While I loved the premise of this book, I was unable to finish it. I read 50% before I decided that I’d move on to my next read. The author will remain one of my favourites and I’ll forever recommend some of her other books. I found this one very wordy and it followed too many story lines with too much detail to truly capture my attention. I can see how others would enjoy this, but it wasn’t for me.

ARC from #Netgalley

“Here One Moment” by Liane Moriarty is a captivating novel that intertwines the lives of passengers on an ordinary domestic flight. When they learn how and when they will die as predicted by a passenger dubbed “The Death Lady”—some far in the future, others much closer—their lives are forever changed. As a result of this knowledge, each character grapples with their mortality. Alice, a middle-aged woman who learns she has only a few months left to live, struggles with the weight of her impending mortality and tries to make the most of her remaining time. Oliver, a young man who discovers he will die in a tragic accident within days, embarks on a quest to alter the course of events. Samantha, a successful businessperson learns she has decades left to live and grapples with the burden of knowing her future, especially in her relationships. Henry, an elderly man who finds out he has mere hours left, reflects on his life, regrets, and the people he loves. Ella, a teenager who learns she will die in a car crash, struggles with the knowledge, torn between living freely and avoiding risky situations.

These characters’ lives unexpectedly intersect, and their individual stories weave together into a poignant exploration of fate, choices, and human connection. Moriarty skillfully captures their emotions, fears, and hopes, making “Here One Moment” a compelling and thought-provoking read.

I really enjoyed this one!! It kept me guessing and wanting to read more from start to end!! I wanted to tell Cherry to just stop and get to the point but her rambling made it even better. If you have ever been intrigued by psychics this is a great book for you!! 5 stars all the way!

Several strangers board an ordinary domestic flight -and exit forever changed. The flight itself is smooth and arrives at its destination as scheduled, however when a seemingly mysterious woman on the flight begins making predictions about the impending fate of several passengers- that are ultimately proven correct, the incident goes viral and the passengers involved become alarmed. Do they try to do things differently and avoid their predicted fate? Or are these accurate predictions just some type of uncanny coincidence?

I LOVED this book!!! The premise is absolutely captivating- I'm always a sucker for anything involving free-will, fate, destiny, coincidence, etc... The characters were so well-developed and each chapter would leave you desperate for the next. Told in multiple POV's and dual timelines, with a brilliant intertwining between the characters at the end, this book was AMAZING! This is my favorite book of Moriarty's so far- and that's saying SO MUCH for this spectacular author.

Thank you to Crown Publishing, Netgalley, and Liane Moriarty for sharing this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

When reading this:
• Have your tissues ready.
• Have your phone ready because you’re going to make an appointment with your doctor for a full checkup.
• Be prepared to start living for the day…instead of for what may or may not happen tomorrow.

This is a tearjerker of a novel. The author lets us into the hopes, fears and dreams of every one of these characters and you simply don’t want to come up for air.

The reason behind everything is unique and very clever and I was so there for it.

This one stays with you.

• ARC via Publisher

3.5, rounded up-- This is my first foray into reading Liane Moriarty, though I've been a fan of adaptations of her books (Big Little Lies and, although to a lesser extent, Nine Perfect Strangers). Despite having only watched those series, I can already see similarities between them and this latest book, a sort of signature Moriarty. Distinct strands of people are brought together in a single place and are bonded forever by a single, life altering event. From there, their strands become inextricably linked as Moriarty weaves them together, closer and closer together, in her tale.

Here, various individuals are brought together for a short plane trip. They remain mostly disparate, consumed by the minutiae of their own lives, until a mostly-nondescript woman predicts the age and cause of death for each of them. Through this event, Moriarty raises the issues of mortality and determinism, calling into question whether we all have a specific fate, and whether, when that fate is revealed, it is possible to thwart it by taking precautionary measures. Is the older woman merely mad, or does she possess psychic abilities? Or is it all just a matter of simple math; probabilities, based on data? Moriarty also subtly poses a challenge to the reader: if you knew your fate, would you accept it, or endeavor to change it?

Overall, I enjoyed this whopper of a book, though I would say my enjoyment was due more to the philosophical questions posed by the incidents than by the actual content of the book. The writing is serviceable and straightforward, but it lacks a certain poetry that I've come to crave in fiction. Although, then again, perhaps a more clinical approach is better for maintaining an overall sense of groundedness. While there is a hint of the supernatural (maybe), there is no magic to the realism.

Loved the premise of a stranger on a flight predicting the deaths of passengers that start coming true. I’m a big fan of Liane Moriarty, and this was quite different than her usual brand of suspense. It was a big cast of characters that kept it engaging but also made it harder to connect. Cherry was technically the main character and some of her sections felt a bit bland. The ending was somewhat satisfying but this was a bit cheesier than what I normally like. Overall, would recommend it but didn’t like it as much as her other books.

Question: Can Liane Moriarty write a bad book? Answer: No! This is obvious from her latest book, Here One Moment. The story begins with a very unnoticeable elderly lady on a flight from Hobart to Sydney, who suddenly stands up and begins telling all the passengers their possible cause and age of death. Some people just smile and accept it, others don't even hear her. Many though, are understandably upset. Especially those who are close to their forecasted time of death.
As the story evolves we learn about the life of the elderly woman who is named Cherry and how she came to be on that flight. We also learn about many of the other characters whose lives are affected by what Cherry has told them. Moriarty has the wonderful ability to have numerous characters without it becoming cumbersome or confusing. Many of the lives intersect, which makes one wonder if everything in life is connected.
I read this in one sitting and loved it. Thank you to Crown Publishing and NetGalley for letting me read this arc.

On a domestic Australian flight, a woman stands up in the aisle of the plane and starts making predictions about the other passenger's deaths. One or two of those predictions eventually come to fruition. They make the news. The other passengers begin to take steps to mitigate their chances of her predictions becoming true. They find a deeper meaning/purpose in their lives by making changes. This story follows the passengers after the flight. And how the predictions impacted them. While some of her predictions came true, some passengers found new hope and opportunities. This quote in the story shows how some passengers began to live more fully when they knew of their predictions. This is ultimately a hopeful story.

It is only when we genuinely know and understand that we have a limited time on earth and have no way of knowing when our time is up that we begin to live each day as if it is the only one we have. ~Elizabeth Kubler Ross.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

This book is very different than other Liane Moriarty’s books. I love her ability to weave a story. She really knows how to engage her readers.

Like other Liane Moriarty’s books it weaves the stories of many people and the story is told from each of their perspectives. This is definitely a story that makes you stop and think about life and death. I did find the ending of the story to not be 100% believable. All in all, a good read.

Title: Here One Moment
Author: Liane Moriarty
Publishing Date: September 10th, 2024

When I first began reading this book I was skeptical. I was unsure i would like it, as this book is not in the genre I prefer to read. However I am glad that I did read it. I found it to be clever, emotional and thought inspiring.

I was enraptured by the subject matter and the questions it provoked. If we knew how and when our lives ended would we behave differently? Would it change us for good or bad, or would we change our trajectory of the future? Would you become the type of person to live everyday in an all or nothing fashion because you received a glimpse of your future or would you become the type of person that lives in a constant state of crippling caution in a futile attempt to prevent the snuffing of your light? This book challenged me to reflect on my own life and pondered the possibility of fate destiny vs. free will.

Thank you to NetGalley, Liane Moriarty and Crown Publishing for allowing me the pleasure of reading this ARC in exchange for my honest review

Well I wish I liked this book better. It started out hooking me and really interesting but then went down hill from there.

I am so thankful to have gotten the eARC for free from Netgalley and Crown Publishing so I can leave my voluntary and honest review.

Overall it was way too wordy and got confusing with the back and forth between stories and POV. Some of it is 1st person POav but then the other chapters are 3rd person POV on behalf of the 6 people that received death dates that were soon but some of them are 1st PPOV… see how confusing that is??

The concept of fate or being able to change it is really neat. I just wasn’t thrilled with the execution of it. Being an egalley which isn’t in its final form may have an impact as it’s possible something may change like labeling the chapters to make things a bit more straightforward.

Many will probably love this book so don’t write it off on my account for sure.

Rating
My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars and I rarely round up.

⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again

What a crazy/cool premise. What a crazy plane trip! I like how the story jumps back and forth from the old lady to some of the folks whose deaths she has predicted. A good portrayal of belief and superstition.

This was a page turner that grabbed me from the beginning. All I knew was that part of it took place on a plane. And honestly, I would recommend going into it without reading much about it. Liane Moriarty has a real knack for telling a good story and fleshing out the characters and setting without unnecessary detail. The story focused on a small group of passengers from the plane as they went back to their lives after the flight. The story is told from the point of view of about 5 of those passengers plus the woman on the plane whose actions impacted them all in some way. There was depth to the story and also a good amount of humor and smiles. I laughed aloud in several parts. I don’t know how Moriarty does it, but she has a beautiful way of pulling all the parts together into a beautiful whole. This is my favorite new book of 2024. Thanks to NetGalley And Crown Publishers for the chance to read it. I’ve read most if not all of Moriarty’s books and this is probably one of her best if not THE best.

The concept of this book caught my attention immediately. What would you do if a person on your plane randomly pointed to you and stated how and when you would die?
I loved the short chapters but felt the book was significantly longer than it needed to be overall and I struggled to connect to the psychic, Cherry's narrative. I skimmed through the last 25 percent just to see what would happen.
The ending was disappointing for me personally. I think it had potential to go unique places as the authors books have in the past and ended up a bit cliche.


Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a gifted copy of this arc-set to release September 10,2024.

Like a great actor, a great writer is rare. You don't know they write well until you read a book that is badly written. Liane Moriarty doesn't try to wow with big words that I have to stop and look up every other line. She finds a way to make her characters relatable and human. I thought this book was going to be more of a mystery, but it was more about life and death. How do we lead our life differently if we think we have a limited time left on this earth. My favorite quote was at the start of the book: "I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predestined and that we can do nothing to change it look before they cross the road. Stephen Hawking". Maybe this book was a little too cutesy at times, I still recommend it highly

The premise of this book really caught my attention because who DOESN’T wonder about fate, destiny, etc. vs free will? Are some things just MEANT to happen or do we choose our paths that let them? Can some people REALLY see the futures of another? And is there a way to avoid it from happening? From the first chapter, Liane hooks the reader by creating a captivating premise and characters that have their own journeys throughout the novel but intertwine. I love the main narrator of the novel (if u can say that) and the insight she provides to where we are in the beginning. The character’s POV are each unique but universal and make you want to read on. Relating to issues like mental health awareness and pre-destined fates make them relatable and enjoyable to read.
I would say that a character could have been cut or it could have been a bit shorter and would still have had a full story and gotten its points across, but overall it was enjoyable from start to finish and I am so excited for others to read it!!

Liane Moriarty is one of my favorite authors, but I was a bit disappointed by Nine Perfect Strangers. So I was nervous going in to this, and the nods toward pseudo-magical realism were making me nervous. But ohmygosh, she knocked this one out of the park. I absolutely loved it. Highly recommended.

Review copy provided by publisher.

Lianne Moriarty’s new book features a plane full of passengers who are mysteriously told by an elderly woman in a fugue state when and how they will die. The passengers are mostly confused until the first of the passengers dies in exactly the way she predicted. This causes the fellow surviving passengers to begin looking for ways to avoid their fate, for instance one mother enrolls her infant son in multiple swimming lessons after being told he will die of drowning at age seven and an engineer contemplates quitting his job after he learns he will die in a workplace accident following his next birthday.

The book took a little more time to get going than I expected, with the first passenger death not occurring until almost the 50% point. The chapters from the passengers’ point of view alternate with chapters of the mysterious woman and her upbringing as the daughter of a psychic and her love life. I found these chapters to be a bit tedious, but figured they would make sense more in the end and they did. I just found myself skimming them often. The chapters with the passengers were much more interesting.

While I enjoyed reading this book, I guess I forgot who wrote it and was expecting something more along the lines of The Measure or a John Marrs book. This was more of a character study on life and mortality. I think lots of people will like it, but it felt like a departure from other books I have read from Moriarty.

Here One Moment offers a truly inventive storyline wrapped around death, compulsions, and fears. Multiple points of view mine these components with depth and understanding as a handful of plane passengers grapple with the aftermath of the “Death Lady’s” predictions. Told in first person, that pivotal character is quirky yet sympathetic and relatable, aghast at learning of her bizarre actions on that fateful day. Another page-turner from Liane Moriarty, with strong writing, compelling characters, suspense, and glimpses of humor elevating a somber topic.