I usually find Liane’s books brilliant, but unfortunately I didn’t appreciate this one. People on board a flight were all give a life expectancy and type of death by a strange lady who was intent on her plight to speak to everyone. Whether there were just too many characters or what I don’t know, but I found it hard to keep track of everyone. Sorry I didn’t enjoy it, although I realise other readers may.

A wonderful read, totally engrossing and a little tear at the end. The idea of being told when and how you will die is traumatic for many on an airplane and the repercussions spread wide. This had me gripped as I became invested in so many lives and also intrigued as the life of the predictor was gradually revealed. An excellent story that was expertly told.

Stunning! A fascinating mix of speculative fiction, with some paranormal possibility and a spoonful of psychological thriller stirred in.

When an elderly woman walks through the plane telling her fellow passengers the cause of their death and the age they will be when they die, some are bemusedly delighted to find out they will live until 92, but some of the travellers are shocked and frightened to discover they only have a very short time left. Is fate pre-destined or can it be changed?

I loved Liane Moriarty’s writing in this book and I was drawn in from the start of the prologue, quickly finding myself caring deeply about the wonderfully written characters, in particular Allegra, Ethan and Leo.

Cherry, our controversial plane psychic, was a very interesting character. As the story progressed and I came to understand more about her life and the events leading up to the flight, I felt both happy and sad for her!

5 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, Liane Moriarty and Michael Joseph, Penguin for an ARC in return for an honest review.

Aside from 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, short domestic flight, something extraordinary happens. People learn when and how they are going to die. For some, their death is far in the future - age 103 - they laugh. But for six passengers their predicted deaths are not far away at all. How do they know this? There were ostensibly more interesting people on the flight (the bride and groom, the jittery, possibly famous woman, the giant Hemsworth-esque guy who looked like an off-duty superhero, the frazzled, gorgeous flight attendant) but none would become as famous as "The Death Lady."

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I was hooked from the premise. An older woman walks onto a flight from Hobart to Sydney telling some of the passengers the age and cause of their death. As some of the passengers on the flight died at the age and cause of death the woman had predicted, the rest of the passengers started living their lives differently. This is quite a lengthy read with over 500 pages. The story is told from multiple points of view. Some of the predictions are frightening., but I could not put this book down.

Published 26th September 2024

I would like to thank #NetGalley #MichaelJoseph #PenguinRandomHouse and the author LianeMoriarty for my ARC of #HereOneMoment in exchange for an honest review.

i love liane moriarty’s books and was super excited to be accepted for this arc! i was not disappointed!!! 5 stars. the concept of this story was amazing, i was hooked from the start!! A suspected psychic walks down the aisle of a plane and points to each person and tells them their cause & date of death. The story follows some of the passengers as well as the ‘death lady’ as the psychic comes to be named. Will the passengers meet their predicted demises? soooo good and couldn’t put it down. Also loved the point of view of the ‘death lady’ her story was just beautiful. the epilogue was also so so good. 100% recommend!!!

What a brilliant book! I must admit that the first page didn't grab me, in fact it put me off reading it altogether, but I persevered because I know Liane Moriarty is a fabulous story teller - and it was well worth it. For a while I couldn't work out what was going on with the 'old lady's' POV but it all added to the general unravelling of the plot and character. I was completely hooked and kept reading to find out if the predictions came true.

I've been a long time fan of Liane Moriartys' books, buying them the moment they come out, so I was delighted to get an advance review copy from @netgalley and @penguinrandomhouse.

The less I say about the plot the better, you are best letting it unravel, but I can say that the elderly woman predicts cause and age of death; this happens so early on in the book it's not a spoiler. Suffice to say I absolutely inhaled this book and I couldn't stop thinking about it when I wasn't reading. Particularly in relation to what I would do if I had been on that plane!

The story follows the impact of the prediction on many different characters , meaning there are ever changing points of view, and there's also a dual timeline (well loosely) as we delve into the main protagonist's back story....right from childhood.

I loved it! Sorry this is a vague review; when you read it, you'll understand why. In true Moriarty style, it's an astute observation on the human psyche, giving a fresh twist on the existential question. I'm not sure I've answered that question for myself but I sure as heck enjoyed the ride!!!

It's my favourite Moriarty book in a while.

Would you want to know how you’ll die and how old you’ll be when it happens? I thought about this a lot whilst reading this book. If you did know, could you even change the outcome?

This book is beautifully crafted, pulling together lots of character’s and threads into one complete story. I did struggle with the amount of character’s and found it hard to remember who some of the minor character’s were but it didn’t stop me thoroughly enjoying the book and understanding the plot.

I’ve read a couple of Lianne Moriarty’s books in the past and actually struggled to enjoy them but this one was completely different. It’s not often that I think about a book so much in day to day life but this one really stuck.

Thank you to NetGalley, Penguin and Lianne Moriarty for the ARC

I always enjoy Liane Moriarty's books, as she has such a great grasp of the human psyche, and the way that people interact with each other. I've read all of her back catalogue, I think, so getting access to this latest book on netgalley was a definite win for me.

This is the most, perhaps, mystical of Moriarty's books? It has echoes of The Last Anniversary, in its mysteriousness. I did enjoy this one, but not half as much as I thought I might. I found it hard to get into, and felt like there wasn't much of an overarching plot development in it. The problem with having the inciting incident be a plane journey is that it's difficult to then tie those characters together. There were links and interactions between the passengers on the plane, but not half as many as there usually are in Moriarty's densely layered and nuanced character-driven books.
I think if this weren't a Moriarty book, I would've been perfectly satisfied with it, but I do think that it's among the weaker of Liane Moriarty's books because she's usually so fantastic. It's still a very enjoyable book though, and I read it fairly quickly, across only two days.

I absolutely loved this book. The premise was really clever and the cast of characters were so well written. Absolutely brilliant - I read it in one sitting.

Wow! What an amazing book. It had me gripped from the first instance.

Questioning if fate is pre-ordained or can be changed by your actions.

I was caught up in each of the characters and was devastated to think that death was inevitable for them.

And central to it all was the oracle of doom and her backstory.

I'll be recommending this to anyone who will listen!

This is an incredible book, by an incredible author!
Cherry is an unassuming, mature woman who you would barely notice. Until she stands up on a flight and walks up and down the plane, telling people both their cause of death and age of death.
As these predictions start to come true, the book focuses on some of the characters and their reactions to the predictions they received.
This is a fascinating book and I couldn't stop reading it.

This started off well and I was interested to see what would happen. However, as I carried on reading, I found myself skim reading some of Cherry’s chapters. I found these to be too long and they dragged for me.

I carried on though waiting for something to happen, but it never did really and then I was disappointed by the ending.

This one just wasn’t for me but thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this ebook in exchange for my honest review.

I LOVE Liane Moriarty, she’s an auto-buy author for me and never disappoints. The premise of this book was so intriguing and the story didn’t disappoint!

What would you do if you, and a plane full of passengers, were told by a stranger when you would die and from what? And then over the next few months the predictions started coming true?

I loved the multi-character PoV and it really kept me on edge wondering what would happen to the characters after their predictions. I didn’t look forward to the ‘lady from the plane’s’ sections in the book as much as the other stories at the start, but I really got into it as the book went on.

Another Moriarty classic, get this one on your TBR!

Thanks to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

This book is incredible. I did not want it to end. Superb writing. Excellent plot. Classic Liane Moriarty and for me her best to date. I will take the message from this book to make memories, and live my life to the fullest.

I really enjoyed this book. It’s not my normal genre but I do like her writing and the way the story flows. I like the way the stories intertwined nothing was predictable.

I loved everything about this book. Despite there being multiple narrative, Moriarty gets you invested in each character’s life from the outset. Plane journeys and airports are fascinating as they bring together a range of people from all walks of life and I loved the concept of this used in this intriguing narrative. I couldn’t put this book down.

A very unusual story which had me completely hooked. I found this very interesting and unnerving at the same time. I haven't read this author before but will do in the future. My thanks to netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

The premise of this book intrigued me from the moment I read the synopsis.
On a delayed flight from Hobart to Sydney, midway through the flight, a psychic starts to make her way through the plane, predicting when and how each of the passengers will die.

The book starts with the aforementioned flight, and I was hooked!
For me, though, I did struggle at times after the initial 'incident' as there were so many different characters to follow and remember, and the perspective very quickly shifted from one character back into the life of the psychic - Cherry.
Due to this, I did find myself having to re-read some lines just to get to grips to who the chapter was now following or whether we'd changed back into Cherry's backstory and point of view.

The concept behind this book was brilliant. What would you do if you knew how and when you would die? What would you change? Can fate be fought?

A very thought-provoking book, Liane Moriarty's Here One Moment, will stick with me for a long time.

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an Arc of this book via Netgalley.

Thank you to Netgalley for my ARC of this. I really enjoy reading Liane's books usually so I was excited to read this and the cover is just stunning.
However this one just didn't do it for me. I thought it would be suspenseful and gripping when reading that the Death Lady predicts how and when all the passengers on her flight are going to die.
There was too many POV going on and I'm not sure whether it was because it was an ARC or a kindle read but there was no breaks when the next narrator was talking, so it was hard to keep up with who was who and whether it was still the same character to someone new!
There was way too much background story of the Death Lady and I understood at the end why so we could find out why she was on that plane, but there was way too much that didn't really need to be and the predictions and story just seemed a bit pointless? We didn't get chance to connect to the other characters as there was so many and it all felt a bit dragged out.
Could have been shorter and less characters.
Unfortunately this just didn't hit the mark for me.