Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

 

I really need to stop reading books about planes.

BUT - this one left me going WOW, I need to write a review on this one!  Good thing as then I realized it has been, well, months.  So, let me see if I can catch you up on some of Rawles' Reads!!!

This was my first read of 2025.  I have read several of Moriarty's books and enjoyed all but one of them.  Here One Moment might be my favorite.  It is different from her other stories - not set in a neighborhood, or in one town, or in one family, but set, at least to start, on an airplane.  An older woman suddenly stands up and tells each person on the plane how old they will be when they die, and what they will die of.

Yikes.

This doesn't change everyone's lives like we saw in The Measure.  Sure, some people change a few things, and one mother goes ballistic, but most people don't believe her - until some of her predictions begin to come true.

What I really enjoyed here was the thread Moriarity cleverly attached to many of the passengers, especially the woman in question on the plane.  Once we finally begin to get her back story, we can start to really wonder - is it as mystical as it seemed?  At first you'll think you are just being jerked around from story to story, but stick with it.  I promise it is worth it.

And the quote about the author "landing" the ending?  Yeah, ok, that was a good one.  I agree.