Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

* Thank you to @netgalley and @crownpublishing for providing the ebook in exchange of a honest review.

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It's been a long time since I picked up a Line Moriarty book, and Here One Moment was the perfect book to get me hooked again! I was so invested in the lifes of every single caracter that I wouldn't have mind to have a hundred more pages since I was having so much fun.

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Happy pub day Here One Moment!!!

I was incredibly lucky to get to read an ARC of @lianemoriarty_official’s newest book thanks to @netgalley. I have been a Moriarty fan since Three Wishes and am constantly amazed by her talent. She connects storylines and holds a readers attention like no other. I’m so excited to say that Here One Moment delivered in every way possible. Suspenseful, intense, funny, heart grabbing, and beyond entertaining. This story goes in a dozen directions, yet her writing anchors you to the page. It is beautiful work.

A group of passengers on an Australian flight are irritated - their flight was delayed, a baby won’t stop crying, and people are complaining. Annoyances, but these are expected with travel. What they didn’t see coming was a fellow passenger telling each of them the age and method of their death. “Death Lady”, as she eventually becomes known, is a seemingly benign older woman at first, but as her predictions take aim at a young child, a pregnant mother, and a new bride a sense of foreboding develops. As time goes by it becomes easier to excuse the predictions as an act of mental illness, dementia maybe, but nothing serious because fortune telling obviously isn’t real. Until the first predicted death occurs, and the passengers start to fear for their lives.

This is an incredibly well written and well paced story. I worried for a bit that it was getting long winded but honestly, it’s necessary. You need time to get to know each of the characters and interspersing the passengers stories with the life of the woman who makes the predictions is perfect. I was glued to my ereader! Highly recommend 💜

I was really looking forward to reading Liane Moriarty’s new book. The concept is fun and different. The passengers are on a delayed flight and during that flight a woman starts to go down the aisles telling everyone when they will die and how. Is she right?? Is she crazy?? Well, I think the book could have gone one way but it really didn’t and I was left feeling a bit underwhelmed overall. This was just ok for me but I’m sure plenty of people will love it. Thank you to NetGalley for an arc copy.

It’s just like any other travel day—fraught with rushing around, making sure you haven’t forgotten anything, checking your luggage, slogging through security and, at last, boarding your plane. It’s going to be a full flight with all sorts from a pregnant woman to a mother with young children to a newly wed couple to the working class & aging retirees heading home from holiday. All seems normal, until a woman stands up and starts predicting passengers’ age at the time of death and their cause of death. Not even the youngest passenger is spared.
 
This story bounces around the point of view of numerous passengers on board who have received a death prediction and the passenger who is now referred to as the “death lady.” The author chooses a unique writing style to distinguish between the passengers’ POV, which is in 3rd person, and the death ladies’ POV, which follows her life and is told in 1st person. I found it to be a well thought out style choice. 

As we follow the passengers, we see the first predictions begin to come true. Only adding fuel to the viral sensation. If you knew when or how you were going to die, would you do anything differently? The reader gets to observe the way in which the passengers grapple with this question.
 
As this story neared its conclusion, I kept trying to figure out how the author was going to end the book. It felt like there was a lot of story that could still be told and yet so few pages. It was interesting to see how the author wove the strands together in the end. I did find the ending to be a little bit flat, but I otherwise flew through this book and was thoroughly invested in the character’s outcomes.

Happy Pub Day!
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Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC of Liane Moriarty’s latest novel. In this one, a woman named Cherry, gets on a plane and predicts “cause of death, age of death” for the passengers on board. The rest of the story is the fallout from her predictions and Cherry’s backstory.

The story was engaging and interesting. My only drawbacks were that the story was LONG. I thought Cherry’s story could have been shorter. There was also a large cast of characters who carried through past the initial plane ride, and I thought maybe one or two less still would have made the story work.

If you’re a fan of Liane Moriarty, definitely check it out! I thought it was better than her last few (Apples Never Fall, looking around you)

Liane Moriarty's latest had a promising premise, but the pacing was wonky and it was far too long for the story she was telling.

The book started out a little slow but eventually picked up and then I couldn't put it down. I'm definitely recommending it to customers.

Many thanks for my gifted copy!

NetGalley Review: Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty – 4.5 Stars

Liane Moriarty once again delivers a compelling and intricately woven story in Here One Moment, blending mystery, family dynamics, and a dash of psychological depth that keeps readers hooked from start to finish. This novel is an exploration of how a seemingly small moment can ripple through the lives of multiple characters, changing everything in its wake.

The plot centers around an unexpected event that throws the lives of the characters into disarray, and as usual, Moriarty excels at peeling back the layers of her characters, revealing their secrets, insecurities, and complexities. Her knack for writing relatable, flawed, yet endearing characters shines through in this book. The dialogue is sharp, the pacing is tight, and the alternating perspectives offer fresh insights into the evolving relationships.

The emotional resonance is particularly strong in this novel, and Moriarty’s ability to delve into the human psyche is impressive. The storyline keeps you guessing, and while the twist was somewhat predictable, the journey to get there was absolutely worth it.

The only reason I’m not giving it a full 5 stars is that the ending felt a bit rushed, leaving some loose threads that I would have liked to see explored further. Nonetheless, Here One Moment is a thought-provoking, engrossing read that fans of Moriarty’s previous work will undoubtedly love.

Highly recommended for anyone looking for a character-driven drama with a perfect mix of suspense and emotional depth.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I am a big Liane Moriarty fan & her latest did not fail to make me feel all type of ways. I was stuck on the edge of my seat throughout this book waiting to find out what happens next. Such a fun, quick read. A little bit on the longer side but I enjoyed it.

If you were given the way you would die and at what age, how would that change how you lived your life? This is the question a whole plane full of passengers must now ask themselves after one elderly passenger meticulously distributes her expectations to everyone! At first most passengers assume she's just crazy, until her predictions start coming true.
In true @lianemoriarty_official fashion, we meet a full cast of characters and learn just how all their lives intertwine! What starts as a fateful airplane trip leads to growth, unexpected friendships, new adventures, and as is always true with life coping with grief.
I struggle with a lot of characters, and did frequently have to remind myself who everyone was when we switched chapters, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I enjoyed the growth of so many characters. I enjoyed the discussions on grief and hardships and how we all face them in different ways, but can learn to move forward.
This is set to be published tomorrow (Tuesday), so go ahead and find it at your favorite book seller!!
Thank you to @netgalley for a free advanced copy!
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I have loved the author's other books and found this one to be a departure from her earlier works. The plot of this story was so intriguing, and I was truly vested in the characters' outcomes and the backstory of the death lady herself. I was really curious throughout the novel about how it would possibly end, but in what I think of as true to the author's style, it was unexpected and worth the wait.

Thank you to Netgalley, the author, and Crown Publishing for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The premise of Here One Moment’s story is intriguing but the character development lacked the depth it needed to articulate a deeper meaning.
The setting begins on a plane in the main cabin (4th row) during a maintenance delay. This hit a nerve having experienced some flight delays myself in the past couple years. I am able to hang in through a discomfortable scene if it leads to meaningful character development.
I was disappointed almost immediately.
The story carried on to read like the main character, Candy, was Moriarty, and the characters were the people she created stories about based on how she viewed them. Based on an interview of Moriarty, maybe this was intentional? It took me out of the story.
I understand that some of the best stories can come from observation. I will not criticize that style of writing. It just proves to be a tough line to walk.
The writing seemed to be a constant information dump, built up with no actual benefit to the story. New characters continued to be added even through the end. Details were included about characters that didn’t support the story. Social details were even thrown in with no rhyme or reason. I do not think a parallel of Taylor Swift and Barbie’s personalities fit the one female character whose life was one of nearly ten in this 500 page novel. This sent me over the edge (pun intended).
The idea for this book had potential. It was meant to lead to a profound message that we never know how much life we have to live. To say we should make sure we are living life the way we desire now. This was not what I took out of it. It seemed to make a bold statement on the effect a mental health crisis can have on others when not managed by the individual going through it. Had this been the focus, I might have enjoyed the story more.
Thank you NetGalley and Crown Publishing for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Do you need a real fall banger to read? Something that’s going to get you hooked, turning the pages, emotionally involved, and actually thinking? Here One Moment is that book.

I haven’t read everything Liane Moriarity has written, but I’m extremely impressed with Here One Moment. She has an uncanny knack for writing regular people, with regular problems, #justlikeus but also, holy hell what is going on here.

I will tell you it took me about three times to start this book. And I kept hearing great things, but the first pages were kind of confusing me. Finally, I plowed ahead, and I’m so glad I did. The style is short and can feel choppy at first, but once you get into it, you’ll fly through. I really loved this one and recommend it to just about my entire spectrum of reader friends. That’s probably you.

Liane Moriarty is a must read author for me, so I was so excited to get an ARC of her new book, Here One Moment.

An average women that goes basically unnoticed on a flight, stands up and starts predicting everyone’s cause of death, and age at which they pass. While most people brush it off as the rantings of a deranged woman, some people really are affected by her predictions.

When a handful of people really do die as she predicted, the rest of the passengers start to worry- should they change their lifestyles to avoid their predicted fates ?

I loved so many of these characters and I loved the big life questions this book made me ponder.

I highly recommend this book, definitely one of the best books of this year. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

How would you react if a psychic told you how and when you would die? That’s what happened to the passengers on a flight to Sydney. The Death Lady predicted the deaths of most passengers. Initially, they blew her off but still had that lingering thought in the back of their minds. What would happen if some of those passengers died as she predicted? How would the others react? Here One Moment answers all of these questions. This book, for me, started out really strong and I was heavily invested in the story. After the flight, it sort of dragged on though and I didn’t feel as interested in a few of the characters. I found myself rushing to chapters with the characters I really liked, like Leo and his family. This book made me think of what I would do if I had that information, what lengths would I go to try to beat fate. Overall, this is another great book with such a unique story idea from Moriarty and I do recommend it.

Here One Moment is the newest release by one of my favorite authors, Liane Moriarty. This novel begins on a delayed flight that should be quick and easy but becomes life changing for some passengers. An elderly passenger begins to make predictions for various passengers as to how long they’ll live and what will be the cause of their eventual demise. The question is do the passengers believe her or not? If they do, will they change how they’ve been living up to this point? What impact will these supposed predictions make on their lives? Would you want to know your future? Read and enjoy!

Thank you to Crown for the review copy and to PRH Audio for the audiobook. I read the book but also listened to parts of the audio, which was exceptionally well done.

Here One Moment is a powerful read that left a deep impression on me. While I truly enjoyed it, I also found it challenging due to its intense themes and exploration of grief, life, and fate. As a mother of a young child with aging family members—and navigating all things post-pandemic—the story hit particularly close to home.

I was especially captivated by the Monte Carlo theme, where future actions are meant to be independent of past behaviors. But how can anyone truly remain unaffected by a message about their fate? What changes when you're told when and how you will die? The way the book interweaves the stories of those affected by a fateful plane trip and their resulting destinies is masterful, thought-provoking, and, in my view, makes for a compelling book discussion.

I wanted to love this but it was a little too quirky for me, very long-winded and honestly it felt depressing. I couldn't get into it, I wanted it to be like The Measure (which I loved), but this felt very performative.

Liane Moriarty does it again! She keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout a 500 page book -- each chapter a cliffhanger! Moriarty is such a good storyteller, her writing is so smooth and compelling. She keeps the reader wanting to come back for just a little bit more -- just a little bit more -- until you just decide to sit down and read the whole book!

This story is about a group of people on a short plane flight in Australia. The flight goes smoothly -- however -- while they are on the plane, an elderly woman goes around to almost every passenger, pointing to each one and telling them their “date of death and cause of death.” Needless to say, she causes quite a stir! Is the woman a psychic? Is she just a crazy person? Should she be believed?

The real story begins after the passengers return to their everyday lives and decide how they are going to handle the information told to them by the woman on the plane. They must decide if they believe, if they want to change anything in their lives, if they are going to live in fear -- but can they really just forget what they heard about what might be the end of their lives? This leaves the reader to query: what would I do if I thought I knew exactly when and how I was going to die?

This one was thought-provoking, making it very interesting to see how each person handled their situation. And, of course, with Liane Moriarty, the reader doesn’t find out what is truly going on until the very end -- but it’s worth the wait!

This one was really good, and I highly recommend it!

I’d like to thank NetGalley, Liane Moriarty, and Crown Publishing for the advanced reader’s copy in exchange for my unbiased review.

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty is a very highly recommended psychological thriller that explores existential questions regarding free will versus destiny. Here One Moment asks the questions: What would you do if you knew when you were going to die? Would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny?

After a long delay, a short domestic flight proceeds smoothly from Hobart, Australia, to Sydney. This ordinary flight turns extraordinary when an unremarkable older woman wearing a brooch stands up, counts to three, and then proceeds to walk down the aisle while proclaiming the cause of death and age at death for each passenger she encounters before the cabin crew intervenes. She also states, “Fate won’t be fought.”

For some passengers the date is far in the future and they laugh it off, but for some passengers their predicted deaths are not far away at all. Allegra Patel is predicted to die at 28 from self-harm on her 28th birthday. Ethan Chang, 29, will die at age 30 from assault. Leo, 42, will die at age 43 in a workplace accident. For Dom and Eve, a young couple on their honeymoon, she is predicted to die young at 25, from "intimate partner homicide." Sue and Max O’Sullivan are told he will into his 90s while she will die soon from pancreatic cancer. Paula Binici learns her baby Timmy will die at age 7 from drowning.

A few months after the flight one passenger, Kayla, dies exactly as she predicted. Then two more passengers die as she predicted. The woman making the predictions is now nicknamed “The Death Lady” and no one is laughing off her predictions. In fact, they are trying to find out who she is. Her real name is Cherry Lockwood. She grew up with a mother who was a psychic who went by the name of Madame Mae, but does she actually posses any psychic ability?

Here One Moment is a well-written, intriguing, articulate, and compelling novel that follows a series of characters as they deal with the predictions handed to them by The Death Lady. It is a long book, but the short chapters make the length feel more reasonable and the pages fly by quickly. The chapters alternate between the point-of-view of the different characters, keeping the tension is high throughout the novel as you wait to see if someone dies and how they are dealing with everything.

The diverse cast of characters are all fully realized individuals whose flaws and strengths are clearly developed realistically as they deal with their predicted demise. I was invested in the lives of these characters. Cherry's life and background is also presented in much detail, making her a real person and not the horrific Death Lady that she is presumed to be from the flight. Her chapters could have been edited a bit to lessen the length of the novel. And, in actuality, I was more interested in the other characters dealing with the question of their impending fate.

The final denouement of Here One Moment is pitch perfect and pulled it all together nicely. Thanks to Crown Publishing for providing me with an advance reader's copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.

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