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Wow! This book was a breath of fresh air for me. I really liked the concept. It was a tiny bit slow to start, but once I was in I felt pretty sold. I loved the characters and the overall short chapters and learning more about Cherry and how the flight came to be. I loved that you can change your fortunes and steer fate. It was a really sweet book!

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A fantastic story that drew me in and kept me reading. This was my first Liane Moriarty book. An interesting premise done so well!

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Easily one of my favorite Liane Moriarty books. Emotional, deep, but not too heavy. Her characters were witty and eccentric - an absolute pleasure to read

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Thank you so much to NetGalley and Crown publishing for this advanced reader copy of Liane Moriarty’s, Here One Moment. I’ll never forget reading What Alice Forgot and then promptly devouring anything else by the author that I could get my hands on. I adored her earlier books, didn’t connect with the last two releases, and am happy to say I loved this new novel!

Airline travel is really something these days. If you’ve flown at all this summer, I’m sure you came back with a travel story or two to share at the water cooler. Imagine being on a plane minding your own business when another passenger begins roaming the plane and telling everyone their cause and age of death (whether you want to hear it or not)! Imagine discounting this behavior as absurd until time passes, and the predictions befalling your cabin mates come true.

Moriarty excels at writing quirky and endearing characters that pull you in even when the plot would be something you’d normally roll your eyes at. I had to know what would happen to these characters! Yes there were a lot of them, but I felt connected to them all with a sense of urgency for their outcomes.

Here One Moment publishes in the US on September 10, 2024.

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Liane Moriarty has done it again with this engaging story that really makes you consider what would happen if you were given your death date and reason how you died. How would you handle that? The way each character reacted and acted on that information was realistic with these very likeable characters. Will definitely be ordering and will be putting on our 'staff picks' wall.

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This is a different read from what I am used to. It was very well written.

Six passengers board a plane. These six passengers have been predicted to die in the very near future. One of the passengers on the plane does die. Could the predictions be correct?

I loved how the story came together but I didn't care for some of the chapters and found myself struggling to finish it until about half way. The story is very long and I struggled at times. Although I did enjoy the ending. Give this one a try!

Thank you to NetGalley for this arc!!!

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This was the 8th book I’ve read from Liane Moriarty. It once again confirmed that she is one of my “must read” authors. This is another 5 star read!

We begin the book with a plane full of people who are stressed due to a long delay. There is a woman roaming around the plane telling people how old they will be when they die, as well as their cause of death. That alone was enough to hook me!

We jump around to different characters with each chapter. I loved seeing how the story developed from so many different view points. This one kept me hooked from the very start!

Thank you to Crown Publishing and NetGalley for the advanced copy. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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This book was sooo freaking good! It was really difficult to put this book down. It was intense but not in a bad way. The story really makes you think and start wondering "what would I do?"

Liane Moriarty is so good at writing about serious topics with humour to lighten the mood a bit. One min you are on the verge of tears and before the tears fall she has you laughing.
This book is about a group of people on a plane who are told when and how they will die by an odd lady that boards the plane. No one even knows her, they call her "the death lady"
No one really takes her predictions seriously until one by one the passengers start to die exactly as predicted.

Liane Moriarty has a talent for creating very interesting characters that are entertaining. She also has a way of writing stories that keep you intrigued and invested, her books are incredibly difficult to put down. If you've read Liane Moriarty you know what I mean and if you are new to her writing, you will not be disappointed.

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I really enjoyed the storyline of "Here One Moment" and hearing about each character's story. I sometimes got confused about who I was reading about. Overall, this was another excellent book by Liane Moriarty!

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i really loved this one, love all of Liane's books and loved how she tied all the stories together. I've already recommended to my friends to pick up and buy! Hope to see this one on screen as well!

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I have read each and every Moriarty book there is, and as usual she does not disappoint. How would you react if you were told the date and means of your death? Would you try to avoid situations in which you might die? Follow along as several characters in the book go about thier lives and try to ignore that impending death date... and is it even true?

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Thanks NetGalley for the ARC of Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
Loved it! I have wanted to read books by this author for a while now and received this ARC.  I was pretty excited.
The author is great with description and thinking outside the box. I loved the characters and their personalities and the plot was great. I enjoyed how the story was told in stages about different characters and how Cherry's story unfolded. I enjoyed the connections between some of the characters at the end of the novel. It was a longer novel at just over 500 pages, but it's packed full of detail.
I'm looking forward to reading more books by this author

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I will always be a huge fan of Moriarty's storytelling... with this book it is no different. It kept me enthralled, wondering how paths would cross, how story lines were related and how eager to see it all come together. She weaves the best stories with the most unique plot lines rich with characters you end up loving in spite of themselves.

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I’ve always enjoyed books that make you face your mortality and deeply think about the time you have left. The character driven nature of this story is one that won’t soon be forgotten.

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Thank you to NetGalley for the advance copy of Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty in exchange for an honest review.

Cherry Lockwood goes into a hypnotic trance on a passenger jet and moves down the aisle, predicting the year and cause of death for all the passengers from very young to very old. When one and then another of her predictions come true, the worried passengers - and ultimately the media - begin a search for the so-called Death Lady.

Told in alternating chapters with Cherry’s story interspersed with those of several of her fellow passengers, Here One Moment explores the question of whether destiny can be changed.

This book had a promising start, but, at least for me, it ended up losing steam as the narrative went on and on (and on). I might have felt differently if the novel had been edited much more tightly, although I did appreciate the ending.

Not the author’s best work. Three stars.

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This book was fabulous. I loved the characters and never felt bored at all throughout the book because the story unfolded in such a perfect way. This book will stay with you long after you close the final.

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After a passenger on their flight announces people’s times and causes of death, and some of those predictions come true, will others change their paths to avoid their fate? And can they? Told from several passengers’ perspectives, including the supposed “Death lady”. I already can’t wait for someone to make this into a tv show!

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This is my favorite book of Liane Moriarty's thus far.

This was incredible, easy to read, book following the lives of multiple different people that are somehow interconnected.

This book follows the passengers of a plane that all had an interaction with a woman who has claimed to know how and when they will die. The passengers are extremely intrigued by this woman... they think it is all a hoax... that is until the first person she predicts will die, dies.

I have been a big fan of Liane’s for years now, following her books & adaptations to screen, but this was unlike anything I’ve ever read before. This book did such an amazing job at emitting all different kinds of emotions while still keeping the reader guessing. The short chapters and multiple POVs were brilliant.

This book opened up my eyes to how to live life & the lack of control we truly have in it.

Also great representation of mental health disorders sprinkled throughout the book, which I love and appreciate.

Thank you netgalley for this ARC!

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I was so happy to be chosen to receive an ARC of this book. I was looking forward to sitting outside with some iced coffee and fully losing myself in it.

That didn’t happen. This turned out to be an extremely long book with way too many POVs and a really disappointing ending.

I’ve read most of her books and this one didn’t live up to her usual standards. Too many different POV’s and Cherry’s story was written in a convoluted way. There were time jumps and to be honest, we didn’t need to know all of her story.

I’ll definitely read her next one, but this one just fell short for me.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC, all opinions are my own.

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Thank you #Netgalley for the ARC.
If you knew when you were going to die would you change how you live your life? Liane takes the reader on a journey with several individuals. Interesting idea, comes together at the end. For me it was hard to keep track of all the characters and the timeline. If you enjoy Liane Moriarty books and her ability to create stories around a group of characters you will enjoy her newest book.

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