Here One Moment is a gripping novel that starts with an elderly woman, Cherry, predicting the death dates and causes for passengers on a flight.
The story weaves together Cherry’s life and those of the passengers. It explores fate, destiny, and how people react to knowing their death date. It’s perfect for readers who love suspenseful, character-focused stories with deep themes.

My review in 6 words - Another great book by Liane Moriarty!

When I was a Classics student studying Oedipus (bear with me here...) I had to write an essay on Oedipus. Hubris or fate? Did trying to outrun his fate actually cause his downfall? This subject is at the heart of this compelling, compassionate book.

A delayed plane full of the usual variety of passengers: stressed business types, retired vacationers, people returning from or going to life events, honeymooners, students. A typical flight. Until that is, a fairly nondescript woman, invisible in the way that society can expect sixty something women to be, stands up and starts predicting the age at each passenger dies and how that death will happen. For those promised pneumonia at 95 it's all a bit of weird fun, but for those predicted imminent death and for those that love them, the predictions shape the next few months in unforseen ways - especially when it looks like some of those predictions are coming true...

The book switches between the first person narration of Cherry who looks back on her life and the events that propelled her to become the Death Woman, as she is soon known and several of the affected passengers. Fascinating, unputdownable and very human, I loved every word. Highly recommended.

I loved this story, it had me on the edge of my seat. The synopsis is a plane full of people are told when and how they will die by a woman passenger, the story then follows the lives of some of them and the impact her predictions have on their lives. It’s beautifully written and the character Cherry who is the protagonist gives me the feels, I love the way her story is the golden thread throughout the book.

I liked the premise of this novel, an elderly woman gives predictions to the passengers on her flight. Emotional, beautiful story telling. The characters are well written and thoughtfully lineated. Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the arc.

I absolutely adored this new book from Moriarty! She really is a master storyteller, weaving together lives and storylines which keep you hooked throughout. I loved the premise of this, with passengers on a plane all having their age and circumstances of death predicted on a flight. The way their stories are told, along with the Cherry’s, who made the predictions, is very cleverly done. I also really enjoyed the varying styles of writing, the initial descriptions of the plan immediately hooked me in and made me want to keep reading.
An absolute must read! Thank you so much for this arc.

Took me a while to get into this book as a bit of a slow burner. A woman on a flight starts dishing out predication to people of how and at what age they will die. The novel then follows their lives and we find out if her predications are true.

Loved this book! An elderly lady suddenly makes her way down the aisle of an aeroplane, giving predications to all the passengers of the timing and cause of their death. The story then follows these characters as they deal with the turmoil which these predictions bring to their lives.
A great cast of characters, a plot which holds your interest and attention throughout, and a main character who is intelligent, intriguing and thought provoking.
Didn’t want it to end!

Thank you to NetGalley and Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House for this ARC.

One day, all passengers on a flight from Hobart to Sydney get accosted by one elderly woman, who gives them all the same prophecy: cause of death, age of death. Some people get a reassuring prediction: old age at 101. Others get more disturbing news, of horrible deaths at a young age. Some people choose not to believe it, others get stressed and try everything to avoid their fate, especially as the first predictions seem to have come true. It makes you wonder: what would you do if that happened to you?

Inmidst their stories, the elderly lady, Cherry tells us her own life story, that of a very mathematical and analytical mind, and we understand how statistics but also her upbringing (her Mum was a psychic) influence her thinking.

This is a book with many characters which might feel alarming at first but I was gripped from the first moment when we get introduced to the passengers one by one.

The abrupt switch from 3rd person POV to first person POV (Cherry) takes a bit of getting used to and I would have liked to stay with individual stories a little longer instead of hopping from one story to the next like a demented Tasmanian devil, but by God, does it ramp up the tension.

Like her sister Nicola, Liane Moriarty is ludicrously talented. This book didn't let me go until the last page. If I could have read it in one sitting, I would have but it's a bit too long for that.

This is a tense and compelling drama, with beautifully plotted character studies of people whose storylines interact more than we thought at the beginning, and who we are all willing to survive their predictions.

I loved Cherry and her often rambling thoughts and how she tried to make sense of the world through various scientific theories. Can we try to influence fate, and should we?

The moral of the story is that we should live every day as if it's our last as we can't know when that will be.

Loved this, highly recommended. Also, the cover is beautiful.

4.75 stars

I've been a fan of Liane Moriarty for many years now - her books are tense and dramatic and all deserve to be made into TV dramas. (Yes, I know some already have been.) Over the years, I've read The Husband's Secret, Nine Perfect Strangers, Apples Never Fall, Truly Madly, Guilty - and today I binge read Here One Moment.

I found this book hard. This book obviously deals with death, which when I picked this book up, I knew I was going to struggle with it. Still, I bravely read on and was consumed by this tale Moriarty has written. To be honest, I thought this book was going to be incredibly depressing and it wasn't. At some points, it lifted my heart - and may have sent me into an existential crisis.

I don't know how I truly feel about this book but what I do know is that life is short and every moment is precious.

Side note - I did not enjoy the POV from the Death Lady. I did not care for her and that's why my rating of the book has dropped.

Utterly Compelling..
A seemingly normal flight, a group of eclectic and unsuspecting passengers - all strangers - and one elderly woman who might just change everything. What exactly is this woman? A fortune teller? A guru? Or, perhaps, a harbinger of justice? Whatever it is that she is, her words will change everything for this small group of people in ways that would have previously been unimaginable. A perfectly plotted and suspense fuelled drama in which nothing is as it seems and with a well crafted cast of characters, a propulsive plot and laced with wholly unexpected outcomes. Keenly observed and utterly compelling.

What a captivating read!
I really enjoyed Liane Moriarty's "Here One Moment" and its thought-provoking premise.
How would you react if a stranger told you the time and the cause of your death? Would you be scared, brave, petrified? Would you try to turn your life around? All of the above? And what if these predictions came true?
For the characters in "Here One Moment", this becomes reality when a lady on a plane predicts their deaths. How will their decisions impact their lives? Can you fight against your own destiny?

I have read Liane Moriarty's previous novels and will look forward to reading more in the future. Another compulsive read from an author who seems to do no wrong. I absolutely devoured this one… You will want to clear your afternoon to read this one straight through, so riveting and thought provoking

I absolutely loved this book. The characters were really well crafted, I love the way the characters really stand out they seem real with back stories and I love the way they interact with other characters I think Liane excels in this department. The plot kept me intrigued and trying and failing to second guess what was going to happen next. It was a thoroughly enjoyable read and quite different to anything else I have read. I look forward to seeing this as a tv series, it would be perfect.

This was an interesting read that did really make me think and reflect on life.
This book begins with a rather unusual plane trip where an unassuming woman begins to move though the plane predicting the time and manner of death for the passengers. The growing tension of that day is beautifully portrayed and you really felt immersed in the scene.
Over the course of the book, we then get to meet these passengers and Cherry - never Cheryl - who predicted their demise. We see how the prediction impacts on the passengers and those around them both for good or ill and we gradually grow to understand how Cherry found herself there that day and how she was so preoccupied by portents of death.

It was an intriguing and thought-provoking story that made me wonder about myself and what I would do given information like that. How would I react? Would it make me behave any differently? Would I react differently if it effected someone that I love as was the case for some in the novel?

I did find myself holding my breath at points in the story and rooting for the characters but I did also feel that the novel was perhaps a little longer than necessary and at times a little disjointed.
However, overall, I enjoyed it as I have Liane Moriarty's previous novel and will look forward to reading more in the future.

I was very pleased to be asked to review this as I am a fan of Liane Moriarty's books. I enjoyed this but I did find it confusing as it switched between characters without warning. The concept was interesting - how would knowing the date of your death affect how you live your life? It changed the lives of some of the characters for the better, but the most interesting part for me was finding out about Cherry, the woman who gave the predictions.

I loved the concept for this book and the teachings that come with it. However, her style of writing was personally not for me. I found it very confusing switching between so many different storylines and characters and time lines. I also found there were lots of tangents which I couldn’t understand the relevance of and sometimes wished we could get back to the main story.

I forgot how much I love Liane Moriarty’s books. This book was amazing, I couldn’t put it down. The characters are wonderfully written and the story had me hooked. Although there are many twists in the story, you are never really sure what is going to happen next. I really can’t recommend this book enough. Time to find some more of her books

I was really excited about the premise of this book! I've also heard such good things about Liane's writing. The idea of multiple stories being connected by a singular stranger felt really exciting and novel.

Despite the fact that this book wasn't my favourite, I still appreciate how cool the concept is and think it's such a unique lane for a thriller. I loved how well carved out and thought out each character was. Despite being from a variety of walks of life, I really learned each personality, backstory and quirk of the characters and that felt consistent across all of the characters (with the exception of Leo, who I found very jarring, but that might have been intentional).

I didn't like that the perspectives weren't structured as distinct POVs, sometimes it felt like watching the scene cut to a different character but other times it felt messy structurally and was a bit annoying at times as I would get into the storyline of one character just for it to abruptly switch to another character with an entirely different plot and personality.

Overall, I loved this book in theory but after the clairvoyant predicts everyone's death dates, it just felt like it got immensely stagnant and lost momentum unfortunately :(.

I have just finished this stunning book. It’s captivating, very clever and a really brilliant read. I whizzed through it, as I was desperate to find out exactly what caused the turn of events at the start of the novel and how things were going to unfold, and ultimately reach their conclusion.

I loved the concept: an elderly woman on a plane stands up in a daze, points at each passenger in turn and, to their horror, goes on to predict their age of death and cause of death. When the predictions start to come true, so many questions are raised: Who is she? How can she do this? Why would she do this?

The story is told from multiple points of view and throughout the telling of each passenger’s story, the elderly lady’s life story runs side-by-side.

My worry when a book starts so well is will the end match up? No worry here. Without giving anything away, the ending is more than satisfying.

I highly recommend this book. It’s another great one from Liane Moriarty.

Was looking forward to reading this as I love all Liane Moriarty books . I found parts a bit confusing but as it went on I was more focused. What a lovely read!