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emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Took me a while to get into this one. Too many parallel story lines. When I finally did, I wanted to finish it all at once.
I was surprised to read in here about the Korean adoptees. It was recently news to me, a scandal I thought was broken by PBS and AP, but apparently, this was better and sooner known in Australia.
The main character feels like what I’m headed toward - I have longevity in my family. I expect to see a lot more than I want in my lifetime. Perhaps that’s why her story resonated with me so much.
I was surprised to read in here about the Korean adoptees. It was recently news to me, a scandal I thought was broken by PBS and AP, but apparently, this was better and sooner known in Australia.
The main character feels like what I’m headed toward - I have longevity in my family. I expect to see a lot more than I want in my lifetime. Perhaps that’s why her story resonated with me so much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If you were given a prediction for your death, would it change anything about the way you lived? A group of passengers on a flight in Australia find themselves asking this question, when a woman on their flight walks around handing out predictions for their age and cause of death. (There are bad flights, and then there’s this!)
Here One Moment follows the passengers on this fated flight, as well as the woman handing out these predictions, who will get nicknamed “the death lady”. The book alternates through chapters of the passengers and Cherry.
The premise was really interesting, but I found the pacing to be inconsistent. I found the passengers’ chapters to be more compelling throughout the flight and in the months that followed, and Cherry’s chapters dragged on a little bit more. I liked that she was an older woman who had lived quite a life, with a unique background and story. With this being a Liane Moriarty novel, I expected things to come together a bit differently.
Thanks to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Car accident