I've read all of Lianne Moriaty's books and on the whole loved them. I was intrigued by the premise of people being told how they will die and the age it happens. It might sound strange but I found the writing very Stephen King like. Lots of characters, lots of back stories and an unexplained mystery with a bit of a macabre edge. Just up my alley as I love Stephen King.
The book didn't disappoint, it wove between the characters, firstly when they are on the plane receiving their predictions then later when they are coming to terms with what may happen. Can they control the outcome, is it inevitable? We see most of this story from Cherry, the lady who does the predictions and we hear her life story with it's ups and downs. I can't give away the ending but ultimately this is a story about making every second count and living life to the full. I loved it and think it's right up there with her best work. However, I'm taking 1 star off what would have been 5 stars, as I was so close to giving up at the beginning. The problem being that the POV (and there are many) seamless run into each other. No end of chapter, little line or even a paragraph to separate one from another. This was so annoying because it took my time to realise I was reading about a different person. Once I'd worked this out I looked out for the change but seriously it was bad. Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this as an ARC .

Imagine how you would feel if someone predicted your age and cause of death? This is exactly what happens to passengers on the plane when an elderly woman ( later called the death lady ) moves through the cabin and gives her predictions causing alarm and anxiety in equal measure.

Some passengers are told they will die of old age, while others have a more frightening fate predicted. We get to know the well written characters and their back stories, which really added to the book for me and I was totally invested in their outcomes, rooting for them to prove the death lady wrong .

This novel, explores life, death, mortality and destiny, in a very thought provoking way.

The closing quote in the book really resounded with me “it is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth, and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we begin to love each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had “

I raced through the book feeling all the emotions both happy and sad. A really well written, unique book , although starting it on a plane travelling to see my sister mightn’t have been the best idea.

There is a lot going on in this book, and there is a substantial number of interconnected characters who all feel established and well-rounded, people the reader can and will care about. It's a well written book with a great deal to say about life and death, love and loss, fate and destiny, and basically living life to the full. You could spend a long time unpacking it all. Good though it is, I didn't really enjoy it as much as it probably deserved. One of the characters is prone to waffle and sometimes it made the story painfully slow to move on. The subject matter is also necessarily bleak. Some might find it uplifting I suppose, but I didn't really.

I've found some of Moriarty's books a little slow in the past but have always enjoyed her writing style and the story itself. Here One Moment was again very slow paced, but despite this I found it interesting. I loved following the paths of each of the characters, but overall it felt a little too slow and long.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for an unbiased review

I love Liane Moriaty books. Here One Moment was a bit of a slow burner for me, but once it got going I was thoroughly hooked, couldn't get enough and flew through it at such speed wondering where on earth the story was going to lead us!
An elderly lady on a plane causes absolute chaos. She tells passengers the age that they will die and the cause of their death. Fine if you're predicted to die of old age at 102, and you're say 20, but what if you're only 29 and you're told you die at 30? Or you're told your baby is doing to die as a child? What do you do? How do you react? Do you believe this? If so, can you change the outcome? Who is this old woman? Can she genuinely predict time and cause of death?
A fascinating, thrilling and unique book by Liane Moriaty, which I recommend to her fans and those new to her works.
Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publishers for a kindle copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Superb and unusual, thrilled to have read this. This is a really interesting plot and a real page-turner.

Here One Moment is my first book by Liane Moriarty and i adored this book. It is definitely a different read from what i go for but i was so engrossed and didn't want to put it down. I will be reading more
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The book follows a group of passengers flying from Hobart to Sydney. The flight is delayed and we learn from one of the passengers POV, an elderly lady will count to three and stand up. What she does next is strange to everybody on the flights.. she starts to predict how they will die and of what age they will be. This unsettles the passengers and later on becomes even worse when they are to find out that some of the predictions have come true.

I really enjoyed all of the characters, they were developed and felt very real. We follow them as they get off the plane as well as their past and future seeing if they change their fate. Cherry was by far my favourite character (she is the elderly lady), her POV and characteristics is so differently quirky but intelligent as we also learn about her family. Everything about all the characters were really realistic and you root for them. This was a favourite read of this year and i would really recommend it.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange of my full honest review.

4.5 stars

I knew I was going to love this right from the opening quote: “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”.

This has easily been my favourite Liane Moriarty book so far! As with her other books that I’ve read, it is so much about the characters and how their lives are woven together. And it is just perfection!

A group of passengers travelling from Sydney to Hobart are grumbling to various degrees about the flight being delayed. Then once it finally gets in the air, an unremarkable older lady that no one noticed previously starts walking through the plane, predicting how and at what age every passenger is going to die.

At first, people try to explain away the bizarre predictions. Until people start dying at the foretold ages for the foretold reasons and then the hunt is on to find the Death Lady and find out what powers she really has.

Here One Moment beautifully tackles the expression ‘everything happens for a reason’ (which always totally winds me up!) As we learn more about The Death Lady and what perhaps brought her to make her grim predictions - and our characters’ lives become more interconnected - the book throws up lots of questions and things to ponder around why things happen and the nature of coincidences and probability.

The characters themselves are so wonderfully vivid and I found myself falling in love with all of them - from The Death Lady herself to poor Leo with his awful boss, Ethan with the ‘things like that don’t happen to guys like us’ thoughts, and obsessive Paula taking her little boy to two swimming lessons a day.

And oh, the wrapping up of the story - thank you Liane Moriarty for making it so perfect! I laughed and cried so many times in this book - as grim as some of the ideas were, it never got too heavy with the brilliant humour sprinkled throughout. And as sad as some of it was, most of the tears were joyful ones!

Definitely one I’ll keep thinking about!

This felt like something John Marrs would write - a genre mix of speculative fiction and psychological thriller with many POV's and short chapters. But because Liane wrote it, there's more depth to the characters, and some flashes of humour.

I was hooked from page one, and became really invested in each of the passengers fate and backstories.

The Story: A "psychic" predicts strangers' causes and ages of death on a delayed flight. As her predictions begin to come true, passengers wonder if they can change their destiny?

A surprising novel that I wasn't sure I was going to like because of the exploration of fortune telling, which I don't enjoy. I read it because it was an advanced copy sent to me, and it was written by an author whose other books I had appreicated.

I did enjoy this one and won't say more as the surprising unfolding of the plot was engaging and lovely, and to describe what happened would definitely be a spoiler.

LOVED LOVED LOVED this book !! A great thought provoking read that had you wanting to read just one more chapter before bed ! Highly recommend!!

An enjoyable book with a variety of interesting characters. As I had a preview copy of this book it's likely there will be further editing before publishing as I found it a little confusing as it went from one character to the next without a clear page break or starting a new chapter. I did get used to it though and as I learned more about each character they were more easily identifiable.
I liked the plot of the book and it kept me guessing what would happen next throughout.

I loved this book! A flight from Hobart to Sydney is delayed. Tempers are frayed. When they eventually become airborne, an elderly lady stands up and starts walking around the cabin telling people when and how they are going to die. Obviously this causes a big reaction. What follows is the story of the repercussions of these predictions. This is a real character based story and is a thoroughly good read!
Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
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This was a clever concept and the characters were all well developed and pretty likeable. I don’t think I would have been very happy on that flight and can understand the panic and upset many of the characters were going through. I liked hearing what happened from the main protagonist’s view and it made sense completely once you heard what had happened to her. A really enjoyable read.

I think this might just be my book of the year so far. I have been fan of Liane Moriarty for some time and this book has me gripped to the point that I finished it in 2 days.
On an internal flight in Australia, a lady tells the passengers their age and cause of death. Unsurprisingly, this unsettles the passengers and becomes more shocking when the predictions start to come true.
Throughout the book, we discover glimpses of her past, and what led to the behaviour on the plane. We also re-visit different passengers as they try to move on with the predictions hanging over their heads. A gripping book, I loved it.

This was such an easy book to read. I was immediately engrossed in the storyline on board the aeroplane, and I couldn't put it down! Who was the old lady on the plane? Was she genuinely able to predict the passengers' futures and the date of their deaths?
I love the way Lianne Moriaty writes and find it full of humour.
There were such a great cast of well developed characters, and I enjoyed following their journey from the plane to find out how the premonition would affect each of their lives. I also found the life of Cherry (the old lady who had made the predictions)fascinating. Half of the book is narrated by Cherry, and we find out about her life from childhood to the aeroplane episode.
This was a brilliant, slow burn, character driven story. I haven't read any other books by Lianne Moriaty, but I definitely want to now!

Clever, complex and surprising this novel winds together multiple strands which come together in a wholly satisfying way. Liane Moriarty is always original in her writing and this is no exception. Beautifully written and well observed, I loved it.

This is classic Liane Moriarty, exactly what it says on the tin. It is hugely enjoyable and twisty, with all the turns she is so good at. I don’t know that this will convert any new readers, but existing fans like me will get a kick out of it.

A solid story with a great premise that didn’t quite hit the mark for me. I’ve read several of this author’s previous novels and loved them. This feels like it was written by someone else.

The characters are well developed and the hook is good but for me it’s missing the warmth I drew from her earlier books.

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

I really enjoyed this book, although it did make me question my own mortality which was a bit uncomfortable.

On a domestic flight in Australia, a very nondescript woman walks down the aisle and predicts the cause of death and age of death of every passenger on the flight. Initially she is dismissed as someone with mental health issues but when some of the deaths start coming true it impacts on the other passengers lives.

The book flits from the past to present in the woman's life, explaining how she got to be on the plane and her actions, and also looks at several passengers in the aftermath of the flight.

It was so different, I really enjoyed this book! Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.