Thank you to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for this ARC!

I have always been a Liane Moriarty fan- I think I have read all of her books! Was very excited for this one! I enjoyed Here One Moment- it hooked me in from the start! I did find it long but it also kept my attention the whole time. I have been in a horrible reading rut for a lot of 2024 and this book helped to pull me out of it!

This book has already won a bunch of awards and was named a best book of 2024 by Indigo but I will also be suggesting it to everyone I know to read!

4.5 Stars!

Liane Moriarty has never written a book I did not enjoy and this is no exception. I love how Moriarty is always able to include complex characters in her stories and write them in a way that makes you invested in every single one. I enjoyed the overall plot of the story too and I think she is such a great writer when it comes to serious topics presented in a captivating way. I would absolutely recommend this one!

Happy New Year! It’s a new day, new month, new chapter! You’re feeling positive and embracing every mantra that comes your way, but what if a stranger came up to you today and unprovoked, told you when and how you would die? How would that change the rest of your life and those who love you? Can fate be fought?

In the vein of The Immortalists (loved) and The Measure (liked), Moriarty now tackles the questions of destiny versus the choices we make, our belief or disbelief in the supernatural, and how we choose to exist in this one, wondrous life we have.

Here One Moment caught my attention early on. "Cause of death. Age of death..." Don't we all secretly want to know when & how we're going to die.

This book has different points of views based off of the passengers that were on a flight with an "old psychic". Through out the story you want to know & eventually learn who is this woman & are her predictions true.

Liane Moriarty is a talented writer & i enjoy her books.

Thank you NetGalley, the publisher, & the author for voluntarily letting me read this book & give my honest opinion.

She’s back, baby!!! She being one of my all-time favorite living novelists. I couldn’t tap through this one fast enough on my Kindle. After a gypsy-type woman pronounces specific age and cause-of-death predictions to passengers of an airplane, a beautiful story splinters off into multiple POVs, characters, and relationships. Chasing time and toying with fate, these individuals swept me away in this thoughtful, intertwining portrait of questions like: What if we knew how we’d die? Would you want to know? Can the future be altered? This book was an easy five stars for me. The ending wrecked me. It’s long, an investment, not a quick read, but positively fantastic.

This is good! Okay, hear me out. I kept hearing rave reviews everywhere about this one, and when I first started reading it, I honestly could not see what everyone else saw.

It was a little hard to get into. The woman on the plane and the other stories were just not connecting for me. Maybe I was distracted, but I stuck with it and finally saw the light.

The idea of knowing when you're going to die is mind-boggling. Would you want to know? Would you spend your time differently? Would you take more risks if you knew you wouldn't die until old age? There are so many things to consider!

While the beginning was a bit slow, I'm so glad I pushed through! I had great discussions with my husband and adult sons about this book! I love books that make me think!

Here One Moment is a captivating story that I couldn’t put down, and I can totally see it being adapted into a TV series. The way the author weaves together characters from completely different worlds to create a compelling narrative is nothing short of brilliant. The plane is packed to the brim, and while Allegra Patel, the flight attendant, is simply trying to get through her twenty-eighth birthday, the lives of the passengers on board are about to collide in the most unexpected way.

From a man rushing to his daughter’s musical to a mother juggling toddlers, a newlywed couple, a nurse dreaming of traveling the world, and a man grieving his first funeral, the mix of characters adds such rich variety to the story. But it’s the unexpected moment when a woman on the flight stands up and predicts how each person will die that truly changes everything. Her prophecies shake everyone to their core, leading them to question their lives, their choices, and the paths they’re on. How would you live if you knew how your story would end?

Liane Moriarty’s signature wit shines through, as she delves into the complexities of love, family, and the intricacies of modern life. The mix of humor and deep emotional insight makes this book so relatable and thought-provoking. I loved how it made me reflect on my own life choices and the impact of time.

With the twisty plot, multiple characters, and intriguing themes, I’m already imagining how it could translate to the screen. The blend of drama, humor, and the unpredictable nature of fate could make for an addictive series. If you’re a fan of stories that explore what happens when people from different walks of life are thrown together in unexpected circumstances, Here One Moment is a must-read!

An unassuming woman stands up on a short flight and proceeds to tell people when, and how they will die.
While some people do not put much stock in what she says, some do. Some alter their lives completely. But everything changes when people start dying in the manner and time in which she predicted.

I am the kind of reader who likes answers and closure, and I did not get this from this book.
I was left with a lot of questions.

This is a dual timeline, multiple POV book, the flashback story of "death lady" life was not my favourite, I enjoyed the passengers POV a lot more.
I Love this author and enjoy her books, and while I did enjoy this one, this would not be my go to Moriarty recommendation.

A plane full of passenger's lives are changed after one of the passengers shares some unsettling predictions for each of their futures. Overall this was an interesting story of different characters whose lives intertwine in the most unexpected ways. It was tough to follow the many different characters and their backstories, as well as futures but got easier toward the end as they overlapped more and more. Definitely makes you question fate.

I wanted to like this book more than I did. It took me a LONG time to finish it. Very interesting idea and that hooked me, although too many characters and stories.
I want to thank Netgalley for the ARC, and do recommend others who are a fan of Liane Moriarty. This one was just not for me.

Full disclosure, Liane Moriarty is generally a very hit or miss author for me. This book somehow falls in the middle between the ones I've loved and the ones I very much didn't. The beginning meanders and I was bored with the slog. It does get better as it goes along though - it just took so long to get there. One of my biggest struggles is that the characters largely lacked their own voices, which made them hard to differentiate. This was further compounded by the way that the chapters don't really tell you whose POV it is. There's a lot of food for thought here, and I think this is a book that would be better suited to a book club discussion than individual reflection.


A huge thank you to the author and the publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

Strange tale about the fate of those on one flight together. Thought provoking about what would you do if you knew how long you had to live? Reminded me of The Measure. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

Liane Moriarty did a great job developing her characters and developing their back stories. The book felt long at times, but I enjoyed seeing each characters POV when the predictions started coming true. I love the meaning behind the book, live life to your fullest and don't look back.

This book SHOULD have worked so well for me. It has all of the makings of some of my favorite books - an incredibly intriguing premise that makes me wonder what I would do in a similar situation along with emotional storylines similar to The Measure by Nikki Erlick (my favorite book of all time). Unfortunately where it differed was in execution - instead of giving me a really interesting macro view of how this situation affected things like cultural and societal norms, government intervention, etc, it focused way more on the individuals involved and I just didn’t care about them enough to enjoy 500+ pages on their lives. I also didn’t care for how much of this book focused on the life of this presumably-psychic woman and what brought her to make the predictions she did. While the ultimate conclusion to the book did satisfy me more than I expected, this book overall and my experience reading it were a huge letdown.

Imagine sitting on a plane when someone stands up and suddenly starts calling out the time and way you are going to die. You might think it is a joke, until their predictions start coming true. The book is told in alternating perspectives (that of Cherry the one predicting the deaths and those of the ones set to die). An excellent story.

I love Liane Moriarty & this one did not disappoint! I didn’t find I was waiting for the drop as I have in some of her earlier books!

Loves the premise of the novel. And had recently read the Measure. So it was giving similar vibes. I love the intertwined stories and the ending!

Thanks for the ARC!

On a flight from Hobart to Sydney, a passenger suddenly gets up, points to a fellow passenger and says “I expect catastrophic stroke, age seventy-two.” She then goes passenger to passenger predicting cause and age of death. Understandably, people are a bit worked up on and after the flight. And then the predictions start to come true. The storyline alternates between Cherry and all of the passengers. It was a lot of characters to keep track of, but I found it easy to keep straight. It went decently fast, because some of the chapters were very short. I did not love Cherry though. I can’t pinpoint why, but I never looked forward to her chapters, and as the main character, that ended up being half the book. I don’t believe in psychics or the like, and putting that aspect aside, I did not find a lot about this story realistic either. Overall, disappointed in this one. I loved Liane Moriarty’s earlier work, but the later books haven’t measured up for me.

Thanks for NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review!

So…you’re sitting on a plane minding your own business when all of a sudden, some old lady starts telling everyone WHEN and HOW they will die, including you! I liked this book so much I bought a copy just so I could loan it to people! Now available at your favorite bookseller. Thanks to @netgalley and @lianemoriarty_official for giving me a galley to review!

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate?

Aside from a delay, there will be no problems. The flight will be smooth, it will land safely.. everyone who gets on the plane will get off. But almost all of them will be forever changed.

Because on this ordinary,, do, something extraordinary happens. People learn how and when they’re going to die.

This was a really fun read a lot of short chapters and a lot of different characters and through it all we learned about the fortuneteller and all about her life.

I love Liane Moriarty. Her last book was awful for me. This one redeemed her. She writes so well and does a great job with character development. I really Enjoy her books.