Author: Liane Moriarty

Genre: Thriller/Psychological Fiction

Publication Date: September 10, 2024 

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)

I am a big fan of most of Liane Moriarty’s work. When I read the description of her latest, Here One Moment, I was reminded of one of my favorite books, The Measure by Nikki Erlick. The premise is similar, but on a smaller scale. The whole world doesn’t find out when they will die, and the ones that do are not given the choice of whether or not to find out. A plane flying between Tasmania and Australia has a passenger named Cherry on board who gets up, starts walking down the aisle, and telling each person on board, from babies to the elderly, the age they will die and what the cause will be. Not many believe at first, but when Cherry’s predictions start coming true, people’s lives are changed in ways both good and bad.

I enjoyed the beginning of the book, thought things started lagging about a third of the way through, found that they picked up again about midway through the story, and then again lost focus until near the end. The predictions and some of the characters were quite interesting. The interspersed chapters from Cherry’s point of view that go back in time and tell about random bits of her life were interesting at first, but I started to find them less interesting as the story went on. I found the ways in which many passengers lives were affected interesting as well, but definitely felt like the story dragged towards its conclusion.

Even though this one wasn’t a true hit for me, I would still recommend that others give it a try. It is being marketed as a thriller, but I would consider it to be more psychological fiction than anything else.

Thank you to NetGalley, Liane Moriarty, and Crown Publishing for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.