Very interesting and unique page turner!

There was a revolving narrator, with an unreliable antihero at the center. I enjoyed learning about Cherry’s past and the interwoven characters and storylines. There is suspense in finding out which of the Death Lady’s predictions will come true (she starts strong with 4 accurate predictions). You root for some of them to be wrong. You are teased to believe they may all be right.

I really enjoyed this title. Thank you NetGalley for the free ARC.

Cherry is an elderly woman who one day predicts the age and way her fellow plane passengers will die. As a few of her predictions come true the remaining passengers deal with the fallout. The book poses the question if you thought you knew when you were to die what would you do and what would you change about your life.

I absolutely loved this book and all the characters in it. I was immediately invested in all of these people and their lives. I cannot recommend this one enough!

Thank you to the author and publisher for providing me with a digital ARC of this titile via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

I was so excited to get my hands on this early. I have really liked previous titles by Liane Moriarty and was quickly drawn to her newest book. The cover, the title, the premise all hooked me. How glad I was to start reading and to not be disappointed. I was invested from the start as she starts describing all of the characters at the airport and why they are flying. I could not wait to get on board with them and to hear the death predictions begin. I couldn't figure out what was going on, if she was psychic or crazy, would the deaths really occur, and then what?? I was all in and couldn't wait to pick up this book whenever I got the chance. I found myself telling my family about it as I read, all of us guessing at who she is and what was going to happen next. I did like the character development as we get farther in to each of their stories and loved how you also got glimpes into her past as well that led up to this fateful flight. Great read and I predict will be a great movie as well.

If given the opportunity, would you want to know the age and cause of your own death? Personally, I would not want that knowledge, though the argument could be made that knowing exactly how much time you have left could make you live the rest of your life more fully. And also, that if you know how you are meant to die, could you possibly change the outcome, such as losing weight and getting fit if you are meant to die of diabetes complications, or quitting your job if you are predicted to die at work? This book raises those questions and others, though the characters were not given the choice to know or remain in the dark about their future: they are all on an airplane, minding their own business, when another passenger gets up and heads down the aisle, pointing at each person in turn and saying things like "I expect...car accident, age 19" or "I expect...natural causes, age 94", and so on.

After the flight ends, it doesn't take long for one of the death predictions to come true, followed quickly by two more - and everyone on the flight is now dealing with the stress and anxiety of worrying about their own futures, especially the ones who possibly don't have much time left.

I was intrigued by the premise right off the bat, and having been a fan of several other books by Liane Moriarty, I could not wait to read this one. I'm happy to report that it did not disappoint. It bounces from character to character, which I enjoyed, as I felt like I got to know all of them so well, and felt anxiety along with them as they waited to see what fate actually had in store for them. Interspersed with their stories is the tale of the woman who made all of those predictions, and it didn't take long for me to be fully immersed in her life and wanting to know how she became who she was - and was she actually a fortune teller, and if not, why on earth did she make all of those predictions that day?

5 stars for this book that I did not want to put down, and that is going on my Favorites shelf. It was thought provoking, entertaining, sad, happy - all of the emotions, and the ending was perfection. Here One Moment is due for release in September, and I recommend adding it to your must read list. A huge thank you to Crown Publishing and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Brilliant! I finished this book in two days! Completely novel storyline and plot. There are so many characters that I thought I would get lost or confused but each character is so well developed you have no problem following along with the story. From reading the excerpt, you would never imagine how the story evolves. This is definitely one of my best reads of 2024.

On a plane ride one day, an older woman gets up and tells ever person on the place how they will they die and their age. This books follows a handful of those people at they anxiously live their lives afterward.

Most of us spend our days thinking we have all the time in the world. We often cannot wait to get to that next moment rather than marvelling in a child’s laughter, a bird in flight, or a night sky full of stars.

When a group of passengers on a flight are given their cause and age of death by another passenger they have but no choice to accept their mortality. Will they spend the time they have left attempting to outrun death or run towards life?

As usual, Liane Moriarty, delivers a novel with cast of loveable and quirky characters and entices the reader with a unique story that you will not want to put down.

"Here One Moment" by Liane Moriarty is a captivating journey that starts on a flight from Hobart to Sydney, where an unexpected passenger, known as the Death Lady, disrupts the ordinary by predicting everyone's cause of death and age of death. Moriarty skillfully crafts a narrative that delves into the profound implications of such revelations on the passengers and their subsequent actions.

From the first page, readers are drawn into a web of suspense and intrigue, eagerly awaiting the unraveling of each character's fate. Moriarty's storytelling prowess keeps the tension high, eliciting audible reactions and a compelling urge to discover the outcome.

While some sections of the Death Lady's backstory may appear lengthy, Moriarty's narrative expertise ensures that every detail serves a purpose. The intricate connections between characters and the Death Lady's predictions are woven together seamlessly, leading to a deeply satisfying conclusion that resonates with emotion.

"Here One Moment" is a testament to Moriarty's ability to engage readers with thought-provoking themes and compelling storytelling. It's a book that will keep you enthralled until the very end, leaving you with a profound appreciation for the unpredictability of fate and the power of human connection.

Liane is back and she’s going down a totally different road this time! And at 512 pages it’s meaty AND great one!

On a delayed flight in Australia, a woman gets up from her seat and begins telling every passenger their expected “Age of death, Cause of death”. At first the passengers don’t know what to make of it. Some are entertained, others horrified. The flight lands and all go back to their lives but then when a few predictions come true, the lives of both the “death lady” and the remaining passengers converge in this exploration of fate and life’s unexpected turns.

✨My Thoughts✨
I have really enjoyed many of Moriarty’s books, with What Alice Forgot and Big Little Lies at the top. Her gift is in her lovely and relatable characters, the way she can pull you into the story with realism, mystery and her signature drama. Her writing is so entertaining and readable. I adored Cherry, the mysterious “death lady” and her story is what brings my rating so so close to a 5. There are varying viewpoints and certainly some gripped me more than others but the overall effect and my experience was wonderful. This was a book I couldn’t put down and I even missed 3 stops on the subway while nose deep in its pages. I’m excited for September and for this to peak on bestseller lists!

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫(4.5/5 stars)

Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a page-turner. On a short flight, the daughter of a fortune teller rises from her seat to greet all passengers with the statement "age of death, cause of death". As the passengers disembark, they bond over their shared experience and continue to keep in touch as some of the fortune-teller's predictions begin to come true. This is a light story with some mysterious undertones and is a fast, enjoyable read.

I really enjoyed this. It delt with heavy ideas of fate, love, death, friendship, family and more with a fun light touch. I would've loved more epilogue information about other characters. But I must admit, it's probably a "better" constructed book this way.

If you were told when you were going to die and how, how would you live your life? I loved this it was very thought provoking. People were given the opportunity to really live and prevent untimely deaths. I got confused in the beginning. The chapters never indicated who was talking but other than that I would recommend the book.

Thank you to Crown and NetGalley for this ARC.

This is a “what would you do if you knew you had only X days left to live?” book which is normally my speed but this one just didn’t land for me. The book begins with all the characters on a flight, where a woman makes predictions about the passengers’ causes of death, and when they will die. From there, the book is split between updates about the passengers and backstory about the women who made the predictions. The ladder just didn’t land for me, I felt no connection to the woman and did not really care about her backstory. The passengers and the effect of the prediction were compelling until the book hit a sort-of twist that made me wonder what the point of the story was. A quick read but a disappointing one.

****6/8/24**** FINISHED! Despite this being 512-pages (hardcover), it has 126 relatively short and some micro-short chapters, plus epilogue, with a lot of white space, so it reads very fast. The Australia-based story is centered on a single incident described throughout the first 24 chapters in which an older-ish woman named Cherry walks down the aisle of a plane en-flight pointing to each passenger and stating what they will die of and when. During those 24 chapters we learn a bit of back story on Cherry, as well as select passengers on the flight. These end up being the cast of characters around which the novel evolves.

This is a great Liane Moriarty novel! Any fans of hers I expect will love it, as it combines those lovely character self-talk insights that she is known for, with a slow-burn mystery (also known for), and a foundation of human relationships through friendship and love. Thematically, the reader is guided to question our beliefs on fate vs. personal choice, the reality and acceptance of future death, and decisions on how exactly we want to spend our days and with whom. The last 5% of the book was special to me, as it ties the story up so beautifully and with such a balanced narrative. Yes, I cried during this section, but happy tears. This is a positive story, not depressing, for those for whom this is important (me, lol!). For me, this is a perfect novel. Thank you, Liane Moriarty and pls keep writing! 5-stars. Coming this September. Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC!

****6/6/24**** Just got approved to read this ARC from NetGalley! It is a slow burn - I'm 25% in and not sure what direction this will go. Do you have an interest in The Secret, or manifesting your future? Do you believe in fate or free will? I love how Liane Moriarty weaves a mystery vibe into her novels, without it being procedural. I love her writing about characters, all of whom are completely relatable in their little personal details, quirks and thoughts. A friend asked if this is similar to The Measure (every human on earth receives a box with a length of thread correlated to their longevity - do you open it or not? do you live your life differently or not?), and I said that I wasn't really sure yet. That book felt scifi to me, while this feels very contemporary. VERY EXCITED to read this Sept 10, 2024 new novel!

I could not put this one down. I loved the storyline and although there were a lot of characters and switching of viewpoints, I had no trouble keeping track. I loved the character’s stories and how it showed the connection between some of them.

On one delayed flight, an unremarkable older woman begins drawing everyone’s attention by predicting their age and cause of death. Naturally, passengers start to find this upsetting but the woman making predictions has no memory of doing so after the flight. Most people are able to laugh it off until some of predictions begin to come true, exactly as she claimed they would. Passengers must ask themselves, do they have faith in the “Death Lady”? Can they fight fate, or do they control their own destinies?

Wow, what a thought-provoking and poignant read from the masterful Liane Moriarty! I was so honored to have the opportunity to read an early copy of this book, and I must say it is one of her very best. It is over 500 pages but I breezed through it and didn’t want to put it down until I reached the (amazing) conclusion. I loved how she chose to end the book with the epilogue! It was such a powerful ending. I loved all the character’s connections, the little hints and foreshadowing throughout that are ultimately all revealed later in the book. I couldn’t believe I missed it!

I am still thinking about this book days later, and the questions it raises: Do you believe in determinism? Do you believe in the just world fallacy (that everything happens for a reason)? How do your actions affect others? If you change your behaviors now, how will it impact your future? Would you want to know when you would die? It is the type of book that lends itself well to discussion and book clubs because you’ll want to talk about it with everyone! I truly loved it.

Thank you so much to Liane Moriarty, Crown Publishing, and Netgalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

Energetic, witty, fun, yet profound. The themes and questions explored in this book are not unique, but Lianne presents them in a fresh way. I laughed, I got misty-eyed, I will continue to think about these characters.

A bit more editing could have benefitted the story; it felt a tad too lengthy.

Overall my favorite book by this author to date! Thank you for the opportunity to read this early copy.

I love this author! She takes regular people and puts them into interesting situations with deep thought and great writing. This whole book is about fate and the turns our lives take. If you knew when and how you were going to die would you try change that prediction and in turn potentially cause your death as predicted? Can we fight fate?

It’s a long book - but I could have read more. I liked learning about the woman making the predictions as much as I liked reading about several of the passengers wrestling with the predictions they received. I loved how little details from the story that I had forgot, came back and were resolved at the end. I loved the whole ending overall.

‘She does not request the baby be made to stop crying like the three passengers who all seem to have reached middle age with the belief that babies stop crying on request.’

‘He’s like a junk food addiction; delicious at first, then regrettable.’

‘Some people lead charmed lives and think it is all due to them.’

‘You won’t necessarily win against fate, but you should at least put up a fight.’

‘You never know what your last words are going to be, so try to choose them wisely.’

‘Men in suits handled the ballot. Men in suits often handle your destiny.’

Thank you to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for an early copy in exchange for an honest review.

Loved it!

If you love Liane Moriarty delightfully overstuffed with multiple POVs then you will love this new one!

To me this book started out very intriguing but then it really started to drag in parts and was a little hard to follow. It seemed to be all over the place.

The premise to me seemed like the Final Destination movie. And then it seemed like the ending was rushed.