Title: Here One Moment
By: Liane Moriarty
Pub. Date: September 10, 2024

Genre:
Fiction, Mystery, Audio

Trigger Warnings:
Grief, Death, (including suicide, self-harm, assault, drowning)

Memorable Quotes:
“You never know what your last words are going to be, so try to choose them all wisely.”

“I think about time, and how much we don’t understand about how it works, and I do my very best to travel back through my memories, and sometimes if I try hard, but not too hard, if I just let it happen, I’m back there, in the moment…”

“Let’s get this grief thing done. You’ve done it before. Do it again. But experience makes no difference; you cannot project-manage grief.”

Summary/Review:

While awaiting take off on their flight, an older lady, nicknamed “the death lady”, begins telling all the passengers aboard the year they will die, and what they will die of…when passengers react “the death lady” states:

“Fate Won’t Be Fought”

All passengers' lives were changed that unforgettable day, but those six lives who will quickly end first, begin to contemplate their future and prepare to avoid their fate.

I struggled with this novel! This is my first novel by Liane Moriarty and it is filled with so many characters and sidebars from the original plotline. This is more of a character driven novel, and less of a plot driven novel. The author has created deep characters with complex lives, a plotline filled with suspense, additional twists and turns, with the overarching theme of how people struggle to maintain control of their lives in a world filled with uncertainty. As hard of a read as this read was for me, it is unforgettable!

Similar books to:
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
Thank you Liane Moriarty, Crown Publishing, and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader Copy for free. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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The premise of this book was more out there than some of Moriarty's other titles- a woman giving a prediction of people's death? Come on? but despite its wackiness, I was really drawn into the story and I enjoyed seeing the narrator's multiple points of view. It ended up being a great read and I enjoyed it. This title was closer to 9 perfect strangers in my opinion.

On a flight through Australia, an older woman begins to predict how everyone dies. Passengers freak out -- but they really start to panic when some of the predictions come true. This story is told through the POV of several passengers, as well as the old woman herself. I really loved seeing how the old woman, Cherry, came to be the batty old lady on the plane. It was also neat to see how different people change their lives when they are sure they're about to end. This was a fun read that made me think a little about how I approach life.

Overall, I think the story was very intriguing and I enjoyed the way everything seemed to come back full circle. I did find it difficult to get into and stay into sometimes. There were some characters and storylines I just didn’t connect with and I struggled in those moments. 3.5 stars


Thank you to NetGalley for the Advanced Copy

First book by this author, although I have enjoyed a few of her shows adapted from books. This was such an intriguing story following Cherry and her events of what happened. I couldn’t put this book down, I mean I did, but it was hard. I was constantly second guessing if this was an unreliable narrator situation or just a women trying to prove her side. You’ll have to read it to see which, if either, it was. The ending was well thought out and helped really tie all the things together! Already added another book by Liane to my shelf. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me a free eARC for an honesty review,

I rate this book a 5 out of 5 stars because it had the elements of “couldn’t wait to see what happens next” to it, and originality. I also love psychics. I’m so enthralled by what they can see and know of the future and in my personal life have consulted a psychic at different times to see if I could get any insight on which path to take at different times in my life. I don’t always want to know how things are going to turn out, but there are times when knowing the future would be so helpful! In the case of when I’m going to die though, after reading this book I would definitely say that I don’t want to know when and how I’m going to die. I just think that knowing that would put too much stress on my already stressful life, and in this case of some of these people, it didn’t change the outcome anyway. So what was the point, other than having excess worry over it?

One of my favorite parts of this books was how the author had written chapters throughout that were from The Woman On The Plane’s point of view, Cherry. I thought that was neat how they would flash back to how she felt about her prediction after it came true or not. I also liked the in-depth back story of each of the characters that became a main topic. It was fun to see what each person thought and felt about their own prediction given to them. I think the author fairly represented each aspect of how people feel about psychics and their predictions throughout the book. There will always be believers and non-believers. It was fun to see that play out here and to see where the author ended up taking it.

All in all I felt it was pretty true to life and character of what would have really taken place if this had actually happened in real life. Although I do think Cherry would have been told to sit down and wouldn’t have gotten as far as she did with the passengers on that plane. Nowadays flying is a very serious event and she would have been forced to stop long before she got past the first row or two of people that she did on this plane. I like reading realistic fiction. It’s a good escape. One in which we can still learn from, even though it wouldn’t actually have happened in real life.

I definitely recommend this book. Yes, there are a lot of pages, but a lot of the chapters are very short, so it is still a fast read.

As usual my one of my favorite narrators is performing. This novel is comes with loads of different characters! The majority of them are likable.
The only disappointment is, I wish we had more information with some of the characters storylines. Like all of Moriarty's books, she makes sure that in the end her symbolic agenda comes full circle.... everything clicks. Thought provoking.

This is a very established author who takes us on an existential questions journey with her characters. It took me a while to get into the book, while writing is very matured and it explores matured themes and situations. I will try more books from this author.

I am a huge Liane Moriarty fan, so I’ve been waiting with bated breath for YEARS for a new book from her. I was excited, but a little nervous, to pick this one up because my expectations were so high but I needn’t have worried. I loved it!

This book follows a series of characters after a psychic randomly tells them all how and at what age they’ll die. Faced with the possibility that her predictions could come true, each character has grapples with whether or not to believe her predictions and what to do with that information.

I really liked the stories of each of the characters within the book and the growth and development we saw of each throughout the story. I especially liked the life story of the psychic herself, whose story was sort of the main thread of the book.

It took me a bit to get into this book but by the middle I was hooked and by the end, I couldn’t put it down! I’d definitely recommend this book to fans of The Measure and if you’ve liked Moriarty’s work in the past, I don’t think this one will disappoint.

After Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty has completely had me hooked! This book was no different. She gets you wondering from the very beginning what could possibly happen next, and I was kept on my toes the entire ride through this novel. Absolutely loved it!

This was such an interesting read. From the beginning J was immersed in what was going to happen, but It was a little too long for me.

3.5 stars

What an interesting read! I loved some parts, felt indifferent toward others, and adored the ending. This is a book that makes you think about what you would do if someone told you how long you had to live.

What I liked: quirky characters, multiple POVs, family dynamics, focus on fate vs. action, and a satisfying ending. I loved Ethan most and the book's exploration of grief.

What I disliked: too many characters that were hard to keep track of. I did take awhile to get through this one, so perhaps if I had read it at a normal speed this wouldn't have been an issue. I had a love-hate relationship with main character Cherry. She kind of annoyed me for most of the novel, but some of her backstory changed my opinion. Some of the characters I had no connection with so their chapters dragged on a bit.

Overall, I would recommend this book to fans of Liane!

In a short flight between Hobart and Sydney, an older woman walks the aisle and tells passengers their age and cause of death. She seems as if she’s in a trance. The book follows several of these characters after the flight.

My thoughts: Loved it. There was just something so readable and enticing about the story and the writing. I’ve heard rumblings about the ending, but it worked for me. There are a bunch of characters, but I was invested in them all.

4.25 ⭐️

I’ve been a Liane Moriarty fan forever - in fact she is the one who broke me out of my reading slump with the Husbands Secret and Big Little Lies many many years ago. Her writing style - where the chapters alternate between characters’ perspectives - keeps me engaged in the story and I love how often the lives of the characters intersect in some fascinating way. This book followed the same format - where we alternated learning about Cherry (‘the death lady’) and the characters’ lives she affected with her predictions on the plane. How this book differed from her other books I’ve read is that it wasn’t often clear whose perspective I was reading - the chapters aren’t titled - and there were a lot of characters that I had a hard time remembering who was who and what their prediction was. It felt like the momentum of the story slowed at times due to not knowing whose perspective I was reading but I did still enjoy the story and the overarching message of the book.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced electronic version of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book and give an honest review.

If you knew the cause and year of your death, would you choose to live life any differently? A woman on a flight begins to tell passengers when they will die and what they will die from. It turns the life of some passengers upside down.

The story is about one woman’s life and how it is interwoven with the life of so many others, because of her predictions.

This book is long, or does it just seem that way. There are so many story lines.
Towards the end of the book some of the characters’ lives come together in a meaningful way.

There are a lot of characters in this book and there are a lot of plot lines.
Most of the characters led very ordinary lives that did not especially make for interesting reading. This book was just not the book for me.

A packed flight experiences something unforgettable – a woman predicting the time of death and cause of death of each passenger. Some laugh it off, some are instantly worried, and some change their lives because of the predictions. But suddenly – one by one – the predictions begin coming true. Was the woman a psychic accurately predicting death, or was she a fraud who simply lucked out? This story follows the lives of the passengers in the fallout of this memorable flight.

The premise of this book really hooked me in – it was unlike anything I’d ever read before, and I was intrigued to see what predictions were coming true. I also love Liane Moriarty – I’ve read many of her other books and was always thoroughly entertained. This book, however, fell a little flat for me.

The first quarter and last quarter of the book were very interesting, and I was eagerly devouring pages. The middle half of the book, however, was a little slow and boring for me. There wasn’t much action, it moved slowly because of the multiple points of view, and nothing seemed to be changing or happening much. I think the book could have been a little shorter and cut out some of the middle chapters that didn’t add much to the overall story.

The characters were interesting, and I did really enjoy the multiple POVs. The tension mounting as some major characters drew nearer to their death date predictions was stressful in the best possible way.

I would recommend this book to all Liane Moriarty fans. If you enjoy slower, character driven novels with minimal plot events, then this book would probably work well for you.

This is one of my more favorite Liane Moriarty books. I went to an author event where she spoke and it was interesting to hear her touch on this being the first time she wrote a character throughout their whole life and it was one of the things I noticed when I was reading and thought was interesting. I haven't been able to decide if I would want to know my date of death and cause of death. The whole concept made an interesting read. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an ARC.

Phew this book is longggg but once I waded through everything it felt worth it in the end. I loved the characters and I was so interested in their stories but it took so long to get to the ending. I was definitely happy with the end, it gave me happy and sad tears at different points throughout the book. I am giving this 4 stars because I enjoyed it, but the middle dragged on too much for me.

This was my favorite book of the year so far out of 52 books. I have missed the writing of Liane Moriarty recently and was so excited to pick this one up and it didn’t disappoint.

Here one moment-gone the next.
This one will get you thinking about mortality.. yours, your family’s, and friends’… even strangers on the bus!(or plane!)

One day, a woman on a flight walked down the aisle and told everyone aboard the time and nature of their death. This story is told in alternating POVs between “the death lady” and the passengers on the plane. I started to really care about those who we got to know deeper. The death lady was telling her life story in her chapters and while I enjoyed how it was written, I found it boring sometimes and I wanted to skim. Overall this one was a little too long. I liked the ending but I didn’t find the reveal very satisfying. I loved how the characters lives were woven together.

This one is for fans of Moriarty as well as books like the Measure, the Immortalists, or Dare to Know. I would definitely recommend it.
Though we don’t know when and how we will die, thinking about it may make you change the way you’re living today. We’re only here one moment.