“I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predestined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” Stephen Hawking

I found Here One Moment very different from Liane Moriarty's previous books. This book was long and told from different points of view. I thought it was challenging to understand whose point of view it was when there was a new chapter.

I was invested in some of the characters and learning what would happen to them as the book progressed. Although I wanted to love Cherry, I struggled with her character and back story.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest review.

I really wanted to love this book. The premise was super interesting, and I normally love Liane Moriarty. But, 512 pages are a lot to read when the story really drags. After the first 100 pages, I really wasn't sure if I would finish the book. There are a lot of storylines here, and I was only invested in about two of them. I really could have done for fewer of Cherry's chapters going through her backstory. However, when I read the ending, I was glad I had persisted through. The epilogue is especially cute. Just wish this was much faster paced. Thank you NetGalley, for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Here One Moment is a well written compelling read that although quite long is hard to put down.

The story follows passengers on a plane when the unexpected happens and one of them starts to predict when they will die.

That might sound morbid and it is but Liane Moriarty will have you laughing as you contemplate your own life.

The cast of characters are perfect written and you get emotionally involved with them.

No spoilers here , I will leave it to the reader to take this journey that will have you thinking and its one you wont soon forget.

A must read.

I predict Here One Moment will be a few Book Club Choices.

Thanks to NetGalley and Crown Publishing/Crown for the opportunity to read and review Here One Moment.

This book is far different from other Moriarty books. I started it but because it was an unrealistic story line I couldn’t get into it.

You're in a plane. With a bunch of yahoos. Irritating. Just want to land. Tension rises, the characters, the reader's.

A woman gets up and walks down the aisle. . .pointing and making brief yet deadly pronouncements.

You'll get to know every yahoo on that flight, and Herself, who gets to make such pronouncements. But the larger question is you, dear Reader. If that finger found you and you were delivered such news, where would it put you? What would you do? Believe, not believe?

Read this book. . .get on that plane. Stay to the very end.

*A sincere thank you to Liane Moriarty, Crown Publishing, and NetGalley for an ARC to read and review independently.* #HereOneMoment #NetGalley

I have always been a huge fan of Liane Moriarty, so when I saw she had a new book coming out, I couldn’t wait to read it! This one is a little different than her others, but it really kept me on my toes. I thought the whole premise of the book was so unique and I loved seeing how everything would play out. Basically, a woman on an airplane randomly decides to stand up and tell each of the passengers how and what age they are going to die. This obviously upsets people and causes a lot of drama on the plane. Most of the people shake it off and dismiss the lady as someone who is out of their mind. But, as people start dying in exactly the way she predicts, the other passengers get scared and start believing her. The story follows six of the passengers after the flight as the struggle with the possibility of their upcoming death.

This book vaguely reminded me of The Measure by Nikki Erlick, but with a different twist. I loved how the reader was able to learn more about the “Death Lady” throughout the book, as well as the other passengers. I really love how the author gives multiple points of view and alternates between the characters. I gave this book five stars because it was so well written and I couldn’t put it down!

Boasting a unique and intriguing premise, I was very excited to delve between the pages of Liane Moriarty’s latest book, “Here One Moment.” Right from the start, I was immediately pulled into this story and became completely immersed in each and every page that followed, right up until the very end. It’s a profound and thought-provoking narrative, challenging the reader to question their beliefs regarding life choices, destiny, and the free will to change what has already been ordained. And as such, it further begs the question, would you want to know how and when you will die? And if you did know, would you live your life differently? In the wake of receiving this exact psychic proclamation—6 passengers disembark from a short domestic flight and must navigate their lives going forward through the crippling lens of their own mortality. It’s a truly compelling story that I highly recommend.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Liane Moriarty
Crown Publishing
September 10, 2024

★★★★★ I highly recommend it!

One passenger on board a flight from Hobart to Sydney will change the lives of everyone on the plane.
Cherry, an elderly woman who will become known as the '𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆' slowly walks down the aisle of the plane, pointing at each passenger, predicting their death date and cause of death. When predictions start to come true, panic sets in.


𝗔 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆?

I have read several books by Liane Moriarty, and I think this one is my favorite since What Alice Forgot.
The cover illustrates the ripples of the 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 which is how one small event has the potential to majorly influence events in the future.
You will understand this more as you read the book.

Told from the various POV of the passengers and Cherry, this book starts off tense and suspenseful.
The plot is clever, creative, and philosophical. It's slow moving but compelling with short chapters that focus mainly on the different characters and their lives. I became so invested, especially in Cherry, who is the obvious stand out of them all. She is endearing, quirky, and dry humored.

The novel is well thought out and thought-provoking about how unpredictable life is and the different directions and paths it can take.

𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗲?

I absolutely adored Liane Moriarty's latest book, Here One Moment. It tells the story of passengers on a flight from Hobart to Sydney, and the common bond they share: a woman on board predicted all of their deaths as well as the way they would die. While you would think this is something easily ignored, deaths matching her predictions start to happen and everyone starts to freak out, to say the least! With chapters alternating perspective between passengers from the plane as well as the woman who made the predictions, the story comes together so beautifully and completely by the end. One of my favorites of the year so far!

If you've followed my reviews for long, you probably already know that Liane Moriarty is my all-time favorite author and that I have been her biggest fan since the very beginning, 20 years ago. After three long years, Ms. Moriarty blessed us with a new novel, and let me tell you, it was absolutely worth the wait. “Here One Moment” is profound, clever, funny, charming, emotional, heartbreaking, frightening, inspiring, and everything in between. This book was so brilliantly and meticulously plotted that I am once again in awe of Moriarty’s incredible talent. She has truly outdone herself with this one. It is different from her other works but still contains her signature humor and wit. From the first page, I was hooked on her every word, and I devoured the entire book in less than a day (all 512 pages!!). I cannot recommend this book enough!

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

Passengers on a plane in Australia are expecting a routine flight until an odd woman walks down the aisle and proceeds to tell them the year and cause of their deaths. What is initially seen as odd behavior quickly changes to belief as the predictions start to come true. But, is she psychic or has the power of suggestion led to manifestation? Told from multiple character points of view in alternating chapters. It was difficult to read in the beginning but everything eventually clicks as the characters are developed. Sad yet uplifting.

In the middle of a flight from Sydney to Hobart a nondescript older lady begins walking down the aisles, telling each passenger their expected age of death and cause of death. There is a lot of nervous laughter and eye rolling, but her predictions strike some nerves. As the story progresses, the chapters alternate between the past, in which we learn about the Death Lady and what led up to the flight, and the present, as we read about the passengers’ lives and how they are affected by the predictions. Leo, 42, is a stressed out engineer whose family hopes he will learn to be more present before his expected workplace accident at age 43; Paula, a lawyer turned stay-at-home-mother, must face the psychological strain of hearing that her baby son will drown at age 7; Eve and her new husband both scoff at and worry about Eve’s expected earth from intimate partner violence; Ethan, a gentle soul who is mourning the death of his friend must contend with his prediction of assault at 30; and Allegra, the generally unflappable flight attendant, must take a deep look into her psyche after Cherry predicts death by self-harm.

Was this novel longer than it needed to be? Most definitely. Did I care greatly about the characters by the end? Also, most definitely.

At first, I struggled with this one. There are so many characters and they each needed so much build-up that the book felt like it may drag forever. But at some point, I found myself staying up late each night, turning the pages, desperately anxious to find out whether all these characters that I’d grown to care about were going to die, just as Cherry predicted. I enjoyed how the book made me think about destiny, free will, and why we make the choices we do. The connections that Moriarty sprinkled between Cherry and each character were fun to parse through. The weakest portion of the book were the chapters about Cherry; it took me quite a while to get invested in her character and I found her character a bit caricature-like at times.

I would definitely recommend this book to fans of Liane Moriarity. I would also recommend it to readers who enjoy long books, because the payoff is worth it here but you do need to be willing to put in time at the beginning and I didn’t find those early chapters gripping. If you have not read a Liane Moriarity book, I would start with one of the more surefire winners, such as Big Little Lies.

After a lady on a plane walks the aisle telling passengers their age of death and cause of death, the passengers are certainly taken aback. But when the first few predicted deaths occur, the remaining passengers begin to think differently about their futures.

I had a hard time deciding how I felt about this book. I was so intrigued by the plot and it hooked me in from the beginning. The remainder came in waves and at times I couldn't put it down, while other points were very slow moving. There was quite a lot of character development for 'The Death Lady', which was good and bad (maybe almost too much?) I loved the multiple characters stories and it was fairly easy keeping them straight. I had mixed emotions from the halfway point to the end wondering how everything would wrap up. At first I felt disappointed as I wanted more, but after the very end, I decided I loved it. I loved the theme of fate, and is it set in stone? Or do we have the power to change our destiny? Are our futures predetermined, or is everything the sum of our own choices and actions? I loved how some stories began to intertwine and connections were made. The epilogue was beautiful. This is a book I'll be thinking about for some time.

What a lovely read! I found it a bit hard to get into but once it picked up I was hooked. I wasn’t sure exactly what was going to happen to the people on the plane but I like how the author weaved all the characters in together and they some stories overlapped at the end. I think what stood out to me is that this books message is a nice reminder to enjoy each day and that we are in charge of our own story and ending.

The airplane is at capacity when suddenly a woman begins walking down the aisle pointing at each passenger telling them at what age and how they will die.

Here One Moment follows the lives of several of the passengers and the woman herself concerning their situations before getting on the plane as well as the way they handled the news about their impending deaths.

This story has an intriguing premise and I was immediately pulled into the drama. Then it began to drag on aimlessly. It wasn’t until about halfway through the book, that the dire predictions began to come into play. Once again the story became more compelling.

I trudged through this one and I’m glad I did, even though it was a bit depressing at times.

I’ve enjoyed her previous books much better. I can see this play out as a movie

Soooo good! So, if you could know the age of your death and the way you were going to die, would you want to know? The passengers of one plane as well as crew did not have a choice, because a woman just stood up and did it, made the prediction for everyone there. Men, women, and even children.

Was she correct? What will be the fall out from this woman's actions?

I loved this book, and I couldn't put it down once I was halfway through. As in, I got 3 hours of sleep last night because I had to finish this book! And I am so glad I did, because the ending moved me to tears and was wonderful, but now I have a book hangover.

Get this book! Devour it as I did! You won't regret it!

Thank you to NetGalley, the Publishers, and Liane Moriarty for an ARC of Here One Moment. WOW. During the whole book I was trying to think of what I was going to put into this review to explain how excellent this book is. If you can only read one more book, this should be your pick. What a thought provoking, life altering book. I don’t understand how Liane can do it - her writing was absolutely stellar, the story line is not something I’ve ever read before and excellent - this is the work of a pure genius. This is a different type of thriller and I’m 100% here for it. This story is told in many different perspectives and how everything rounded together - I truly didn’t want this book to end. I loved it. Liane will give you a different perspective of life and math and I never thought I’d say those two things in the same sentence 😂

Told in multiple perspectives and everyone is caught up in their own life - a flight attendant, newly weds, an older couple, a workaholic dad, a mother with two young children , a young man returning from his best friends funeral, an ER nurse. They are all on a flight trying to move onto the next thing in life. There is one person in particular on the flight that is about to upend it and all these people are about to get an awakening. This old lady is going to make a prediction that is going to stick with them for the rest of their lives. They are all bound together by this one lady and her few words and they will have to face something they have yet to consider. Everyone wonders if she’s a clairvoyant? What she for sure is an agent of chaos to everyone and their families. How will these passengers continue with this new found knowledge and what will happen to their already hectic lives? Welcome to your most engrossing book of 2024.

Imagine sitting on an airplane minding your own business when a woman stands up and starts predicting the cause and year of death for each passenger. Imagine the first few of these predictions coming true. Would you live your life differently if you thought you knew your destiny?

The plot gave fodder to think about packing quality over quantity if you're counting a life in measured days, though I wish my connection to the characters could have been stronger. I guess because of the nature of the story there had to be wide brush of storylines to follow. The plot was intriguing, but overall for me the book jumped a bit and the main character (Cherry, the psychic) did not grab my interest as much as I would have liked to have happened. Her backstory was rambling.

I was provided a free copy of this book by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Liane Moriarty has created another masterpiece with this book. Poignant and well constructed - I loved every second of it. Can't wait for it to be out so I can recommend it to everyone.

3.5* This is a hard one for me. I enjoyed it, but it felt long (I guess at 500+ pages it is long!). Having read a few books from this author, I know she is known for writing with multiple POVs but there were so many characters that near the end I didn't remember some of them, and when they started connecting I just kind of kept reading hoping it would all click! I did really enjoy the premise and I liked how Cherry's backstory was woven throughout the book. It's definitely worth a read but it just wasn't my favourite from this author.

Thank you to Netgalley and Crown Publishing for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.