I adore this author but this one was not my cup of tea. The opening chapter alone was poorly written and I almost DNF based on that alone. It did not grab my attention it annoyed me and went on forever. After that however the storyline picked up. It got creepy and eerie and I was hooked into that storyline. But then just as it’s got you entertained the chapter changes and the interest drops and you move to a new character and have to start building again. And again and again just as you get into the story the chapter and whole story changes and that didn’t work for me. I was just frustrated by it. I wish they had done the writing a bit different so it flowed better as the story line after the first chapter to almost the end was great. You are dying to see if the predictions come true and every time you get to a characters chapter you get invested and then your brain is forced to leave that story and adjust it the next. By the time it picks back up you have read 4 different story lines and it’s hard to get that excitement to find out back,
If you like the alternate story flipping then this will be great for you.
The end also felt rushed and anticlimactic. I won’t put spoilers here but I was let down.
So on the plus it was a great concept, the storyline itself was amazing. The way it was told was frustrating to me. I will still recommend the read as the characters were awesome and if you get past how it was told the actual meat of the book was great.

I'm torn about this book. I didn't really love it but it had enough pull to make me want to finish it to see what happened. It jumped around a bit so at times I had trouble following it. But I'm glad I read to the end as I did like how it ended.

I enjoy this author, but book was mostly predictable. Not my favorite of her books. To be honest I am not sure what it was missing, maybe too many characters and storylines within it.

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I am sitting here with tears running down my cheeks and I feel so grateful for this amazing story. It begins with a nondescript woman standing up on a plane, walking down the aisles, and predicting each person’s expected cause of death and age of death. Are the predictions true? How will they impact each passenger? 🤯 I haven’t been on such an emotional or suspenseful roller coaster read in a long time. Through multiple narrators, Moriarty celebrates the mundane everyday things that are universal to humanity. The message is clear - cherish every second and appreciate the little things that seem so frustrating or trivial, because despite their monotony, they are fleeting and numbered. I am so impressed that she saltines so many of life’s moments and stages - the curiousity and innocence of children, the falsely confident young person forging into adulthood, single life, married life, infertility and motherhood, career focused, grieving, and so much more. I think no matter who you are, where you are from, or where you are in life, there is something in these pages for you.

Thank you, @netgalley and @crownpublishing for this amazing ARC. I know it will be sticking with me for a very long time. ❤️

This novel is an emotional whirlwind, encapsulating the full spectrum of human experience. It stands out as my favorite work by this author. With a compelling message about living life to the fullest, it serves as a poignant reminder of what truly matters. The narrative poses a profound and thought-provoking question: if you knew your future, how far would you go to alter it? Although the subject matter is weighty, the book's engaging prose made it a quick read for me.

Liane Moriarty never disappoints! I love the family drama/contemporary pace of her storylines when I need to step away from intense thrillers for a little. This story was lighter hearted and inspiring and really got me thinking about life. Thank you!

It all begins with a bizarre event. An inconspicuous woman walks down the aisle of a plane mid flight and proceeds to point at passengers and give predictions about their “cause of death” and “age of death”. The result of these interactions causes some curious effects. This book tells the story of several passengers following this event and alternates with chapters of the life story of the woman on the plane who was making the predictions. I really enjoyed this book. It took me a minute to get all of the characters straight but it’s worth it. This book has the potential to spur some great book club discussions regarding fate, interconnectedness, grief, joy and living life to the fullest. Thank you for Netgalley and Crown publishing for an ARC of this heartfelt read.

I was frankly initially intimidated by the length of this book (over 500 pages!) but was very happy to find it was broken up into over 100 pleasantly short chapters. Don’t let the length scare you away, this book reads much more quickly than your typical 500-pager.

It had been a while since I had read a Liane Moriarty book, and this one didn’t disappoint! She masterfully weaves a tangled web of characters together here (as she tends to do).

The book starts off with a woman on a flight causing a scene by predicting the age and cause of death of many of her fellow passengers. We then follow a diverse subset of passengers in the aftermath, while also slowly learning more about our primary narrator.

I was maybe (definitely) slightly biased in the end by how much I ended up relating to some attributes of the main character (not the least of which was finding out we shared a profession pretty late into the book).

4.5 stars, rounded up. I would like to thank NetGalley, Crown Publishing, and the author for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Seemed like normal day on an airplane….. delayed flight… civil engineers need to fix the plane before take off. Finally, the plane gets moving. About halfway through the flight an older woman stands up and started predicting the death of the passengers. Pointing to each passenger she says things like, heart failure age 95, drowning, age 7. Should the passengers believe her ? Is she telling the truth ? can she really see into the future. Turns out … maybe it wasn’t a silly joke.

This book had a good plot and storyline however it wasn’t for me. I don’t like reading stories about people dying.

Wow, this book was a trip. I love Liane Moriarty books because they’re always so unique and keep you guessing the whole way through, and Here One Moment was no exception. The way she weaves the seemingly random characters stories all together is masterful. I wanted to get to the end as soon as possible to find out what would happen to all of them and I couldn’t help but think about what I would do if I knew how and when I was going to die. This book made me grateful for the mystery. If you enjoy Liane’s writing this will definitely be another hit for you.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Wow! What a twisted red. Liane Moriarty has done it again. The characters and storyline of this book are riveting. Had me from the first page to the last. Recommend! I was given an advanced reader copy of this very well written book by NetGalley and I am freely sharing my review.

Here One Moment has a fascinating premise. On an airplane flight, the passengers receive an eerie prediction of date and cause of death from a fellow passenger. Once they exit the plane and go their separate ways, some of the predictions begin to come true. The book alternates between telling what happens to individual passengers that were on the flight and the backstory of the Cherry, the woman who made the predictions. Some of the passengers are deeply affected by Cherry's predictions and make serious changes to their lives in light of her predictions. Cherry, meanwhile, is a fascinating character and it was gratifying to learn more about her.

I debated on the rating of this book. I wavered between 4 stars and 5 stars. Ultimately, I landed on 4 stars but I could see myself going back and adjusting after I've had time to process the story a bit.

What I liked about this book: It is deeply thought provoking. You can't help but wonder what you would do if you had been a passenger on the plane and received your own prediction. How would you live life differently? What would you change? Would you try to outsmart death, or spend your time focused on making your time left the best it could possibly be? How would it impact day to day life and interactions with others? Liane Moriarty explores all of these things and weaves a fascinating story about each of the characters and how they respond.

What didn't work so well for me: There are a lot of characters in this book. I lost track of some of them, to be honest. Thankfully, the author gives enough of a recap that I usually was able to pick up the thread of who they were (and what their predictions were) before getting too far into the chapter.

Ultimately, the book has a lot of sad parts to it. I would be careful about picking this book up if you're in a tender headspace. This is definitely not in the same vein as the author's clever thriller/mysteries. Don't pick this up thinking it's going to be in the same wheelhouse as Big Little Lies, for example.

Other things a reader might want to know: Yes, it's a long book. However, the chapters are super short and the last half of the book goes pretty quickly.

Do I recommend this book? Yes, absolutely! It's a fantastic book and I would put it just a smidge behind Big Little Lies in terms of ranking Moriarty's books.

A big thank you to the publisher for giving me an e-galley of this book. I can't wait for its publication day so that I can hear more buzz about it!

As is usual with Liane Moriarty's work, this book really made me think. It took me a while to get started with this book - the subject matter of death was a little too dark - but after I put it down I found myself continually wondering about the characters and their fate. Once I picked it back up, I read it in less than a day. Here One Moment tells the story of Cherry, who may or may not be a fortune teller, and the group of people she meets on a plane. I found the characters very engaging, and was deeply invested in finding out the ending. I loved the way Moriarty tied everything together in the end and gave the reader a sense of closure. Four stars, definitely recommend.

4.5⭐️
Wow. This was a wild ride, filled with predictions and scares, and oh my goodness I don’t know what I would’ve done if I’ve been on that plane. Do you want to know when you’re going to die???
Liane wrote a deeply moving narrative filled with second chances and heartache. It was good!
She writes intense? Extensive? Deep internal dialogues?? She really did a great job explaining everything the person was thinking and feeling.
I was a total wreck when I first started and then the ending filled me with a happy reflection. I really enjoyed it.
Thanks Crown Publishing via NetGalley.

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Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / Pages: 512 / Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Release Date: September 10, 2024

On a seemingly routine domestic flight, no one could have predicted the ramifications that were to come from the rantings of one “crazy old lady.” As she slowly makes her way down the aisle of the plane, she points to each passenger and gives them their age and cause of death, which later gave her the notorious moniker “The Death Lady” when her predictions started coming true.

As we follow several passengers on the plane throughout the book, we see how her predictions played out and how they lived their lives knowing that their end was nearing. We also learn more about The Death Lady and her life story. I love every single one of Liane Moriarty’s books, and this one tops my favorites of the year. I just loved it. I love all the detailed quirks she gives each character and how they all fit together in the end.

Thank you, @NetGalley, @CrownPublishing, and @LianeMoriarty_official for my gifted copy. I absolutely loved it and feel so bad for everyone who has to wait all the way to September to read it.

Liane Moriarty is one of my favorite authors, so I jumped at the chance to review this book. It did not disappoint.

I did not read the book description before I read the book. I knew I was going to read this no matter what! I highly recommend going into this without knowing what's going to happen. It adds so much.

It also makes it harder to review without giving anything away. The author provides just the amount of information you need to know at each stage of the book, so I will say it's about someone who gets called the death lady, because that's given to the reader at the beginning. The book explores how different actions and thoughts affect outcomes, including whether or not they can cause someone's death. The cover features a butterfly with rippling water, since that's discussed in the book -- the famous theory that a butterfly flapping its wings, say in Brazil, can lead to a hurricane somewhere else. Is it fate? Destiny? There's so much food for thought here. Does hearing a prediction lead to a certain outcome? Can psychics predict the future? Do actuaries know when someone is going to die? Are they sometimes right and sometimes wrong? Can you change something that is meant to happen?

All of this is laid out beautifully in a story featuring nuanced, fleshed-out characters. The main character's story is interspersed chapter by chapter with several other characters. There's a lot of fun and humor with layers of meaning, and it all comes together at the end.

I had a hunch about halfway through the book that things would tie up pretty much as they did, but it was full of tension and suspense, leading to a satisfying ending. The very last chapter made me cry. Not tears of sadness or joy, just tears of emotion, like it brings the point of the whole thing home so beautifully.

This is a long book, but the chapters are short and easy to read. It flew by.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for an advanced copy for review.

This was not what I expected. This book was emotional and witty. The characters were well written. I even laughed out loud at some of the parts. Overall great read!

This book was ok, not something that I would strongly recommend. I struggled to become engaged throughout the book.

I love this novel. I was hooked on Cherry's story from the beginning. The horror experienced by the passengers on the plane was so very realistic as well. It was easy to imagine oneself as an unwittingly recipient of such morbid attention and news.

The ending was better than I could have imagined.

Love, love, love!

A truly unique reading experience that I really enjoyed! I was engaged throughout and thought the beginning grabbed the reader from the jump. It’s something we’ve all thought about; how and when will I die? A even more interesting thought this book makes you contemplate is if you could find out the answer to that question, would you? This is my first book by this author, and I’m now interested in reading her backlist. Thank you for the advanced copy of this enjoyable book.