I just fininshed reading "Here One Moment", by Liane Moriarty. Many thanks to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
This book can be described best as a slow burn to awesomeness. I loved this book. I loved the back story, I loved the characters, I loved the way the author wrote this book to its very satisfactory conclusion. If you read any book please read this one...you will not be disappointed.

The story starts on an airplane where a number of passengers are on a short flight. On the flight we meet interesting characters who all come into contact with an interesting woman who tells them how they will die and when. SOme are unraveled by these revelations and it sets in motion a series of events which is their response to hearing the prediction. BUT...when one of the passengers dies as the lady predicts...then the book gets really good because...was it a coincidence or did the lady actually have a gift.

We also learn through many different narrations, that the woman who made these predictions had a very interesting life herself. We slowly learn the truth but the author does such an excellent job of telling us about these people that we are I was so firmly invested in them all. ALL of them! There was not one single character who didn't have an interesting story and set of circumstances that led to really caring about them. But the best part of the book was when somehow, the author tied everything together in such a magnificent way that I just sat there and was in awe at her excellent story telling. This rarely happens. And if it does, I shout it from the rooftops : READ THIS BOOK! IT IS AWESOME!
What did i like about this book...everything, but it really boiled down to the story telling by the author. It was absolutely magnificent. Every character was layered with pain and joy and suffering and longing and love.

There was one thing that bothered me and that was that there were some characters that received a much more detailed ending than others. I wish I knew how all characters ended up.

In the end, I loved this book and highly recommend it to anyone who wants that moment at the end of reading when you wish the story didn't end.

Happy Reading.

Thank you NetGalley and Crown Publishing for this advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review. Here One Moment is my first read by this author but for sure not my last! It made me think alot and I enjoyed it!

Here on Moment, written by Liane Moriarity, is a fictional mystery that is at times interesting, maybe paranormal, sweet, and definitely heartwarming! This book begins on an airplane, and follows different passengers and employees who have an unusual experience. While on the flight one of the passengers has what some may call a medical episode, and tells different passengers and employees how and at what age they will die. Once learning of this the passenger is very confused, but her own mother did psychic readings, so although she doesn’t entirely believe what she told passengers, the passengers wonder if there might be some truth to it. And as the book progresses and follows different individuals from the plane, the reader questions the validity of the readings as well!
This book features a wide array of characters at different stages in life, many with heartwarming and heartbreaking stories that definitely got to my heart strings! I think fans of this author, or readers in general, will love this book! Definitely recommend!!!
Thank you to NetGalley, and to the author and publisher of this book for an ARC in exchange for an honest review

✨ Rounded Up from 3.5 ✨

Here One Moment is a contemporary novel exploring grief, fate, and mortality. Above all else, it contemplates the question: What would you do if you knew when and how you were going to die?

Cherry disrupts a flight to Sydney by predicting every passenger's age of death and cause of death. Her revelations range from natural death at 101 to intimate partner homicide at 25. Passengers are horrified to get these unsolicited predictions. Some quickly laugh Cherry off as a deranged older woman, and others anxiously try to change their "future." Then people start dying just like Cherry said they would, and everyone's world is turned upside down.

The book features a big cast of characters. We get a POV from Cherry as she details her life from childhood to that disastrous flight. Then, readers get glimpses into the minds of passengers as they navigate their lives following their death predictions.

The first half of the book is intriguing, but it really slogged in the last 30-40%. There are too many character POVs, and the narrative becomes redundant as they all languish over their imposing deaths. This story didn't need to be over 500 pages. That said, Here One Moment gives an interesting perspective on the implications of learning your future, especially your death.

Readability: 3.5/5 ⭐️'s
Writing Style: 4/5 ⭐️'s
Character Development: 4/5 ⭐️'s
Plot: 3/5 ⭐️'s
Gut Rating: 3/5 ⭐️'s

I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

Contemporary women's fiction. I am a huge Liane Moriarty fan and this book didn't disappoint. Emotional and fun read - I recommend it.

Overall this book was ok. It just felt so long. There was alot of different character to follow that got confusing to keep up. I typically enjoy reading this authors books. Just wished it was a bit shorter.

This was a weird one. Not sure how I felt about this book. It was good but I didn’t enjoy the cherry chapters. They were weird and felt clunky. I enjoyed the other chapters thought but some characters’ endings didn’t feel like they ended like Ethan or Leo.

I really dig what Liane Moriarty is cooking with lately. Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review! It's definitely been my favorite ARC in a long time and I really hope that it's going to at least be an add-on for BOTM like <I>Apples</I> was.

Anyway, this one's about a lady who boards a flight from Hobart to Sydney and predicts the age and cause of death of most of its passengers. After the flight, we follow the lives of several of the passengers and slowly learn WTF happened before the lady got on the plane. I'm not going to say much else about the plot because half of the fun of this is watching the slow unraveling of everything. Don't read too many reviews with loads of plot descriptions!!

Moriarty does a really fantastic job of creating extremely human characters. Once again, I began the book not loving anyone and ended it caring about each and every single one of them. We get a lot of 1st person POV of the "Death Lady," but we also get the perspective (in 3rd person) from the other passengers. The writing is full of personality and voice and Moriarty weaves tiny little delicious connective dots everywhere and they make everything come together with such a satisfying ending.

This is a very touching story about the universal human experience of death that could have been depressing, but really it's far more about hope, humanity, and living really fucking hard. It's funny, it made me sob (I'm a sucker for this shit, okay?), and I can't wait to get a hard copy.

This was a book that felt like it was written for me. It was solidly at 4 stars for a long time in my head, but the way she wrapped it all up put it over the top. If you've enjoyed anything from her catalogue, I bet you'd enjoy this too. If you haven't read anything from Moriarty before, this is a good one to start with.

What would you do if you met a stranger on a plane and that stranger proceeded to tell you your age of death and cause of death? Would you ignore it or would you obsess about it every day of your life(what was left of it supposedly)? This was my first Liane Moriarty book and it won't be my last! There are a ton of characters and individual storylines in this book but that's what keeps it fast moving and interesting. It is a long but quick read. I loved it! Thanks to @NetGalley for the ARC of this book.

My Rating- 3.5 ⭐

Liane Moriarty brings us another gorgeous story that is chock full of human connection and hope. An absolute emotional rollercoaster: Here One Moment will have you laughing, crying, gasping, and sitting on the edge of your seat, sometimes all on the same page.

I really enjoyed this story and, for the most part, it's large cast of characters. One of my biggest issues was telling each character apart, and I would have appreciated if each chapter would have said which character it was following. I also felt this book was a tad too long, and I could feel myself forgetting details about each character as I got further along because there was just a little too much to juggle. Cherry's chapters were much too rambling for my taste, and bordered on annoying at times, which I understand is a part of her character, but still, it was unpleasant at times. With a little bit of trimming, I think I would have enjoyed this story much more.

That aside, this really is a beautiful book. Moriarty is so good at writing realistic human moments and emotions, and this book is obviously no exception to that. I really loved the concept and the way it played out. Bravo!

The concept of this book absolutely captivated me! Imagine a lady on a plane who just stands up and starts revealing how and when people are going to die – totally fascinating! What's really compelling is figuring out how you'd react to her shocking predictions. It's a mix of folks tiptoeing around, trying not to meet their doom, and others who just throw caution to the wind and decide to embrace every moment with gusto. Liane's talent for crafting the most unique and entertaining characters is simply unmatched. I found myself bursting into laughter multiple times at the sheer wit and outrageous sarcasm pouring out from these characters. And getting to see the world through the eyes of the prophecy-making lady herself, in addition to the views of those she's predicting for, was just brilliant. The storyline weaves together this intriguing tangle of facing mortality and living life with a zesty, humorous twist that just keeps you hooked.

Moriarty is one of the best examples of writers who just gets humanity. This book felt random for quite awhile, but go with it, enjoy the ride and then wipe the tears and LIVE.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

The premise is interesting, but the execution was too long. I’m glad I read this book, but I felt as though I had to trudge through the first half. It was definitely a slow burn, so go in with patience and you’ll be fine. Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

the subject seemed interesting but there seemed to be too many characters to keep track of and i wasnt completely captivated until I got deeper into the book and began to become more familiar with the characters.

I’m glad I didt dnf and was able to finish the book, however it was not one of my favourites from Liane.

Thanks Crown and Netgalley. all thoughts and opinions are my owb

Liane Moriarty’s newest is the literary equivalent of a slow-cooked stew—you know it's eventually going to be good, but you spend most of the time wondering when on earth you’re going to be able to eat. It’s a slow burn in the truest sense. Our main character, the maybe-clairvoyant Cherry, is an acquired taste, but she actually made me chuckle and I learned to like her.

It honestly wasn’t until about the last 15-20% that I was actually enjoying myself and excited to flip pages. The multiple points of view and myriad characters finally connected, and the ending wrapped everything up… kind of like a nice bow on a slightly weird shaped present 😂. I was happy with the outcome, but pheww, it was a journey to get there.

Overall, it’s a truly unique (bizarre?!) read that’s speculative and thought-provoking… if you’re into slow burns and don’t mind waiting for the payoff, this might be for you. Otherwise, it’s a tough one to recommend bc I’m afraid you’ll be mad at me for the first 75% 🫠

I have read a number of Liane Moriarty books and was very much looking forward to reding this one. The premise, if you were told how you would die and at what age, would it change the way you lived?

An older woman stands up on a flight in Australia and starts telling the passengers her predictions of their deaths, it is obviously very disheartening for those with short life spans. After this beginning, each chapter goes between some of the passengers and how their lives do or don't change. We also have chapters told in the first person from Cherry, the woman with the predictions. We learn about Cherry's whole life in these chapters. I found her life rather fascinating but it took forever to get to the good stuff.

Full disclosure, I was reading this while on a trip and didn't have much time to read so each night when I picked the book up I had to try to remember who these people were, because there were a lot. I sort of felt that Moriarty wrote this book to adapt to screen (she has a few now) more than for the book. The multiple people plays better to screen.

The idea of living your life to the fullest, no matter what, was an important point of the book. But the grief that Cherry was experiencing is something most of us can relate to at some point, Both of these points didn't really come through until at least 50% into the book. Sorry to say the first half just dragged for me, thus the lower rating.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Such a good read that I enjoyed! I'm so glad that I got the chance to read it early and will definitely be recommending it to multiple people who enjoy these types of novels. I enjoyed the characters and especially enjoyed the writing by this author. I'm excited to see what the author comes out with next as I'll definitely be reading it! Thank you to the publisher for my early copy of this book!

I wanted to love this book as I have loved all of Laine Moriarty's books. The story was just a little slow and I had trouble figuring out the point. Halfway through it all picked up and I enjoyed the 2nd half.

The premise of “Here One Moment” definitely reminded me of Nikki Erlick’s “The Measure” — what do you do if you know your final fate and the exact date? Fight it? Embrace the idea and take more risks when you know you won’t die? Either way, when you know (if you really do) there’s an emotional and thought-provoking journey ahead. A plane full of passengers experiences this as a nondescript older lady walks among them and declares their cause of death and age at death. “Fate won’t be fought,” she also exclaims. A handful of the passengers are predicted to die within months, and when some of them actually do later, word spreads amongst the others as well as the internet.

There are a LOT of characters (a plane load!), all with necessary biographies and reactions to Cherry (the pronogtisgator) declarations, and, eventually, their “real” fates after disembarking. The author selects a few for us to follow. Some of the earliest predicted deaths belong to Leo (workplace accident), Ethan (assault victim), and Allegra (suicide). In the not so far future, Sue is concerned about an invisible cancer; newlywed Eve (who was wearing a bridal dress on the plane) is watching for disturbing signs in her recently-betrothed, since Cherry told her she would die by “intimate partner homicide;” and Paula is freaked out by the prediction that her baby, Timothy, will drown at the age of seven.

As the story follows those passengers, the book is interspersed with a first person POV from Cherry, who seems to have few memories of the incident and probably should have had a good cup of tea before boarding.

Liane Moriarity is an automatic read for me. I’ve loved her novels since “The Husband’s Secret” in 2013 and then I read her backlist; but her two last books “Nine Perfect Strangers” and “Apples Never Fall” were not among my favorites. I started “Here One Moment” with a bit of consternation, but it evolved into a page turner when I had to know the passengers’ fates (with some spots dragging in their biographical stories and a lot of long tales about Cherry’s past).

I read this as a sort of a thriller, although other readers might take to heart Moriarity’s question “If free will doesn’t exist, if all your decisions and actions are inevitable, are you still required to apologize for them?” and see a novel about grief. Obviously, this is a good book club discussion choice. 4.5 stars! It could have been much shorter than 512 pages (a length that does scare my book club off).

Literary Pet Peeve Checklist:
Green Eyes (only 2% of the real world, yet it seems like 90% of all fictional females): YES There are three characters with green eyes.
Horticultural Faux Pas (plants out of season or growing zones, like daffodils in autumn or bougainvillea in Alaska): NO Miss Piper named all her cows after flowers.

Thank you to Crown Publishing and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy!

Thank you Crown Publishing & NetGalley for the ARC!

Here One Moment was an interesting albeit very stressful read. Without giving too much away, one of the predictions made by the character really bothered me and I was anxious throughout the entire book. It was one of her better books in recent years, and I was very grateful to have had the opportunity to read this one!

Thank you again for the ARC!