I’ve read almost every Liane Moriarty book and loved them all, but this is definitely up there as one of my favorites!

Here One Moment is captivating from the first paragraph. It opens on a delayed flight and we are immediately introduced to a large ensemble of characters. A woman, who would come to be known as “The Death Lady,” walks the aisle during the flight and addresses each passenger one by one. They soon realize she appears to be predicting their age and cause of death. Some passengers take it as a joke, while others have their lives completely upended by this singular event. The story is told through different perspectives, and the reader is able to follow along through the fallout.

I cannot sing the praises of this book enough! It was brilliant, entertaining yet thought-provoking. I felt like I was transported in each chapter following the different threads of the same story. The character development is top-notch, and the fine details woven throughout are truly spectacular.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Crown publishing for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

What an interesting premise! This book follows a group of people who were traveling on a plane together when one passenger does something strange that changes the trajectory of everyone’s lives. There are multiple perspectives that feel a bit like water swirling toward a central point, and eventually everything comes together. Read if you like debating the possibility of the “butterfly effect” and its ability to create life changing events!

I'd seen Here One Moment compared to the book The Measure, and that made me nervous. I liked but didn't love The Measure; however, the good news is that while there are some similarities, Liane Moriarty made this story her own in her typical fashion. While this book did feel somewhat more dark and mature than her previous novels, it still contained her typical quirky characters and dark humor. While I confess that alternating storylines are not my favorite narrative structure, it grew on me in this novel. I think part of this is because Cherry was given so many consistent chapters, so we were able to see her storyline emerge as a type of anchor holding everything together. Additionally, for me at least, all of the characters were likeable and sympathetic, so I felt fully invested in all the storylines. I knew this book would get emotional, and it hit me HARD at the end. I don't want to spoil anything, but I will just say that the ending is so beautiful and satisfying, which made me very happy and relieved.

An interesting premise - if you knew when and how you were going to die, would you live your life differently? Another interesting premise - if you want to believe something so much, can you make that premonition come true? The story was interesting and compelling - I wanted to see how it played out and it did wrap up both unexpectedly and rewardingly. The book was frustrating, however. Chapters weren’t labeled so it was confusing at times to know who was the subject character- especially at the beginning when they were not as familiar.

Thanks to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for the opportunity to read this ARC.

It took me a minute to get into this book. I was very happy that I continued with the book.
How would you react if you were on a plane and an older lady came up to you and said “Date of death and cause of death?”
This story is told from multiple points of view with many characters that you learn about when reading.
Liane Moriarty is a favorite of mine.
Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book for my honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review. This was a fun read. It was as good as Big Little Lies, but in a very different way. I must implore Ms. Kidman, Ms. Reese and Ms. Moriarty to film this in Australia. Moving the setting to California or Florida or anywhere changes the story dramatically. But I digress.

So, you get on a plane. You have already endured the drive to the airport, lines, crowds, delays, fussy children, difficult passengers (maybe you’re one of them?). Are you headed home? Did you just attend a funeral or a wedding? What is your mind set? Whatever it was, by the time an older woman by the name of Cherry walks up to you in flight and tells you how and when you’re going to die the days that follow are consumed by her “fate cannot be fought” in your face statement.

So, was I just going to read a book where one by one (fortunately she was corralled before she got to every passenger) the people we met just die off as described? No. There is so much back story. So much intertwining of lives that might not otherwise have been discovered. Some laughter. And I did love her steam of consciousness in parts of the story telling. And if I read on paper instead of a Kindle, there was a scene where I would have thrown the book across the room. The sadness was overwhelming. The Kindle merely got thrown in my beach bag and I jumped into the pool.

I gave it a 4. I rarely give 5’s and I have given two books a 5 this summer. This is well worth your time. But I am not watching the film adaptation of this take place in California with flights between LA and SF. It is not the same.

It's all about destiny and belief in fate. The story starts with a full flight and an anonymous older woman, Cherry, who walks the whole length of the plane predicting the time and cause of death for each person. Then in alternating chapters we learn about a handful of those passengers, their past and present and the effect of the predictions on their lives.We also find out about Cherry's story and how she became a person who would perform such an unusual act with a far-reaching impact. This was a thought-provoking and very engaging story about characters we care about

I recently stumbled across this author and really enjoyed her books. I thought at first that the story might be a little out there, but I wound up really enjoying it. I couldn't put it down and finished reading it in one day.

Here One Moment
By Liane Moriarty
512 pages

Reviewed by Rochelle Squires

What would you change about today if you knew your life was going to end tomorrow? Or in a year? Would you quit your job if someone predicted your death following a workplace accident? Or leave a spouse if becoming a victim of domestic homicide was in your fate, even though your husband is non-violent, gentle and loving? What if you knew you’d die by self harm? Would you make the call to a therapist today?

These are the questions several passengers on a fateful flight from Hobart to Sydney grapple with after an eccentric elderly woman, seemingly in a trance, offers predictions about each person’s age and cause of death.

The passengers run the gambit between feeling annoyed, horrified, and entertained, but when three of the predicted deaths occur in the coming months, doubt turns to belief and the eccentric woman becomes known as the “Death Lady.”

Paula, a mother of two and an obsessive-compulsive, enlists her infant son Timmy in multiple swim classes after his drowning death seven years in the future was predicted. Workaholic Leo is urged by his wife to leave his job and forgo financial security to avoid a fatal injury, and Sue takes better care of herself to hopefully avoid a pancreatic cancer prediction.

The eccentric woman from the plane, now known as the “Death Lady” is a widow named Cherry Lockwood, the daughter of a famous clairvoyant and an actuary. She is abundant with intelligence, wit, and the emotional capacity to ponder fate, reason, and the erroneous belief that life is fair: “It makes the world feel more predictable if we believe good behaviour is rewarded and bad behaviour is punished. The problem is that we then subconsciously believe people who suffer must deserve it. It’s what allows us to look away.”

As each passenger on the flight grapples with fate, mortality, and the million paths a life can take, they each find ways to lean in towards reinvention, to derive meaning and purpose, and to live each day as though it were their last. Meanwhile, Cherry Lockwood’s evolution leading to her moment of sudden “clairvoyance” reveals a surprisingly deep exploration of love, loss, life and death. She delivers on the depth of grief, saying it cannot be “project managed” and recalls an ordinary moment with her husband Ned, when there are splashes of sunlight on the kitchen floor and he’s chopping celery: “by all accounts an ordinary normal morning, but I felt the most extraordinary feeling of bliss, euphoria, and contentment combined. I have never forgotten it. On the days I believe in heaven, I believe it's like that moment.”

Here One Moment is a page-turning invitation to explore the meaning of life, the depth of love, and our quest for certainty in an uncertain world. Undoubtedly my favourite from author Liane Moriarty and one of the best books I’ve read this year.

Thanks to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for providing me with this amazing book’s digital advance reader copy to read in exchange for my honest thoughts. Publication date: September 10, 2024.

Oh my I loved loved loved this book. It was a beautiful thriller? Mystery? I'm not sure what genre I'd call this. If you knew when and how you were going to die, what would you do with your remaining time? This was so thought provoking and sweeping.

🦋 I’ve read Liane Moriarty’s entire backlist, so I was super excited to be approved for a sneak peek at her newest novel, Here One Moment. Thank you @crownpublishing. This is out 9/10!

🦋 This book is so interesting. It’s the ‘The Measure’ meets ‘Dear Edward’ when an event happens on a plane, binding the passengers together and igniting an internet search for the woman at the very center.

🦋 This book sparks debate about fate and free will. If we know when we will die— will we finally start living? Can we change our fates if we know them ahead of time? These are narratives that have been explore before— yet this story is incredibly unique.

🦋 This book gripped me from the start, and while it felt a bit repetitive at times, I really loved how it ended!

Stuck on a plane, passengers and crew are subjected to a stranger shouting out cause and age of their expected death. As her predictions begin to come true, everyone begins to examine their life and question free will vs destiny.
Liane Moriarty is one of my favorite authors. Creating a story in the POV of so many different characters is difficult to do well and usually she does. I think she sort of missed it on this one. In her previous books, I can tell which character the POV is in because they are very distinct, but that’s not how this one read. Cherry, the main character, is the only one that really felt unique (and, frankly, I didn’t care for her). I was constantly getting Ethan and Leo confused and forgetting who Paula and Sue were. And all the characters we didn’t get POVs from, totally jumbled. There were just too many characters that seemed to blend together and it made it difficult to follow the story. It was a great premise though and I did enjoy the short, choppy chapters. The ending, overall, was wrapped up pretty well (epilogue was a nice touch) just anticlimactic. The writing it’s very easy to read and even at over 400 pages, it seemed to go quickly.
***Thank you NetGalley, Crown Publishing, and Liane Moriarty for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review***

I recently finished reading "Here One Moment" by Liane Moriarty and was intrigued by the premise. The story follows a woman who can predict the cause and age of death of her fellow airplane passengers as these predictions come to fruition. The book delves into how these predictions impact the characters' lives and whether destiny can be changed. It made me think: Would knowing when and how you'll die change the way you live your life?

Although I knew Liane Moriarty's previous success, I found "Here One Moment" quite lengthy, impacting my overall reading experience. The narrative introduces six main characters who receive death predictions, and it includes chapters from a character known as the "Death Lady" or Cherry. With over 100 chapters and unclear identification, I often found myself having to backtrack to remember the character each chapter focused on. It wasn't until chapter 105 that Cherry's role became clearer, making the earlier chapters feel excessive. Additionally, extending over 500 pages, the book's conclusion left me wanting more after investing so much time in the preceding content. It felt a bit burdensome and didn't quite meet my expectations.


While this was my initial exposure to Liane Moriarty's work, I remain open to exploring her other books in the future.


It was my first exposure to Liane Moriarty's work, and I remain open to exploring her other books in the future.

Thanks to Crown Publishing and NetGalley for providing an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed within are solely my own.

Liane Moriarty never disappoints, but this might be her best work yet! From the first chapter, I was hooked and just had to know what was going to happen next. The storyline was fresh, and the characters were wonderfully written. Someone needs to make this book into a movie or a series immediately!

This book was based on an interesting premise. A women on a flight is telling people how and when they will die. I found Here One Moment enthralling and a page turner especially when the predictions start coming true. Ms .Moriarty is the master of suspense. And she does not disappoint in her latest book.

4.5! This book is nearly perfect. Fans of Liane's other works will LOVE it. TBH I was terrified by the premise but there was literally no way I wasn't going to read a Liane Moriarty book. Sorry!! The premise is stressful, especially for anxiety girlies like myself, but honestly I was able to read it for way longer chunks of time than I thought. And it was fun book too!! I wasn't expecting that!!

For me, Liane's books fly by despite their lengthy page count. I know sometimes people get bored in the middle (looking at the Nine Perfect Strangers haters!!) and if that's you, use caution!! Sometimes Cherry's chapters in the middle as well as the other flight passengers' felt dragged out and repetitive even for me. But when I tell you I literally could not put this book down for the last 30%!! I loved the way everything wrapped up in the end.

Thank you Net Galley and PRH for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

Minus being a bit lengthy, and not that twisty, I liked it. The whole theme of the book makes you think about your life and how you would spend your time if you knew it was limited or if you will live until 94. Something about Cherry really resonated with me, and I enjoyed some of the other characters as well. It will make a great book club book.

Liane Moriarty is an auto-read author for me. I was so excited to be approved to read an advanced reader copy of Here One Moment, a story about a group of passengers on a short domestic flight. And there just so happens to be a woman walking up and down the aisles, pointing at people and telling them their age and cause of death.

Some passengers are told they’ll live to see old age, but a few are told they’ll die soon – in a matter of months or years. When the first passenger dies exactly as predicted by “The Death Lady” and then two more die, the passengers from the flight are terrified that she’s right.

The story alternates between The Death Lady’s perspective (her name is Cherry) and a few of the passengers. You get a good glimpse into Cherry’s life and all the things that led her there to that day and that flight, as well as how those few passengers with terrifying death predictions deal with that knowledge. Is it real? Surely not!

I always love Moriarty’s writing, though some of her books hit better than others. This one I absolutely loved. The story was so compelling I tore through it in just a few days. There was a feeling of mystery and dread throughout the book that had me longing to see how it would all work out. I had tears streaming down my face at the end.

It reminded me of The Measure by Nikki Erlick, but better. What would you do if you knew how and when you would die? It’s a great topic for a book club read. I can’t wait for this book to come out for everyone to read it!

Thank you to @NetGalley and @CrownPublishing for the advanced reader copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

I have always loved Liane Moriarty books. I was so excited to get this one sent to me early.

If you knew your future would you try to change it? This book goes through several different characters who all meet on an air plane. Each chapter is a different character as well as the lady from the plane who is telling everyone their fate. Is she real? Is she fake? Is she a phony? One thing I did love about this book was the shorter chapters. I'm a shorter chapters kind of girl. Get to the point, lets do it. However, at times I was confused because there are so many chapters but none of them are labeled with who the chapter is about. I love making notes when I read my ARC books and would have loved to been able to bullet names and info. This book is pretty long and I feel like there was a lot of fluff in between. Not needed information. It definitely wasn't my favorite book of hers.

I was a little thrown when I started reading this book while on an airplane and the scene with Cherry predicting passengers’ deaths occurred. This book was not at all what I expected and I grew impatient with the pace earlier on in the book, but then was happily surprised by how the story unfolded. I enjoyed the connections between some of the characters and seeing how they were impacted by Cherry’s predictions and how their lives unfolded. Great book!