Classic moriarty ! If you have loved her earlier books , you will definitely love this one . It’s tense , it will have you wanting to keep reading and will also have you thinking about your next flight 😂. The short chapters make it such a great one to race through . It’s about life and death and I guess difficult choices . I can already see this being adapted for the screen !

I thank NetGalley and Michael Joseph/Penguin Random House for providing me an ARC copy of this book, which I freely chose to review.
I’ve read and loved a few of Liane Moriarty’s novels (some have become very popular and even been made into TV series), and I was eager to see what her new book was like. And it is fascinating, although quite different from the previous ones I’ve read.
The description gives a good idea of the plot. Imagine you’re on a plane, minding your own business, and suddenly, a middle-aged woman, a total stranger, stands up and starts walking up the aisle, pointing at people and quoting their ages of death and cause of death. She seems to be in some sort of trance, and although the passengers’ reactions vary and some get quite upset, she continues regardless.
After that incident, we get to follow some of the people on the plane, but we also learn about the woman, Cherry, who went around making those wild predictions. She tells us her story in the first person, while the rest are told in the third person, in quite an episodic manner, and without much warning as to the change in point of view (although we soon get used to those sudden changes).
Some people don’t take the prediction seriously, while others do, and some of the predictions seem to come true, bringing a lot of attention to Cherry, who becomes The Death Lady, at least for a while.
I won’t go into much detail about the different characters and their reactions, because that is what makes the book so fascinating. It is impossible to read it and not wonder what we would do if we were faced with a similar situation. Would we take it seriously? Would we try to “cheat” fate? Would we believe it and try to live what we had left of our lives in a more meaningful manner? Would we choose to ignore the warning? Would we tell others or keep it to ourselves?
This novel, after the initial shock, is a slow built, but that helps us get to know the different characters we follow (very varied, as the description hints at) and gives us time to learn about Cherry, her previous life, and the circumstances that put her on that flight. Because she doesn’t even remember the predictions or what happened on that plane, and she is as shocked as the rest of the passengers when she discovers what she did.
Apart from the sudden changes in point of view, the writing is rich in psychological detail, and we get inside the heads of characters with very different motivations and mindsets. We might not have much in common with them, but it is difficult not to put ourselves in their shoes and empathise with their predicaments.
I enjoyed the ending where these apparently unconnected stories end up coming full circle and a sense of purpose and meaning shines through the chaos.
A different type of novel from Moriary but one that asks some big questions and is likely to make readers think about the future and life in general.

A plane is delayed and the passengers just want to be where they are going. Once the plane is in the air a lady gets up out of her seat and speaks to all the passengers. This isn't a normal conversation however, she tells each passenger their death age and how they are going to die. She is later known as 'The Death Lady'.

I have read several books before by Liane Moriarty and have either loved them or couldn't care less. This book turned out to be a disappointment.

I liked the premise of what would you do if you knew when and how you was going to die. I also liked the fact that the story followed a handful of passengers to see how they deal with the information. This did hold my interest for a while.

However the book was overlong, which is not unusual for the author. I found the book interesting to begin with, slumpy in the middle and then an OK ending but I had lost interest at this point.

The reader does get to hear the pov of the death lady. I have to say this was my least favourite part of the book and I did eventually just skip theses sections completely.

I do have a love hate relationship with Liane Moriarty but would read more by her in the future.

Thank you to the publisher via Netgalley for a copy of the book to review.

Liane Moriarty always writes about interesting and quirky subjects and this one is no different.

The passengers on this flight are all told something they may or may not want to hear by an elderly lady. And from here the story takes many twists and turns.

Whilst Cherry (the lady from the flight) goes on her way, she leaves a plane full of passengers in some confusion and turmoil. What a fabulous idea for a story!

As the book progresses, we hear from Cherry’s viewpoint, learning about her life and what brought her to this moment. The reader also hears from a few of the passengers and how they got to be on this flight.

The effect on the passengers is varied and seeing how each person deals with and moves on with their lives, in the aftermath, is fascinating.

What is very clear from this book is the importance of living every day as if it is your last and living your best life. Moriarty shows a clear understanding of human behaviours and on relationships. The plotline is intriguing as is the variety and depth of the characters we meet. The story has humour, tragedy and yet is also life-affirming.

Awwww Cherry. A one in a million life she’s had but that one fateful day and perhaps a little dehydration she predicts passengers on a planes age and cause of death. What would you do if you was given this information. Would you believe it and try and change the prediction.
The story follows several passengers on the plane who are trying to alter the prediction. I could not put this book down and fell in love with cherry from page one. An excellent story and one written from the heart. It made me laugh and cry whilst telling my friends and family daily updates on the plane passengers. Enjoy.

The characters and story, kept me fully engrossed throughout. I love anything but this author. Looking forward to the next one

I read other books by Liane Moriarty but this my favourite so far. A thrilling and gripping novel about the choices you could if you knew your death date and if it's a fixed moment or depends on our free will.
Intriguiing, well written, excellent storytelling.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher, in return for an honest review. This review is based entirely on my own thoughts and feelings.

Overall rating: 5*
Writing skill: 5*
Characters: 4*
Plot: 5*
Pace: 5*

Contender for my favourite book of the year right here. I loved everything about this book, what an intriguing concept for a story. It reminded me of the plot of final destination but without the gore.
I loved switching between all the characters who were on the plane, seeing their lives after their death predictions. I was less interested in Cherry's back story but realised at the end they were very much needed. Im super happy with the ending and although it may be the shortest epilogue in history I'm so glad it was included. I will continue to read all Liane Moriarty's back actalogue and anything new she puts out. 10/10 5* read!!

This was a really unique story, which is refreshing to read. Slightly tricky to read with the multiple characters but it was still enjoyable.

Would you want to know when you were going to die? Another great read by Liane Moriarty, cleverly weaved together.

"Here One Moment" is an interesting exploration of the topics of grief, self-fulfilling prophecy, as well as mental illness.

Thanks to Liane Moriarty's atmospheric writing, a rather simple story of an older woman, Cherry, who goes through some sort of episode in a flight in which she predicts the age and the cause of death of each passenger onboard, and her fellow travellers affected by her clairvoyant predictions, becomes an engaging read.

Moriarty chose to introduce several narrative POV's, including the one of Cherry, a daughter of a local fortune teller, who retells her life story to explain how the episode in the airplane came to be. The other ones are those of passengers who try trick their "fate" and to find out who the mysterious "Death Lady" was. Especially when time is of essence.

I couldn't put this book down. Liane Moriarty has a talent to explore people's psyche, constructing probable narratives and turns of events, and still make them unpredictable and engaging.

Liane Moriarty has for a long time been one of my favourite authors. Her ability to write books that capture the essence of people and holds up mirrors for who we are has always been amazing. This has been one of my least favourite books of hers, which made me sad, but that doesn't mean overall it wasn't a good read, it just didn't quite reach the heights of some of her great hits.

I had a real problem with the book in determining who was talking when. And it made it hard for me to really get in to the book and connect with the characters. Towards the end I was completely spellbound, and I think part of the mystery that shrouded the whole book, was just too extreme and it almost cloaked the magic for me.

A really fascinating premise, it really made me think and I enjoyed it, but a slow read for me because I just found it hard to engage.

The story follows a group of people flying on a plane from Hobart to Sydney. A "psychic" boards the plane and in the middle of the flight, to everyone's surprise, begins to predict time and cause of death for each passenger. No one takes her seriously until one by one her predictions come true.

I love books that make me contemplate life and this one surely did that. While the book deals a lot with death, Moriarty's style of writing is comical. It tones down the heaviness of the subject. Highly recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for letting me read this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Wow this writer always has stories of strangers who’s stories get intertwined for one reason or another but this book felt totally different and was a beautifully touching read about living every day as if it’s your last and not wasting time with what ifs! When all of these characters come together on a delayed flight the last thing they expect is to be forced together due to a strange woman on the flight telling them all the age and way they will die. Most people think it’s all a joke from some obviously sick woman but others fear that unless they make changes in their lives they will live out the prediction but the supposed psychic can’t even remember what happened and as some of the predictions come true are they all at risk as the race is on to find the psychic before the time runs out. This one I hope is made into a movie as it’s such a clever story and I loved all of the characters in it!

This was just OK for me, I lost interest after a while and not sure why but something just didn't flow well for me, I tried though but it was just an OK book for me, readable but not gripping enough for my liking.

I've read the author before and always enjoyed her books. I did enjoy this one and liked the premise of being told what and when you might die and how this can and would change your behaviour.

I did find the flitting between so many characters at times too much and wanted to stick with one for longer.

But all in all a good read.

Read if you like;
-Fate
-Fortune teller
-Interconnected
-Multiple POV
-Long chapters
-Character driver

QOTD: Do you believe in fortune tellers?

Here One Moment explores mortality, fate and the fairness of death.

Are fortune tellers real??? I don’t know if we needed 484 pages to find out?

We follow 6 passengers as they are told “age of death” “cause of death” on their flight. For me there was too many POVs, it became a little confusing. I think if an author is going to have that many we need the chapters to have names. For me I was interested in Paula and Ethan’s story the most!

I was intrigued by the Death lady’s chapters, despite a lot of ramblings. You really got to know more about her and what events led up to the flight.

This is a long, intricately layered, slow burn, that for me didn’t hit the spot. Maybe, if I had read it in a few sittings rather than over a period of weeks. I just don’t think it needed to be as long. However, I think most people will enjoy reading this. The short chapters will definitely keep you reading on.

My favourite scene has to be the ending/ last page. I felt it was so hard warming! I also liked how the story wrapped up and everything was connected!

Great read very typical type of story from Liane Moriaty but totally engrossing. Would highly recommend this book

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty in return for my honest review.
Ive read a few of Liane Moriartys books so was looking forward to this one, unfortunately I found this one really hard to get into there were a lot of POVs and quite often these changed abruptly and I had to reread many paragraphs again to make sense of the story, this was so nearly a DNF sadly this one was not for me.

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty is an intriguing but somewhat uneven exploration of fate, mortality, and the psychological effects of knowing too much about one’s future. The story kicks off with an interesting premise—a mysterious woman on a flight predicts the deaths of several passengers—and Moriarty’s signature mix of dark humor and suspense initially draws readers in.

However, while the novel raises thought-provoking questions about free will versus destiny, the pacing can feel slow, and some character arcs may seem underdeveloped. The ambiguity around “The Death Lady” and the lack of clear resolution might leave some readers unsatisfied, especially those hoping for a more concrete conclusion.

Overall, it’s an engaging read with Moriarty’s trademark wit and insight, but it may not fully deliver on the tension and depth that the premise promises. Worth a read for fans of psychological dramas, but perhaps not Moriarty’s strongest work.