How much of life is because of what we are told, and how much is based upon what we create ourselves?

Thank you to Netgalley and Crown Publisher for the Advanced Reader Copy. All opinions are my own.

A great read! The story was unique and intriguing, just the right balance of realism and possible "supernatural" influence. Trying to keep track of all the characters was a bit of a challenge, but there was always enough context provided fairly quickly to jog my memory as to who they were. The ending really worked well to tie everything together in a very satisfying way.

What a comeback. Let me tell you, about halfway through I did not have high hopes for this book. It began ominously as a fortune teller gave unwanted predictions (age and cause of death) to her fellow passengers on a flight to Sydney. Following these emotionally catastrophic predictions, the reader is provided two timelines: the fortune teller’s past and the passengers’ current lives, as some face death sooner than others. I kept wondering the significance of the fortune teller’s chapters, and to be honest, I started to get pissed off. Why would I care about her entire life story, including descriptions of the loves of her life and that she got food poisoning? She’s not the one dying! When the significance of her chapters came together after about 90%, I was shocked. Chapter 113 came (yes, you read that right) and I started to feel bad for getting so annoyed with the woman. The light bulb went off and I was kinda sad. The fact shone that you never know what a person is going through. If you feel like giving up, I encourage you to keep reading. I am glad I did.

“‘But just because you achieved one dream doesn’t mean you can’t now try for another.’”

“But that’s the thing about life: both your wildest dreams and your worst nightmares can come true.”

“She became my new friend. Friends can save your life.”

One of the best books I have read in a long time. The depth of the characters, the backstory of Cherry, all of the intricately woven ties to each other. It truly was so well done. The concept of what would your life be like if you knew the age and cause of your death had you questioning what you would do in the same situation. Would you let it ruin your life or would it make you look inward on what you could change to better your life until it was your time? We follow a group of people who choose both options and get to know them, as well as the “Death Lady” who predicted their deaths on a plane. Such fantastic storytelling by Liane Moriarty.

From the very start you get pulled into story when an older lady starts predicting everyone on the planes death. And not just what will happen to them, but when as well, which puts everyone's lives in a tailspin. However, there is more to the story behind the infamous death lady, which she was called due to her notoriety. This story was extremely well written and intricately woven between all of the characters and Cherry herself. This book was not only sad, but uplifting in ways with an extremely satisfying ending. This book was a reminder to live everyday like your last and hold your loved ones tight!

I was obsessed with Moriarty and reread everything she's done. Somehow the last couple (including this one) just haven't resonated with me. Lots of characters, with a life history of the main protagonist. Well told with some twists at the end but just ho him for me.

What does this group of complete strangers have in common? They are all on the same flight with an old woman who walked down the aisle telling folks how and when they are going to die. When her predictions start coming true, many of these passengers want to know who this woman is and why she said what she did. The chapters flow from passenger to passenger as we learn more about their lives and, in between these chapters, we learn about the life of this 'fortune teller.' It took me a while to get involved with these people and once I did, all I wanted to do was find time to read. This is by far my favorite Liane Moriarty book and would make for interesting book club discussions. Do you believe in fate? Can you change your future? Would you want to know how and when you are going to die? Would you live differently? This book has already been decided on for our December meeting and I'm really looking forward to it.

Liane Moriarty, you beautiful genius. This might be my new favorite LM book.

I loved this— the interlaced stories, the slight supernatural element, and the many twists and turns the story took. I was riveted the whole time.

“But that's the thing about life: both your wildest dreams and your worst nightmares can come true.”

“The problem is that we then subconsciously believe people who suffer must deserve it. It's what allows us to look away, to turn the television off. People sometimes say that everything happens for a reason. No. No, it does not. There was no reason for these terrible things to happen together. No reason at all. They just did.”

I’ve dealt with anxiety and OCD my whole life. One of my triggers is nighttime. I would (and still sometimes do) often spiral about death. I remember when I was a preteen, I so convinced I wouldn’t wake up in the morning, that I laid on the couch and stared at then textured walls of my childhood home’s living room until the sun rose. This happened more times than I can count, and still sometimes does. Back then I thought I was psychic, predicting the future. OCD makes you believe you are capable of some pretty powerful things. And that isn’t always a good thing.

Enter Here One Moment. Despite anxiety meds and 15 years of trying to understand myself better, this book sent me back to staring at those textured walls. The anxiety palpable. I couldn’t quite settle into this book because of that. That’s not to say it was bad - it was wildly entertaining. Beautifully written. Rich, layered, crispy. I loved the dry and pithy humor. I loved the depth of characters. And in typical Liane Moriarty fashion, there were loads. But she’s so great at writing these vastly different characters with unique voices. It’s easy to follow.

The concept was thought provoking - if not absolutely terrifying. I still highly recommend this book. But maybe my next read will be a pallet cleanser for my poor anxiety lol.

This book has only been out for 1 month and with 29,000 reviews, I knew it would be good but did not expect it to be this great!!! If I could give this book 10 stars, I would! Another fantastic novel by the great Liane Moriarty. Bring it’s 512 pages, I was hesitant about starting it with all the hurricanes going on down in FL, (where a lot of my family live) I wasn’t sure I could fully concentrate but this pulled me in from the very page. I really think it’s her best novel so far!!! A fave for 2024!

Here One Moment hooks you with an intriguing premise from the start, but it doesn’t quite deliver the page-turning suspense you might expect. Though fairly standard characters, they are interesting enough to keep you invested in their storylines. While the momentum falters in the middle, the author pulls it together for a satisfying and well-wrapped ending.