I absolutely loved this book! Initially, I found it interesting and was into it by the halfway mark, but the ending, especially how Cherry's story unfolded, was simply amazing.

Having read everything Liane Moriarty has written, I think this might be my favorite of hers. The premise is intriguing: a woman on a plane stands up mid-flight and announces each passenger's age of death and cause of death. At first dismissed as crazy, some of her predictions unexpectedly start coming true.

What I particularly enjoyed were the multiple points of view throughout the book and how all the storylines seamlessly wove together. There are similarities to Nikki Erlich's The Measure, another book I loved, were noticeable, yet both were distinct enough to stand out on their own.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced reader copy of this book.

What would you do if you were told when and how you were going to die? This book starts out with a older woman predicting the age and cause of death for an entire flight of passengers. Most passengers think she's crazy, but as a few death predictions start coming true, panic sets in for those whose predicted death is upcoming.
The book tells the story of Cherry, the "death lady", and many of the passengers. It was a slow burn which I had a hard time getting into. With that said, it kept me reading. I wanted to find out what was going to happen since the book had such an interesting premise. This was not my favorite Liane Moriarty book but had a good message. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC!

I'm a huge Liane Moriarty fan, and this book did not disappoint. It always astonishes me how well she intertwines storylines, characters and details. A flight full of passengers received their age of death and cause of death by a strange lady (Cherry) while they are thousands of feet in the air. To some, this is something to laugh about. To others, their age of death is just around the corner. Things start to become even stranger when 3 passenger predictions come true within a few months. This puts many passengers (and their families) in panic mode.

Cherry Lockwood: the "psychic" - the "crazy lady" - "God?" - Learning about Cherry's childhood, being the daughter of Madam Mae, was very intriguing. Her history made you really understand why she was the way she was today.

I would think that everyone would be able to relate to at least one of these characters. There's a workaholic dad whose wife is trying her best to make him quit his job since he is supposed to die from a work-related accident. There's a young mother who was told her infant son would die at age 7 from drowning - this triggers her OCD into thinking she can put him in as many swimming lessons as possible to reverse this prediction. There's a 30 year old man who is grieving his best friend. There's a young bride who was told she would die from her significant other (she literally was on the plane returning from her honeymoon). The flight attendant was told she would die from suicide. There is a lot of emotions throughout this entire book. It puts you in a whirlwind.

This book really makes you think about how you want to live your life, especially if you have limited days left. Again, the book surprised me with how some of these storylines inter-connect. I also loved how short the chapters were overall - it really made the book fly.

Thank you to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for letting me read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Exploring the fascinating idea of knowing your future, I came to love the cast of people from that fateful flight. Moriarty skillfully develops each character and ties everyone together in a way that keeps you entertained. A truly enjoyable read.

I will say I did like the book. Thought it was a little drawn out at times but was pretty happy with it over all. I was hoping that cherry on the plane wasn't accurate in making all the predictions. Over all I would buy the book and recommend it to friends

This was one of my favorite Liane Moriarty books. Such a unique concept and great story about grief and coming to terms with your own mortality. Loved it

I enjoyed this title. It started off really strong and different than anything I ever read. The middle fell a little flat but I enjoyed the twist of everyone taking more control of their own destiny.

Here One Moment is another compelling, quirky and page-turner of a novel by Liane Moriarty. With her typical blend of humor and pathos, Moriarty examines the delicate balance between free will and destiny. This well constructed narrative probes the all too human struggle for certainty in an out of control world. At times it feels like there cannot possibly be a satisfying resolution, yet the book concludes in an all too believable scenario.

This is a pretty typical Liane Moriarty book. I haven't read all of her books, but this one seems to be written in the vein of Nine Perfect Strangers and The Hypnotist's Love Story. It was pretty good, and very easy reading. On a short, regular flight from Hobart, Tasmania to Sydney, Australia a woman begins predicting the passengers cause of death and how old they will be when it happens. Naturally, this causes a great deal of unrest, and the story follows a handful of these passengers as they deal with what the prediction of their death means. Their stories are interspersed with Cherry, the predictor of the deaths, whose life story unravels as she reveals what she was even doing on that plane in the first place.

This is a good, quick read, and would reveal questions about fate and how changeable it could be in book club discussions. I personally would have liked to have the epilogue extended a little bit, as there were quite a few characters I would have liked to see a future glimpse of.

Wow....just, wow...

This is probably my favorite Liane Moriarty book to date. When Cherry Lockwood boards a plane, she experiences a 'mental health crisis' and predicts all of the passengers cause of death and age of death. When her predictions begin to come true, the passengers begin to worry and you learn if 'fate can be fought.' This book deals with a lot of death, dying and grief but manages to remain enjoyable, and even light-hearted, in places.

I highly recommend reading this book!

I don't think I have ever NOT given a Liane Moriarty book 5 stars. This one took me ever so slightly longer to get into, because the beginning is a bit repetitive with some kind of omnipotent narrator chapters.

However, once I was in, I was IN. As always, Liane Moriarty crafts such realistic and flawed characters who you immediately fall for and can't help but root for. Every interwoven story tugged at my heartstrings and I cried like a baby at the end!

“It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had.” -Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

This is the quote that ends the book. It is the perfect summary of how a prediction for date and manner of death can influence a person’s life, and in most cases, change them for the better. Another part that I loved "She will simply cherish every moment she is allocated until there are no more." As will I, after reading this heartfelt novel. Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the pleasure of the arc.

“𝓕𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓫𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽.”

💭 ⓂⓎ ⓉⒽⓄⓊⒼⒽⓉⓈ
This is definitely my favorite Liane Moriarty book to date. It’s not a happy fluffy book by any means, but it had my brain working overtime and my body experiencing so many deep feelings. There was a lot of talk about death and grief so I did have to take small breaks while reading this book because it gave me a little bit of anxiety here and there. The cast of characters were diverse and I found Cherry’s POV to be so raw and interesting and I really couldn’t get enough of her. The ending came together perfectly and solidified my 5🌟 rating. If you loved the book “The Measure,” you will need to read this one!

📚 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎:
🔮Psychic predictions
🦋Destiny vs. fate
🪢Intertwined characters
📖Short chapters
💡Thought provoking
😢Emotional
➕Math talk
💚Mental health rep
🗣️Multiple POVs
✌🏽Dual timelines

⚠️ 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨: death, grief, mental illness.

🦋𝕄𝕐 ℝ𝔸𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾🦋
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💕Q U O T E: “𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉’𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒: 𝒷𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒.”

🙏 Thank you NetGalley, Crown Publishing, and Liane Moriarty for this ARC in exchange for my honest thoughts 💕

Like so many of Liane Moriarty's stories, things are never as they appear. And yet, each time I am surprised this is the case.

Women of a certain age are not noticed. We scan over them, even through them, as we search a room. Such is the case with Cherry who boards a plane with many others, all just living in their own worlds. However, this time, the woman who would otherwise be a part of the background, becomes a major element of the others lives, unbeknownst to her.

In alternating chapters, Cherry tells her story, jumping backward in time to explain who she is and why she is. We learn about her mother, her loves, and who she is as an individual. The other alternating chapters shift between the others whose lives she's been a part of since the shared plane trip. At first, the shifts are confusing, but like any other time this happens in a story, a simple rereading of the start of the chapter reminds the reader who the current narrator is. There are several storylines to keep up with, so while this is a light read, it's one a reader will have to give some attention to so they can keep up.

About halfway through, I told my sister it seemed as if I was coming to a resolution, but noticed there was still over half the book left. I was delighted to still have more time with these characters. Rather than superficial closure, each storyline really received its due, getting full character development and a tied-together treat at the end reminding the reader how intertwined our lives really are.

Wow. Just wow. Probably the best book I have read in the last few years. This story was unique, compelling and kept me wanting to read more. Would recommend

I'm torn.... I enjoy a good mystery suspense book, but this just didn't hit for me. The setup was promising with a good "can fate be changed" concept.

We got to know our characters and were all set to go, and then the book just fell flat from there for me. It just felt slow and poorly paced at times. Maybe it was because we jumped around POVs but some characters received more "air time" than others.

It probably would have been closer to a four but the ending just underwhelmed me and just had me feeling like I was cheated a little bit.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the early copy.

I enjoyed the multiple narratives and parallel storylines. I loved the exploration of grief through the lens of the main character.

A thought provoking book about time. Would your life change if you were given a prediction about cause of death and age of death? Would your future change or would you continue living life as normal? Would you take a psychic reading seriously? Can fate be fought? This book examines the lives of many characters who are given those predictions and how it impacts their lives.
I loved the concept of this book, but I found it confusing in the beginning with so many life predictions given to characters I did not know. It was hard keeping up with who was who. It would have been easier to follow if the chapters were listed with character names instead of numbers.
Overall, I always enjoy a book by Liane Moriarty! Thank you NetGalley for this opportunity.

What would you do if someone told you the age you would die and the cause of death?

Liane Moriarty is the queen of writing characters. In this 500+ page book, she develops so many different personalities and we find several small-world connections over the course of the book.

The premise of the book is that on a flight, an eccentric woman named Cherry predicts the age and cause of death for many passengers. The book then follows these characters and how they respond to their predictions, while we catch glimpses into Cherry’s life too.

This book immediately captured my attention, but then simmered into a slower burn until the ending. I love Moriarty’s writing style, current references, and sense of humor. My only critique is that it could be hard to remember who was who with so many different people, but after a few sentences it is easy to refresh on who it is. Do not be daunted by how many pages there are, several chapters are incredibly short and each start to the chapter has a lot of blank page space (and there are over 100 chapters).

Thank you NetGalley, Crown Publishing, and the author for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Pub Date 9/10/24

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for trusting me with Here One Moment. I have read many of Liane Moriarty's books but Here One Moment is my new favorite. I would highly recommend.

This book immediately drew me and with the central theme - would you want to know how and when you will die? In this story, passengers and some crew on a flight are told when and how they will die by another older woman on the flight. The rest of the story follows these passengers and crew with what they do with the information. How do they live, do they continue to live or do they try to change the outcome?

This book was very thought-provoking for me. My grandmother always said she would NOT want to know because at that point she felt like she would stop living during the short time we all have. In other words, as the title suggests, we are just Here One Moment.