“𝕀𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖, 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕖?”

This book takes a look at the life long question of how people would react to knowing how & when they died.

I went into this blind. Took a little bit to get into but once I realized what was going on, I was all in.

I related to Paula the most. I may not have OCD but I just know I would go absolutely insane if someone told me my children’s “age of death, cause of death.”

As for the story itself, I enjoyed playing with the butterfly effect. About how one moment can change everything.

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Liane Moriarty, and all parties who let me read an ARC for Here One Moment.
This story had me easily hooked from the get-go. A psychic on a plane went into a "state" and ended up predicting everybody on the plane's death age and cause of death. This naturally causes everybody to question if she was crazy or was she onto something. As time goes on...her predictions start coming true one by one.
This book has a multi-pov where it fades between passengers on the plane and the life of Cherry, our psychic. This was a beautiful story about questioning fate, timelines, and can you really take control of your life. What started sort of with a thriller feel, by the end I was crying because the full circle moment for the book was just so beautiful.

This book was so good. I loved the premise of the story. This is one of my favorite authors so I was super excited to get to read this early.

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Thank you @netgalley and @crownpublishing for allowing me to listen to Here One Moment in exchange for a review!

Liane Moriarty is my favorite author and I always look forward to her next book! When I saw Here One Moment would be coming out, I jumped at the opportunity to read it early as quickly as I could! I loved this read so much, I’ll still be buying a copy when it’s released in September!

What I love about this book: like all of her books, there are multiple perspectives that make the characters’ experiences and lives connect and in funny and unexpected ways. Moriarty is so clever with how developed and layered the characters and their paths are. There are several characters who are so well developed, it feels like I know them all. This feels like an impossible task to have the reader feel so familiar with many characters so quickly, but it’s so well done in this novel.

The premise itself is so comical and intriguing: a woman on a plane predicts the age and cause of death for all passengers and what follows is great fear of the unknown. Will the predictions come true? What causes the death lady to predict as she did? Following their lives of the passengers and the death lady, it’s so intriguing to consider life and death and how time is spent when people feel comfortable or worried about their fate.

I love the various perspectives and short chapters. The book flows quickly and I never wanted to stop reading. The characters are fun and they create captivating storylines. The themes that are drawn out are so well done, but not over the top. This story is one that makes the reader question choices in life and fate, mysticism and reality. I loved it so much! This may be my new favorite of Liane Moriarty!

Liane Moriarty is probably my favorite author, so I was so excited to get this book! Here One Moment follows a group of passengers who are all on the same flight. During the flight, a “psychic” gets up and gives each passenger a prediction for the age and cause of their death. No one takes her seriously, until her predictions start to come true. The chapters alternates from the perspectives of six different passengers and the psychic. The story has some heavy subjects but also had me laughing out loud at times. Overall, I loved the book and definitely liked it a lot more than her last two books. Thank you Netgalley and Crown Publishing for the advanced copy!

I love Moriarty’s books and I have read and enjoyed all of her novels! She is such a good writer. Here One Moment is a clever book about fate vs. free will. Would you want to know when and how you’re going to die?
The wide range of characters, in this contemporary character-driven story, are interesting, as are the locations. This book seems quite different from Moriarty’s previous novels. It is a long book, but moves right along. Highly recommend this book, and all of the author’s wonderful books!

Thank you to NetGalley, Liane Moriarty, and Crown Publishing for this arc of Here One Moment, out September 10, 2024!

📜Quick Summary: You board your flight home, everything takes off perfectly. As the flight continues, you make small talk, enjoy people watching, and try to catch a quick nap. But then a nondescript woman stands up and walks up and down the aisle, telling each passenger when they will die, and how they will die. It causes an uproar, and of course, everyone thinks this woman is crazy. That’s until a short while later, some of her predictions start coming true. As we follow Sue, Leo, Allegra, Eve & Dom, and a few others, we see how this information impacts their lives, their relationships, and the decisions they will make.

❣️Initial Feels: I literally wanted to have a panic attack after reading the first few pages. As a terrified traveler and a deep, deep fear of flying, I was initially like…nope! Can’t do it. I won’t continue on…but then I did.

🙋🏼‍♀️Moving Character:I think Allegra touched my soul a little bit more than the others. Her prediction not only touched her life, but her mother’s and looking at people who self harm or are depressed a little differently… makes you want to reach out to those happy people in your life that may be struggling deep down.

📖Read if you want: a page turner, a mystery that unfolds between two story lines, thoughts about free will and your destiny

💡Final Sentiments: I really enjoyed the premise of the book. It creeped me out from the start, and while reading each character’s developing story, made me question what I would do if I was in their position. It did seem a little too long… like the book could have been condensed and got the action going faster, rather than write more chapters ( over 120 total ) The chapters did go by fast, as some were really short, but I think some fluff could have been taken out. Maybe less of Cherry’s background (or condense it).

“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.” -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

🌟Overall Rating: 4 stars


I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I loved this book! A little reminiscent of "Love Actually" with interconnecting stories, with lots of big questions and thoughts to ponder. What would you do/how would you live if you knew the exact date you were going to die? Live like you are dying! Chance vs. destiny. It really is a small world we live in. The characters were all very interesting, I thought, and I cared about what was going to happen to them. I can see this being a popular book club pick because it will give you a lot to think and talk about.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher Crown for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Liane Moriarty’s latest novel begins when a woman goes into a kind of trance while in a short flight and predicts everyone on the flight’s age and cause of death. For those whose age of death is imminent, this comes as a shock—even more so when some of the predictions start coming true. The main issue I had with the story was the number of characters I had to keep track of.

3.5/5

I have read one other book by Liane Moriarty, and I really liked the style of writing in this one. The multiple POVs keeps your interest, and each narrator uniquely answers the question, "how would you live your life knowing when and how you would die?".

As much as I slightly hoped this would be a little more edgy and final destination-like, this book gave some good perspective as to how living your life each day like it's your last is crucial to living it to the fullest.

Thank you NetGally and Crown Publishing for this ARC. On a short flight to Sidney an average older lady starts to go from passenger to passenger telling them cause of death age of death. Some people find her funny; some don’t believe her and some worry but one thing for certain “fate won’t be fought”! Over the next few days, weeks and months - people start dying as predicted. Who was she? Can you change your destiny and what would you do if you knew when and how you would die? Follow the life of Cherry Longwood and how she became known as the death lady.
I enjoyed the how the characters ruminated about their future and their what if thoughts in some cases dominating their well being along with their families. But seriously how would you cope? A thoughtful read and great story telling!

Don't take anything for granted! That is definitely the message put across by this book. Thanks to Netgalley I was lucky enough to read this title early. Overall it was a good read.

The flight finally takes off after several hours of a delay and people are settling in, when a grey-haired lady starts walking down the aisle and telling everyone their cause of death and age of death. She will become the "Death Lady" to all those on board the flight. Then things get scary when 3 of the people on the flight actually die as the "death lady" predicted. The book continues to go through a few of the passengers lives after the flight and how they reacted to getting information on how and when they would die. It also provides a life story for the "death lady" whose name is actually Cherry.

It was difficult in the beginning to keep all the characters straight but it comes together quickly. It was also super interesting to read the timeline of Cherry from her birth to how she ended up on the flight and did what she did. It is also a thought provoking book and I think how the characters each reacted to the information was very realistic. Some may ignore it as garbage, some may take it too literal and some are in-between. The characters are well written and you actually feel for them and the situations they are in at the moment. I will also have to admit that I didn't see the ending coming the way it did and was pleasantly surprised that I was wrong. My only real compliant would be I didn't get to see how one character ended up and after following him along in the book I needed more closure on that one character.

Another great read from Liane Moriarty. Thank you NetGalley and Crown Publishing for an ARC in return for an honest review.

4.5⭐️rounded up. Loved the new Liane Moriarty book! Thanks to NetGalley, I was able to read this one early. I haven’t enjoyed all of her books, but this one was ♥️
It was long, but it really made you think about your own life and death and how one can change their fate.

This book is one of those stories that feels like it would translate much better on screen than on the page. The premise is intriguing, filled with potential for drama and suspense, but unfortunately, the execution falls flat.

Instead of being the gripping page-turner I expected, the story plods along with little excitement. The pacing is slow, and I found myself struggling to stay engaged. There are moments where the plot could have taken off, but they never quite land, leaving the overall experience feeling more like a chore than a thrill.

While Moriarty’s writing is still solid, and the concept has promise, this book might be better suited as a movie or TV show, where visual storytelling could breathe life into the narrative in a way the book doesn’t manage to do.

I enjoyed this one overall. It has a very powerful message about the importance of not taking our days or the people in our lives for granted. Moriarty's handling of the POV structure was well done, and I really liked the sort of rambling, conversational style of Cherry's chapters. I was not a big fan of the twist. I'm not sure how I wanted it to play out, but I almost felt cheated in a way. Other than that, a great read, and I'm sure I'll tune in when it inevitably makes its way to the screen.

Where to begin?

On a flight, a seemingly innocuous older woman walks down the aisle pointing to each passenger and declaring how they will die and at what age. Some dismiss her as a crackpot, others think she is a real psychic. As the various passengers go home and lead their lives they are keeping these things in the front of their minds - marriages threatened, families fawn over their loved ones, and people uproot their lives. Particularly after the first death.

The death lady, as she was dubbed, tells her story woven between the passengers lives. It certainly gives you something to think about - how would you live your life if you were given a time you would die?

The story kept me engaged and wondering who was next? And how would it end?

I recommend this book for fans of Moriarty and people who like an interesting story with some twists to it.

I was given this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own.

On a full airplane, a woman walked down the aisle pointing at every passenger as she told her captive audience when and how they would each die. How would you live your life if you were told you only had a short time remaining? Here One Moment followed the lives of several of the passengers and the woman herself—their situations before getting on the plane as well as the way they handled the news about their impending deaths.

I was immediately pulled into the story. However, about a fifth of the way through the novel, I found myself wanting more than just random passenger stories. The novel felt aimless without a central story arc. It wasn’t until about halfway through the book, once some deaths started happening as predicted, that it became more compelling. However, reading about the passengers’ reactions to their predicaments was depressing.

I’ve loved many of Liane Moriarty’s other novels. This one felt very different from her others. It was largely missing her sense of humor and was very introspective. Sometimes it was heavy and sometimes it was mundane. But mostly I didn’t really see the point of the story. I wonder if Moriarty herself has been dealing with grief and this was some sort of cathartic exercise for her to write about characters thinking about death. The characters themselves all felt real and their actions felt genuine. It was just sort of anticlimactic and ho-hum despite the interesting concept.

Thank you to NetGalley, Liane Moriarty, and Crown Publishing for allowing me to read an early galley in exchange for my review. The book will be available on September 10, 2024.

I am obsessed with this book! I would say ‘Here One Moment’ is a little different from her other books in terms of a sci-fi element. But reading this made me contemplate my own life. Would you want to know when you are going to die?

Honestly I blew through this story. I’m in a busy medical program at the moment but I found time to read this and I do not regret it.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Crown publishing for the ARC of this novel. “Here One Moment” by Liane Moriarty will be published on 9/10/24.

Phew, it was a long journey through this story (but when is it not during a Liane Moriarty novel?) but I'm coming out on the other side very satisfied!

The quick synopsis for HERE ONE MOMENT grabbed my attention instantly, following a group of characters who were given a prediction of when their life would end during a flight by one of the passengers. What kept me around was the story that unfolds after the plane touches back down, when all these characters must now face the idea of whether this clairvoyant was correct with her predictions. Because if she is, then a few of the passengers were already approaching the end of their lives. Each person endured different emotions to their predictions and it was captivating to see how this all panned out in this 400+ page chunker of a book. The length of the book ultimately took my rating down a notch, would have loved less redundancy during the middle parts of the book.

But how this all tied together in the end? 🥺 That little blurb tying Cherry's mom's prediction to that final scene made all of this worthwhile. This story was made for tv so I'm begging Hollywood Executives to pick this one up! I'm happy to say I liked this one more than APPLES NEVER FALL, which lands this one as my second favorite now behind BIG LITTLE LIES!