A review by thebookpear
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

A jam-packed flight is delayed. Every seat is taken. Suddenly a woman none of them know stands up. She makes predictions about how and when everyone on board will die. Some dismiss her. Others will do everything they can to make sure her prophecies do not come to pass. All of them will be forever changed. How would you live your life if you thought you knew how it would end? The plot of Here One Moment really spoke to me. As someone who has experienced a lot of grief and loss in a relatively short space of time, I love when books explore mortality, fate, and the “fairness” of death (lightning can and does strike twice, you don’t get a reprieve just because you’ve already lost someone.) There were a lot of characters, and I felt connected to every single one in some way. I think Moriarty did an excellent job making every character live and breathe off the page. This was a long, intricately layered, slower burn, that won’t hit for everyone, but it really worked for me. The tiny chapters kept me turning pages to see what would happen next and what new connection between the characters would be made. The epilogue gave me emotional chills. This was a five star for me!