I always try and read a new Liane Moriarty because the storyline is always usually fascinating. This once again is a fascinating storyline. The first half of the book is definitely slow which made me not like it as much. Once the story got going, I got into it. Overall well written just needed some work on pacing. Overall would rate a 4.25/5.

I received a free advanced copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley for the arc!
The synopsis of this book sounds really good… unfortunately for me, this was just ok. It was a little slow and at times was hard to follow just because I felt like it was dragging a little. Overall, it was a fairly good storyline, and I feel like there was so much potential there, just wasn’t very fast paced. Not bad, but not a hit either.

Airplane passengers. Death predictions. Math. Ed Sheeran's wife. Australia.

Reminded me of the Measure to start but really a story about an old lady's life almost reminiscent of A Man Called Ove.

Story: 4 Characters: 4 Engagement level: 4

Highlights:
- Intriguing concept
- Descriptions of each person on the plane to start was so accurate and sometimes comical
- Variety of characters to see how each deals with the same situation
- Central character's conversational stream of consciousness narration was entertaining
- Lots of quotable lines. Many very true to life, some witty, fun pop culture references . Had a hard time picking only a few to share below.
- Did satisfactorily tie things together at the end

Lowlights:
- No chapter headings to clue you into who is narrating that one
- Lots of jumping back and forth w lots of characters so hard to keep track of each
- Bit long wanted to get to more of the results of the predictions sooner

Notable quotes:
"You won't necessarily win against fate, but you should at least put up a fight."

"Math, by the way, is a language, I would argue a beautiful one, and it's the only universal language there is, because it's the same all over the world."

"He's like a junk food addiction: delicious at first, then regrettable."

"To be clear: I love the internet in spite of the pollution."

"I was pleased to learn Ed Sheeran's wife and I share a name because I'm an Ed Sheeran fan."

"She feels a surge of strength and optimism and power. She is Wonder Woman, she is Barbie, she is Ruth Bader Ginsberg, she is Taylor Swift-"

"But the older you get, the less linear your memories, and the more everything seems to circle back to something else."

"Insurance is like a bet. You're betting on your own bad luck."

Here One Moment begins on an airplane where one passenger possibly changes the lives of everyone on the plane. What would you do if you knew when and how you will die? Would you try to change your circumstances to prevent it from happening? Would you take more chances if you knew you were going to live to 105? These are the questions this ensemble cast wrestle with as they disembark and return to their lives, some for longer than others. We follow an ensemble cast as they try to figure out what to do with this information and if it is accurate. Only time will tell . . . I’m sorry you will have to wait until September to check this one out, but I highly recommend it when it is released! Thank you to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for the ARC!

A group of strangers on a plane find their lives forever changed (and sometimes connected) in Liane Moriarty’s latest.

When the woman who will become known as the “Lady of Death” (actual name: Cherry) starts dispensing her predictions for each passenger's age and cause of death, she is met with mixed reviews. Some of her fellow travelers are entertained, some are confused, and some are terrified. When a few predictions come true post-flight, it leads to a butterfly effect.

Throughout the book, Cherry’s narration intersperses with the details of the other characters and their lives. Moriarty does a lovely job tying them all together, and you can’t help but feel invested in the characters and their journeys. It also forces the reader to think about whether we have control over our destiny.

As there are several characters and backstories in the book, it is long, and some of Cherry’s background could be edited down. However, readers of Moriarty will recognize her signature style in the narration, and it helps add depth to the characters. This is, at its core, a book about love, loss, and how we try and control our uncontrollable lives. The result is a tale that is both funny and heartbreaking, sometimes simultaneously.

Caveat: My rule (generally) is to keep myself out of my reading and reviews, so I was taken aback by the impact this book had on me. Perhaps it is because I am postpartum and have always struggled with anxiety, but the characters resonated with me. This was especially the case with Paula, an anxious mother struggling with OCD. I am certain my view is biased because I had an emotional response to the book, and I feel compelled to add the caveat.

This would be a great selection for a book group.

Moriarty's meditation on the age old question of fate vs. free will is at once fascinating, philosophical, heart-breaking and hopeful. Told from multiple points of view, the plot centers around a group of passengers on a plane who are provided the age and manner of theirs deaths via a "psyhic" fellow passenger.

Of course, these predictions have a profound impact on their subjects, especially the ones whose deaths are foretold as being imminent. Is the psychic a fraud? Is she mentally ill? Who is she? As some of the passengers seem to actually meet their demise as foretold, those remaining deal with anxiety and fear and as well as questioning if it is possible to cheat fate.

The plot is intricate and multilayered, expertly woven by Moriarty, who masterfully brings all of the seemingly far flung threads together in a profound and satifying finish.

Full Disclosure--NetGalley and the publisher provided me with a digital ARC of this book. This is my honest review.

I absolutely loved this book. Sometimes a famous author skates on their name and their books begin to falter. That is NOT the case with Moriarty. She delivered another banger with this one. Lovable characters, interesting plot, and philosophical questions posed in accessible and intriguing ways. Another hit.

I really enjoyed Here One Moment. The premise reminds me a little bit of the short-lived tv series Manifest without the sci-fi component. While I don’t think the book warrants a true trigger warning, I would caution anyone who is a nervous flyer from reading this. You get a complete picture of the Death Lady and her back story. I love the questions of whether or not fortune telling is a scam or a gift based on open-mindedness and intuition and whether fate is predetermined or if free will can change the future. Ultimately, I just wanted the key passengers’ narratives tied up in a slightly neater bow. If you like Liane Moriarty, then this should be on your TBR this fall! Thank you to Crown Publishing and NetGalley for my ARC.

Thank you to NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for a fair review. I absolutely adore Laine Moriarty so when I was approved to receive an advanced copy, I was over the moon. The premise of this book is so intriguing. Every passenger aboard a domestic flight learns how and when they will die. I will say that I was a little confused at the beginning. There are so many characters and as each receives his or her death sentence, I worried it was all too much for me to remember and I would become lost. That was not the case, however. Moriarty has such a unique writing style and the way she told this story ended up being perfect. I had absolutely no idea how it would all come together in the end and I couldn’t put it down until I found out. It raises a great question. If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? I’ll be recommending this one to everyone I know.

This book started off a little slow but once it got going it was hard to put down. I liked that each chapter was a different character and view it kept my interest. Not sure if it was the best book to read right before getting on a plane!

Liane Moriarty is a must-read author for me. I was so excited to get an ARC of this novel. The premise: While on a plane, a psychic (death lady) on board begins to predicts the "age and cause of death" for all of the other passengers. Do the passengers believe her? Change their lives? Fight fate? An interesting premise.

Positive:
I enjoyed reading the stories of the main characters whose fates were predicted (Leo, Ethan, Paula, Sue, Allegra, and Eve).
The premise was very interesting and remided me of the book The Measure.
Some interesting underlying themes and messages

Negatives:
The book was very long. Cherry (psychic lady's) background was very drawn out.
The book was choppy because of so many characters vying for storyline development and Cherry's was interspersed every other chapter.

This was not my favorite Liane Moriarity book, but I am sure there are others who will enjoy it more.

Cherry, not Cheryl, is a fascinating MC. The story grabbed me early on and didn't let up. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book

This is one of my favorite Liane Moriarity works. She continues to make her characters interesting and three-dimensional; and her stories are all so diverse and interesting.

Liane Moriarty is the queen of character! She captures people in a way that no other author does and this book is the perfect showcase of that skill.

A random flight and all of the sudden this lady gets up and tells everyone when and how they will die. Cause of death. Age of death. Now is this lady psychic or just old and confused? We follow some of the passengers and the death lady herself for the couple months after the flight. Everybody reacts differently and Liane Moriarty lets us see in their head how they are dealing with this new information.

There is a wide of circumstances, families, health situations and jumping from character to character is so rewarding. I loved the different topics we got to explore with the overarching idea of fate and agency.

I really enjoyed this and connected to the characters. All of them in different ways and it kept me engaged. The death lady chapters could have been edited down a bit, but overall this was very good. Very character driven and the small line between realty and magical realism was beautifully explored.

Well done!

Thanks for netgalley, the publisher and the author for an advanced readers copy!

For someone as obsessed and afraid of death as I am, I can’t believe how much I loved this book. I would definitely not want this to happen on my next flight though. With each chapter I found myself craving more information on each of these characters. I felt so engrossed in their lives. This was truly a beautiful book.

This was a great book, and despite its length I never felt like the reading was a slog. The premise is essentially that people are on a plain and a relatively unassuming woman predicts when these people will die and how; some predicted deaths are soon and others are much later. As it turns out, her predictions start to come true. This was just a great read for the variety of characters, but also the author's writing. A book about, essentially, death seems like it would be too heavy, but it is delivered in a way that the reader doesn't feel brought down by that topic. Instead, we get to focus on how the characters react to this revelation and what they do afterward. As an aside, it was nice to be able to get the story of the "psychic" who made those predictions, as well.

Thank you to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

this book, ultimately, was very interesting in terms of the plot and everything.

her writing style and the plot lowkey seem familiar to me even though i’ve read nothing like this sort of plot, from what i remember. for some reason, as well, i’m getting fredrik backman vibes ?

i feel like i didn’t connect with the character of “the death lady,” like i just ended up skipping a bunch of the chapters that focused on her, which, eventually, there was a lot more.

allegra and eve were the characters that i was most interested and cared about also paula w/ timothy and ethan was pretty cool, too.

thank you to netgalley and the publisher for providing me an ARC of this book !! i was honestly so excited and thrilled to receive it since i own big little lies and have read it and the show is one of my favorite shows ever !!

Liane Moriarty has another hit on her hands. I had to really pay attention with all the characters in this book and all the different storylines. It got confusing sometimes but the book had a very good message to the reader.

Fate can't be fought. Or can it?

I really enjoyed this character study by Liane Moriarty. I laughed, I cried, and I fretted for the fates of the characters. I genuinely wanted to see how everyone's life turned out, I enjoyed the narrative of our psychic, and I was relieved when not all of her predictions came true.

Despite the mystical elements, I felt this was missing a bit of the magic that's in some of her other books. Although there was definitely a poignant life lesson (just live your life) there was no gut-wrenching twist that I have come to expect from her novels.

4.5 stars

Many thanks to Netgalley, Crown publishing, and the author for the ARC.

This was a thought-provoking book from a beloved author. I have loved many of Liane Moriarty’s novels and this one is definitely in the top of the list. In this book, we meet a cast of characters on a delayed flight waiting for takeoff, on which one of the passengers begins to give out life expectancy and cause of death of each person. The book toggles back and forth between the lady’s life and the lives of those on the plane who now have this date/cause of death hanging over their every decision moving forward. Fascinating way the author weaves this story together and allows the reader to know the characters and relate to their plight. I really enjoyed this book!!

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for an ARC.