Liane Moriarty does not disappoint. Here One Moment had me from the moment I started until I finished. I thought it was a very well written book of a premise I never read before. All of the characters were engaging and likeable, including the wacky narrator. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Here One Moment. I highly recommend the book. (I read it in two days)

Thank you to NetGalley for the arc and this is my honest opinion of the book

I really liked this one (but did think it was a little long) and enjoyed the concept! It had a diverse cast of characters and can definitely see it being made into a tv mini series.

Can we tempt fate, or do we accept fate? Cherry's mom. the much later in life fortune teller, would always say, "Fate cannot be fought." Was Cherry's mom a true psychic? Cherry never figured that one out completely.

I found this new novel by Liane Moriarty intriguing. I've liked many of Moriarty's to date - Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, Nine Perfect Strangers. Like her others, Here One Moment, contains delightfully, eccentric and quirky characters whose lives become not only entwined, but later intertwined by a chance encounter of being on the same flight back to Sydney.

As with many of Moriarty's previous works, Here One Moment is told as a flashback. The story opens with our main character, Cherry Lockwood (now probably in her early 70s), walking up and down the aisle of a plane predicting the age and cause of death of each of the flight's passengers. Would you want to know when and why you were going to die? This bizarreness causes a frenzy with the plane's passengers. Is Cherry the real deal? She did seem to be in an almost catatonic state during her "episode."

What follows is full disclosure on Cherry's entire life and also background and current updates on the passengers' lives. Some are "dying" to find her to ask her more; however, her identity is shrouded in mystery, as she was traveling alone and people were so taken back with her predictions. She certainly wasn't asked any informational or personal questions about herself.

She's soon dubbed the "Death Lady" by Tik Toc as some of her predictions start to materialize.

I really enjoyed the way Moriarty introduced multiple little nuances about the characters that tie their lives together as they search for answers concerning their own predictions.

I ended up loving the plot and the characters. Thank you, NetGalley and Crown Publishing for this ARC of Liane Moriarty's newest novel.

"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 Kübler-Ross
What an appropriate quote to appear on this book's ending page.

It's 4 1/2 stars for me.

Once again Liane Moriarty creates a captivating cast of characters and an engaging plot. I love how she winds separate story threads back together. Her use of flashbacks and forwards reveals and unfolds the story so beautifully.

I'll be honest - I didn't even read the description of Here One Moment before I requested and began reading an advanced copy. I have read several other books by Moriarty, and while my thoughts on them are varied, I am still always eager to read Moriarty's novels, because I feel like they are so unlike anything else I read. If I HAD read the description of Here One Moment, I can't honestly say that I would have chosen to read it. A fortune teller predicting deaths on an airplane? The Deathy Lady? Not my typical read. Yet I'm so glad I did end up reading it (and I can honestly say that 400+ pages prettyb much flew by), because it was very thought provoking and unique. The entire book I mused to myself trying to answer the question that it posed - how would you live your life if you knew exactly how and when it would end. I didn't come up with a solid answer, but it definitely still has me thinking. I loved how the chapters alternated between Cherry ("The Death Lady") and the other passengers on the plane who had received death predictions. It kept me constantly wanting to keep reading and not stop, because I just couldn't wait to find out what happened to everyone. Learning Cherry's own story along the way was a surprising little gift as well.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 Death Defying Stars

I feel like I just ran the longest marathon of my life through the twilight zone trying to escape death and I’m exhausted!!

“A small gray-haired lady is midway down the plane, pointing at passengers on both sides of the aisle one by one, as if she’s assigning tasks. It’s clear she is leaving ripples of mild consternation in her wake. Virtually every single head turns to watch.”

“Grandma never said another word. She died ten days later. You never know what your last words are going to be , try to choose them all and wisely.”

Read this if you like :
* Multiple POV
* Books that make you think
* Great Character Building
* Slow burn reads
* Long Chapters

I was sooo exited to receive this ARC as I am a HUGE fan of Big Little Lies , so those who are like me lower your expectations this is nothing like it !

When I first started reading Here One Moment it was giving me old Twilight Zone vibes , it starts off so mysteriously, we have this woman known as the “Death Lady “walking around on a plane and she’s pointing to every passenger and predicting how they are going to die .

As you read you find yourself getting more and more curious about these passengers personal lives . What would you do with that information some psychic tells you when you’re going to die ??

Would you let it roll off your back or would you let it take over your life and live in fear questioning, is today the day ?

Then two weeks later the first deaths come true , everyone is in a frenzy and chaos starts!!

This was a long slow burn mystery that really had me thinking about just everyday life in general and not to take a moment for granted. At times I heard the theme sound for White Lotus playing in the background as the book had this odd peculiar mystery to it .

I think this would make a fantastic series as you would really get to dive deeper into the lives of these characters and some of the main characters witty commentary & personal thoughts !

Thank you NetGalley , Crown Publishing and Liane Moriarity for this digital ARC!!

Respectfully Another Read by Angie

Thanks NetGalley and Crown Publishing for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. I absolutely loved this book. I wanted to see how everything came together, and I was so invested in the characters that I couldn’t put the book down. The math connections were also really interesting. I loved the multiple points of view. I just wish that my favourite couple of characters appeared more often. I felt like their relationship and experiences needed to be summed up a bit more. I would still highly recommend this book and suggest checking it out when published in September. (I do find it more Fiction than Mystery.)

Definitely different than Liane Moriarty’s other books. If you come here expecting another “Big Little Lies” you won’t find it. You’ll find something far more unique! Very psychological novel about how people del with fate and impending death. Very conceptual, but she makes it work. I’ll be eager to see where she goes in the future

The story begins on an flight, where a passenger walks up and down the aisles, making predictions about other passengers' age and cause of death. This apparent psychic, Cherry Lockwood, earns the title of "Death Lady" after the flight lands and some of her predictions start to come true.

The novel builds in suspense as the passengers get off the plane and carry on with their lives. The chapters switch between Cherry’s retelling of her life up until the incident on the plane, and the perspectives of several passengers whose fates she predicted. Some panic and try to make adjustments to change their predicted outcomes, while others simply discount Cherry as a crazy old lady. This novel explores the idea of "what would you do if you knew you were going to die?"

Overall, I found "Here One Moment" to be an enjoyable ride. I did need to pay attention, because the chapters aren't identified by character, but details were provided pretty quickly to get me on the right page. The ending wasn't as satisfying as I had hoped (not sure what I was wishing for), but all-in-all, an enjoyable flight of fiction.

I wasn’t sure about this book when I started. Liane Moriarty is one of my favorite authors so I was very eager to get my hands on this book regardless what it’s about.

The book starts slowly with a psychic predicting the day and time that every passenger on the plane would die. I didn’t really know what to expect with the storyline. The book follows a few passengers from the plane that were told they would die in the next couple years.

The psychic from the plane really grew on me. I enjoy he story of her life. She was sick an endearing quirky character with an interesting family.

I loved the format of the book. The chapters were short and I flew through the pages in anticipation of what would happen to these characters. I loved the book!



Thank you to netgalley for an advanced readers copy.

Wow! I loved this! I couldn’t put it down and read during every free second I could spare. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

4.5 stars
STRONG recommend

This latest novel by Liane Moriarty has it all - mystery, drama, life-affirming positivity. I liked this book so very much.

It is such a straightforward premise - an older woman on a plane in Australia (flight from Hobart to Sydney) begins making predictions of the passengers' death age and how they will die.

Is it a hoax? Is it real? Why did the older woman do this? All of these questions get answered beautifully with a nice ending!

On a seemingly ordinary flight from Hobart to Sydney, the predictions of age and cause of death from a mysterious woman (later famously known as “The Death Lady”) change the course of each passenger’s life. For some, the prediction provides the comfort of a long life but for others, death is expected within the year and under shocking circumstances. After several passengers die at the age and in the way “The Death Lady” predicted, the frenzy around the death predictions rises as those who were predicted to die soon must decide whether to await their fate or try to dodge destiny.

This story is very special and touching. I haven’t felt so connected to a book in quite a long time. The story is told from multiple perspectives of those on the flight who received some of the more shocking predictions as well as “The Death Lady” (aka Cherry) who we learn a lot about. Each of the characters was so compelling. I found myself flying through the chapters wanting to find out what happened next but unsure which of the characters I was searching for because I enjoyed each of them so much. I was really rooting for all of them. There is something very special about Cherry. She is a little off-putting at first but somewhere in the middle, I fell in love with her and did not realize it until nearer to the end of the story. What a wonderful and shockingly relatable character. It was an absolute honor to be chosen to review this book. I have been reading Liane Moriarty’s books (and watching her screen adaptations) loyally for a very long time. I just adore her and her writing. I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next :)

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

Liane has done it again ! After the flop of “Apples Never Fall”, I was eager to read this, and it did not disappoint! Well done, interesting concept. Now onto casting!!!!!!

*** I received an e-ARC of this book from Crown Publishing through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review***

🗣️ I am a big fan of Liane Moriarty and I was so exited for the opportunity to read this book. It did not disappoint. When a “psychic” aboard a plane begins predicting the time and cause of death for each passenger, some find it funny but others take it to heart. When the first passenger dies as predicted, some embrace their fate while others attempt to dodge death. This book makes you contemplate life and death and ponder what you would do in this situation. I would highly recommend this book. My only criticism would be that you have to pay close attention to whose POV you are reading. The story flips between different characters and timelines and the chapter are not labeled.

✨ Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley.

Wow! I couldn't put this book down. I was already a fan of Liane Moriarty and therefore was excited to read Here One Moment. This is one of her best yet. Passengers on a flight are surprised when a unremarkable, plain looking woman stands up, points to each passenger and tells them the age they will die and cause of their death. As the story progresses, we are pulled into their lives and see how her predictions affect each of them. Is life a bunch of coincidences or are all of our lives preordained? This is a story of intertwined lives that asks the reader for a leap of faith-once you take that jump in you will not be sorry. This is a book not to be missed!

After a long delay, the flight takes off. Suddenly, a female passenger begins pointing at other passengers and stating the cause and age of their death. No one knows who or what she is doing until they receive their prediction. A quite frightening experience. We follow several of the passengers as they deal with this information. Sadly, a few of the predictions come true. This leaves the other passengers trying to find ways to avoid their fate. I found it very interesting the ways that people tried to manage this. I also thought the ending was very well done. I really enjoyed this book, and I would highly recommend NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.

After reading 120 pages, I will not be completing the book as the subject matter (death, ways of dying) is negatively impacting my mental health. I cannot possibly keep on going for 354 more pages. It is also going extremely slow at that. I’ve read all of Liane Moriarty’s books and hate to do this but I simply cannot continue.

This is a page-turning delight. Is The Death Lady truly a psychic or a fraud or perhaps a mentally ill person. You will stay up long into the night to seek the answers. The book does slow down a bit in the middle but it never lulls you into closing the pages, and that is amazing considering it is a very long book. I did at times have trouble keeping the characters straight, mainly because there are many of them and the chapters do go back and forth between characters without clear chapter indicators of whose story we are reading. But I'm nit-picking. This is a darn good read.

When "The Death Lady" starts predicting passengers' deaths on a flight, it makes everyone wonder if they can change what's meant to be.

"Here One Moment" follows different passengers as they try to figure out if they can avoid the predictions by making different choices. The story jumps between characters and explores how they react to what's happening, including the mysterious background of "The Death Lady."

With a number of interesting characters and their stories weaving together, the book keeps you engaged. Even though it can be tricky to keep track of all the different characters and stories, the deep themes and engaging plot make it a 4-star read! I recommend this book, especially if you enjoyed "The Measure" by Nikki Erlick.

"Here One Moment" is coming out on September 10, 2024. Big thanks to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for the ARC!