Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

This book is very different than other Liane Moriarty’s books. I love her ability to weave a story. She really knows how to engage her readers.

Like other Liane Moriarty’s books it weaves the stories of many people and the story is told from each of their perspectives. This is definitely a story that makes you stop and think about life and death. I did find the ending of the story to not be 100% believable. All in all, a good read.

Title: Here One Moment
Author: Liane Moriarty
Publishing Date: September 10th, 2024

When I first began reading this book I was skeptical. I was unsure i would like it, as this book is not in the genre I prefer to read. However I am glad that I did read it. I found it to be clever, emotional and thought inspiring.

I was enraptured by the subject matter and the questions it provoked. If we knew how and when our lives ended would we behave differently? Would it change us for good or bad, or would we change our trajectory of the future? Would you become the type of person to live everyday in an all or nothing fashion because you received a glimpse of your future or would you become the type of person that lives in a constant state of crippling caution in a futile attempt to prevent the snuffing of your light? This book challenged me to reflect on my own life and pondered the possibility of fate destiny vs. free will.

Thank you to NetGalley, Liane Moriarty and Crown Publishing for allowing me the pleasure of reading this ARC in exchange for my honest review

Well I wish I liked this book better. It started out hooking me and really interesting but then went down hill from there.

I am so thankful to have gotten the eARC for free from Netgalley and Crown Publishing so I can leave my voluntary and honest review.

Overall it was way too wordy and got confusing with the back and forth between stories and POV. Some of it is 1st person POav but then the other chapters are 3rd person POV on behalf of the 6 people that received death dates that were soon but some of them are 1st PPOV… see how confusing that is??

The concept of fate or being able to change it is really neat. I just wasn’t thrilled with the execution of it. Being an egalley which isn’t in its final form may have an impact as it’s possible something may change like labeling the chapters to make things a bit more straightforward.

Many will probably love this book so don’t write it off on my account for sure.

Rating
My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars and I rarely round up.

⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again

What a crazy/cool premise. What a crazy plane trip! I like how the story jumps back and forth from the old lady to some of the folks whose deaths she has predicted. A good portrayal of belief and superstition.

This was a page turner that grabbed me from the beginning. All I knew was that part of it took place on a plane. And honestly, I would recommend going into it without reading much about it. Liane Moriarty has a real knack for telling a good story and fleshing out the characters and setting without unnecessary detail. The story focused on a small group of passengers from the plane as they went back to their lives after the flight. The story is told from the point of view of about 5 of those passengers plus the woman on the plane whose actions impacted them all in some way. There was depth to the story and also a good amount of humor and smiles. I laughed aloud in several parts. I don’t know how Moriarty does it, but she has a beautiful way of pulling all the parts together into a beautiful whole. This is my favorite new book of 2024. Thanks to NetGalley And Crown Publishers for the chance to read it. I’ve read most if not all of Moriarty’s books and this is probably one of her best if not THE best.

The concept of this book caught my attention immediately. What would you do if a person on your plane randomly pointed to you and stated how and when you would die?
I loved the short chapters but felt the book was significantly longer than it needed to be overall and I struggled to connect to the psychic, Cherry's narrative. I skimmed through the last 25 percent just to see what would happen.
The ending was disappointing for me personally. I think it had potential to go unique places as the authors books have in the past and ended up a bit cliche.


Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a gifted copy of this arc-set to release September 10,2024.

Like a great actor, a great writer is rare. You don't know they write well until you read a book that is badly written. Liane Moriarty doesn't try to wow with big words that I have to stop and look up every other line. She finds a way to make her characters relatable and human. I thought this book was going to be more of a mystery, but it was more about life and death. How do we lead our life differently if we think we have a limited time left on this earth. My favorite quote was at the start of the book: "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". Maybe this book was a little too cutesy at times, I still recommend it highly

The premise of this book really caught my attention because who DOESN’T wonder about fate, destiny, etc. vs free will? Are some things just MEANT to happen or do we choose our paths that let them? Can some people REALLY see the futures of another? And is there a way to avoid it from happening? From the first chapter, Liane hooks the reader by creating a captivating premise and characters that have their own journeys throughout the novel but intertwine. I love the main narrator of the novel (if u can say that) and the insight she provides to where we are in the beginning. The character’s POV are each unique but universal and make you want to read on. Relating to issues like mental health awareness and pre-destined fates make them relatable and enjoyable to read.
I would say that a character could have been cut or it could have been a bit shorter and would still have had a full story and gotten its points across, but overall it was enjoyable from start to finish and I am so excited for others to read it!!

Liane Moriarty is one of my favorite authors, but I was a bit disappointed by Nine Perfect Strangers. So I was nervous going in to this, and the nods toward pseudo-magical realism were making me nervous. But ohmygosh, she knocked this one out of the park. I absolutely loved it. Highly recommended.

Review copy provided by publisher.

Lianne Moriarty’s new book features a plane full of passengers who are mysteriously told by an elderly woman in a fugue state when and how they will die. The passengers are mostly confused until the first of the passengers dies in exactly the way she predicted. This causes the fellow surviving passengers to begin looking for ways to avoid their fate, for instance one mother enrolls her infant son in multiple swimming lessons after being told he will die of drowning at age seven and an engineer contemplates quitting his job after he learns he will die in a workplace accident following his next birthday.

The book took a little more time to get going than I expected, with the first passenger death not occurring until almost the 50% point. The chapters from the passengers’ point of view alternate with chapters of the mysterious woman and her upbringing as the daughter of a psychic and her love life. I found these chapters to be a bit tedious, but figured they would make sense more in the end and they did. I just found myself skimming them often. The chapters with the passengers were much more interesting.

While I enjoyed reading this book, I guess I forgot who wrote it and was expecting something more along the lines of The Measure or a John Marrs book. This was more of a character study on life and mortality. I think lots of people will like it, but it felt like a departure from other books I have read from Moriarty.

Here One Moment offers a truly inventive storyline wrapped around death, compulsions, and fears. Multiple points of view mine these components with depth and understanding as a handful of plane passengers grapple with the aftermath of the “Death Lady’s” predictions. Told in first person, that pivotal character is quirky yet sympathetic and relatable, aghast at learning of her bizarre actions on that fateful day. Another page-turner from Liane Moriarty, with strong writing, compelling characters, suspense, and glimpses of humor elevating a somber topic.

Would you want to know when and how you die? I am so happy Liane Moriarty has a new book! I feel like I have been waiting forever! I like this authors writing style and connect with her characters. I was hooked from the beginning. This book definitely made me think about life and death and appreciate the people I still have here with me. This will be a great pick for a book club and will have great topics for discussion! #HereOneMoment #NetGalley

I was expecting this to be more suspenseful than it actually was. I didn’t find the premise to be all that intriguing for me but that is just my style.

Go into this book knowing it is not a thriller, it’s like a contemporary mystery? I dont know I felt the book dragging on throughout and was interested enough but not entirely hooked.

I was more interested in this book than I was in “Nine perfect strangers” of hers but it was still not all that interesting. I think it just didn’t excite me and I feel like I am coming to the sad conclusion that Liane Moriarty’s books are just not for me. They just do not excite me.

Thank you NetGalley for a free eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I'm a Moriarty fan, so her novels are must-reads for me. "Here One Moment" presents the question, What would you do if you knew what age you would be when you died, as well as the cause of your death. I was intrigued enough to read this in one sitting. The book is full of fleshed-out characters and is more of a character study than plot-driven. Recommended for fans of Moriarty and readers who find deep dives into life and death questions compelling. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
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I am a little hit or miss with Moriarty’s book. This one kept me engaged and I enjoyed it. I can’t wait for my
friends to read it so we can discuss it!

What an unexpectedly profound book about life and death! I expected sad twists and turns but despite being a book about death, the tragedy wasn’t as forefront as I thought. I am pandering as I try not to spoil what happens but it’s a wonderful book! Another favorite by Moriarty!!

This was a different book for the author and one that invokes the reader to think about their life priorities. Thank you to the publisher, the author and Net Galley for the opportunity for review. My review opinion is my own.

The premise is that a disoritented mentally ill senior is wandering a plane predicting death deaths and causes of death for the passengers. Anyone can imagine how upsetting this is and she causes some to have anxiety and issues for years after. Many of the passengers obsess over her statements and some do come true years later.. This leads some to seek her out and research her history. She claims to have no memory of what she died even after affecting the lives of so many on the plane. One young Mother is especislly disturbed after the woman predicts her childs death at a young age. The author delves i]nto her background where she is using her grief over lost husband to account for her mental breaks. The story is thought provoking at best. It gives your pause to consider death dates which is depressing . Definitly not a uplifting story.

Well this wasnt as thrilling as I expected it to be. It was a really heartwarming book though and I really enjoyed all the characters. I do with the actual "what this is about" said a bit more about the actual storyline because it was so much more than what it said.

While this wasn't my favorite of Liane Moriarty's book, it delivered a powerful punch. Picture a full plane with an older woman walking down the aisle midair, advising you of your future age and cause of death. This story is told from multiple POV and gives us insight to many of the passengers. Enjoy this slow burn !

So the question here is what would you do if you were told exactly how old
you would be when you die and how you are going to die?
A plane full of travelers are treated to this as an elderly lady walks the aisle
and tells each passenger what their fate will be.
When a passenger dies later, exactly as predicted, the nerves and fright
of the others begins to ratchet up.
It hits its peak with this: all downhill, from here, for me.
The narrative surrounding the physic goes on and on until you want to flip
the pages just to get through it.
Some of the characters are interesting and very understandably confused but
most are paper cut outs of what you "should expect" from people in a similar
situation.
Do your movement pre in life cause your foibles in life or do your foibles cause
your movements??
Made myself finish it.