Full disclosure, Liane Moriarty is generally a very hit or miss author for me. This book somehow falls in the middle between the ones I've loved and the ones I very much didn't. The beginning meanders and I was bored with the slog. It does get better as it goes along though - it just took so long to get there. One of my biggest struggles is that the characters largely lacked their own voices, which made them hard to differentiate. This was further compounded by the way that the chapters don't really tell you whose POV it is. There's a lot of food for thought here, and I think this is a book that would be better suited to a book club discussion than individual reflection.


A huge thank you to the author and the publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

Strange tale about the fate of those on one flight together. Thought provoking about what would you do if you knew how long you had to live? Reminded me of The Measure. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

Liane Moriarty did a great job developing her characters and developing their back stories. The book felt long at times, but I enjoyed seeing each characters POV when the predictions started coming true. I love the meaning behind the book, live life to your fullest and don't look back.

This book SHOULD have worked so well for me. It has all of the makings of some of my favorite books - an incredibly intriguing premise that makes me wonder what I would do in a similar situation along with emotional storylines similar to The Measure by Nikki Erlick (my favorite book of all time). Unfortunately where it differed was in execution - instead of giving me a really interesting macro view of how this situation affected things like cultural and societal norms, government intervention, etc, it focused way more on the individuals involved and I just didn’t care about them enough to enjoy 500+ pages on their lives. I also didn’t care for how much of this book focused on the life of this presumably-psychic woman and what brought her to make the predictions she did. While the ultimate conclusion to the book did satisfy me more than I expected, this book overall and my experience reading it were a huge letdown.

Imagine sitting on a plane when someone stands up and suddenly starts calling out the time and way you are going to die. You might think it is a joke, until their predictions start coming true. The book is told in alternating perspectives (that of Cherry the one predicting the deaths and those of the ones set to die). An excellent story.

I love Liane Moriarty & this one did not disappoint! I didn’t find I was waiting for the drop as I have in some of her earlier books!

Loves the premise of the novel. And had recently read the Measure. So it was giving similar vibes. I love the intertwined stories and the ending!

Thanks for the ARC!

On a flight from Hobart to Sydney, a passenger suddenly gets up, points to a fellow passenger and says “I expect catastrophic stroke, age seventy-two.” She then goes passenger to passenger predicting cause and age of death. Understandably, people are a bit worked up on and after the flight. And then the predictions start to come true. The storyline alternates between Cherry and all of the passengers. It was a lot of characters to keep track of, but I found it easy to keep straight. It went decently fast, because some of the chapters were very short. I did not love Cherry though. I can’t pinpoint why, but I never looked forward to her chapters, and as the main character, that ended up being half the book. I don’t believe in psychics or the like, and putting that aspect aside, I did not find a lot about this story realistic either. Overall, disappointed in this one. I loved Liane Moriarty’s earlier work, but the later books haven’t measured up for me.

Thanks for NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review!

So…you’re sitting on a plane minding your own business when all of a sudden, some old lady starts telling everyone WHEN and HOW they will die, including you! I liked this book so much I bought a copy just so I could loan it to people! Now available at your favorite bookseller. Thanks to @netgalley and @lianemoriarty_official for giving me a galley to review!

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

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

Aside from a delay, there will be no problems. The flight will be smooth, it will land safely.. everyone who gets on the plane will get off. But almost all of them will be forever changed.

Because on this ordinary,, do, something extraordinary happens. People learn how and when they’re going to die.

This was a really fun read a lot of short chapters and a lot of different characters and through it all we learned about the fortuneteller and all about her life.

I love Liane Moriarty. Her last book was awful for me. This one redeemed her. She writes so well and does a great job with character development. I really Enjoy her books.

4.5 stars

Liana Moriarty is the queen of character-driven novels. Here One Moment is no exception! Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect after reading the book’s synopsis. The premise: After boarding a short, domestic flight, an elderly lady predicts the “when” and “how” each passenger will die. The book than shares the back story of the “Death Lady” (how the elderly lady is now known) and how several of the characters live their lives knowing their days may be numbered. Is this book magical realism?? You’ll need to read the book to find out.

I found the book to be very similar to The Measure, but I think Here One Moment was executed a bit better. While there were many characters to keep track of, I found myself rooting for each one of them. And, as many of Moriarty’s books do, I was blown away by the ending. Here One Moment is a very thought-provoking book that I found I couldn’t put down.

Thanks to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I picked this book up and set it down multiple times before I was in the right headspace to read it. Told in alternating perspectives, this book did a great job of addressing the question would you want to know how and when you are going to die. Moriarty wove the narrative of Cherry in with the multiple other storylines of folks dealing with their 'predictions' they received on the plane. Once I was about 40% in, I did not want to put it down. I found the ending clever but the whole book thought provoking and a good exploration into human emotions.

This book wasn’t what I expected in the best way. The beginning was a little confusing but once I caught on, I was hooked ! It definitely reminds me of a less intense Final Destination, the suspense of whether the lady could actually predict death keeping you on the edge of your seat. The epilogue even had me tearing up! One of my top reads this year.

This book starts off so exciting with a woman giving fortunes on a flight.. She tells the passengers their date and cause of death. After that I felt it became tedious as the story followed many passengers. For me it was too many people so that I didn’t get connected with many of them. This probably would have been better as an audiobook. I feel like it would be a great tv series. I felt like it was written to be picked up for a tv show rather than written to be a great book.

I love Liane Moriarty and everything she writes. This one was a little different and took me a bit longer to get into but by the end I was glad I read it. The only reason why it took me a bit to get into is because of all the different pov’s in the book. At first it was a little confusing but once I got it I had to keep reading it. Way to keep your readers wanting to continue on! Don’t know how she does it but she certainly has a way of getting you hooked on her books. Overall I enjoyed reading Here One Moment.
Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read another great book by Liane Moriarty.

Here One Moment hooked me from the very beginning! I loved every second of this one. Liane Moriarty isn’t usually an automatic buy for me but after this one she might just become one!

Liane Moriarty is a masterful writer. She is so talented at weaving a story vibrantly rich with detail, complex characters, and interwoven layers.

The "death lady" makes predictions that force the characters to make decisions about how they want to live if her predictions about their future and their death are true. There is no other option, they are forced.. They can ignore what she says and go on as they were. Or believe her predictions and alter their behavior accordingly. Either way, they must choose.

It's also a matter of determinism vs. free will. Is our future already written or can we alter our path completely? I personally am riveted by these types of existential concepts, so this book + the fantastic writing was a major home run for me.

This was so lovely and wonderful! I totally thought this book was about one thing, and then the ending came and totally flipped the script. Made me cry. Loved it.

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty is a unique take on the different ways in which people might react when given a glimpse of their fate. This was a fascinating novel., with an abundance of characters to keep up with.

For fans of The Husbands by Holly Gramazio and Cult Classic by Sloan Crosley.

This was such a ride! I really enjoyed the development of the story and how it all came together so nicely in the end! It's very different from anything I've ever read. The short chapters made it easy to get into and I loved the different perspectives of all the characters.