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Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a decent new entry into Liane Moriarty's ouevre. While not the strongest of her books, it was a literal plane read for me and hit all the notes I would expect: excellent pacing, compelling characters, accessible language etc.

I found that I was most drawn to the first-person narrative of
the Death Lady and her background, especially the parts that described living as a young person in Sydney in the 1960s and 1970s.


 It was probably the largest cast of characters she's had in any of her books, and I think they suffered slightly as she didn't have time to explore all of them to their full potential. The ending of the novel, and the big twist, didn't feel entirely earned. 

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Such a fun book that feels dark on the surface, but is actually incredibly insightful and optimistic.

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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

It takes quite a while for the story to get going and some characters' story feel more like a blockade until you can come back to the ones you want to read about. It's quite hard to keep track of all the characters. Overall, I did enjoy the read in the end, the last chapters were my favourite.

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Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

What would you do if you knew when and how you’d die? Try to prevent it? Accept it and live your fullest life? 

Here One Moment explores how people react when faced with the realization that everyone’s time on earth is limited. An elderly woman enters a trance-like state on a flight and, unprompted, predicts age and manner of death for passengers. When a few of her predictions appear to come true, a frenzy ensues. Some characters attempt to change their fate, some sit in worry, some are content in the “knowledge” that they’ll live long lives and die of old age. In the end, Cherry’s predictions are revealed to be nothing more than guesses. 

The story is told with dual timelines: one covering Cherry’s life and the other the lives of plane passengers after the flight. I enjoyed Moriarty’s writing, but the plot progressed slowly and the book felt too long for the story it told. I enjoyed the questions she explored and the content made me think a bit. 

I’d recommend it!

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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

This is a truely wonderful book. The characters and their stories feel so believable and are
beautifully and surprisingly intertwined
. The way grief is handled and described was very touching and relatable. I adored reading this book and I already know it will be one of my favourites of the year.

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I loved this story!! It honestly made me incredibly uncomfortable to read about death, especially being predicted the way it was for the passengers. It's such a morbid and scary thing, but this book, I just couldn't put it down. It was so well written and just an all around beautiful story and message. I really enjoyed it! 

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Elements 
Heartfelt- 💔💔💔💔 
Love aka Romance- 💋💋
Predictability- 🔮🔮🔮& 1/2
Spice-  1/2  of a 🌶 
Tear- 😭😭 & 3/4
Thrill-😲 😲 & 1/2
Humor-1/2 of a 😜

  I found it pretty easy to figure out what was going on with the "death ladies" predictions by about halfway through the book. However, the journey of the book was still fairly enjoyable. 
  I did like the ending and the how/why she ended up doing that on the plane. As well as all the frank discussions of mental health.
  Overall, it is a decent read, and quite emotional. 


Narrators' Rating: 4.5 stars
   My only complaint with the narrators was some of the voices they used were annoying or repetitive in different characters. 

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