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Here One Moment
by Liane Moriarty
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you to NetGalley and Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House for this ARC.
One day, all passengers on a flight from Hobart to Sydney get accosted by one elderly woman, who gives them all the same prophecy: cause of death, age of death. Some people get a reassuring prediction: old age at 101. Others get more disturbing news, of horrible deaths at a young age. Some people choose not to believe it, others get stressed and try everything to avoid their fate, especially as the first predictions seem to have come true. It makes you wonder: what would you do if that happened to you?
Inmidst their stories, the elderly lady, Cherry tells us her own life story, that of a very mathematical and analytical mind, and we understand how statistics but also her upbringing (her Mum was a psychic) influence her thinking.
This is a book with many characters which might feel alarming at first but I was gripped from the first moment when we get introduced to the passengers one by one.
The abrupt switch from 3rd person POV to first person POV (Cherry) takes a bit of getting used to and I would have liked to stay with individual stories a little longer instead of hopping from one story to the next like a demented Tasmanian devil, but by God, does it ramp up the tension.
Like her sister Nicola, Liane Moriarty is ludicrously talented. This book didn't let me go until the last page. If I could have read it in one sitting, I would have but it's a bit too long for that.
This is a tense and compelling drama, with beautifully plotted character studies of people whose storylines interact more than we thought at the beginning, and who we are all willing to survive their predictions.
I loved Cherry and her often rambling thoughts and how she tried to make sense of the world through various scientific theories. Can we try to influence fate, and should we?
The moral of the story is that we should live every day as if it's our last as we can't know when that will be.
Loved this, highly recommended. Also, the cover is beautiful.
One day, all passengers on a flight from Hobart to Sydney get accosted by one elderly woman, who gives them all the same prophecy: cause of death, age of death. Some people get a reassuring prediction: old age at 101. Others get more disturbing news, of horrible deaths at a young age. Some people choose not to believe it, others get stressed and try everything to avoid their fate, especially as the first predictions seem to have come true. It makes you wonder: what would you do if that happened to you?
Inmidst their stories, the elderly lady, Cherry tells us her own life story, that of a very mathematical and analytical mind, and we understand how statistics but also her upbringing (her Mum was a psychic) influence her thinking.
This is a book with many characters which might feel alarming at first but I was gripped from the first moment when we get introduced to the passengers one by one.
The abrupt switch from 3rd person POV to first person POV (Cherry) takes a bit of getting used to and I would have liked to stay with individual stories a little longer instead of hopping from one story to the next like a demented Tasmanian devil, but by God, does it ramp up the tension.
Like her sister Nicola, Liane Moriarty is ludicrously talented. This book didn't let me go until the last page. If I could have read it in one sitting, I would have but it's a bit too long for that.
This is a tense and compelling drama, with beautifully plotted character studies of people whose storylines interact more than we thought at the beginning, and who we are all willing to survive their predictions.
I loved Cherry and her often rambling thoughts and how she tried to make sense of the world through various scientific theories. Can we try to influence fate, and should we?
The moral of the story is that we should live every day as if it's our last as we can't know when that will be.
Loved this, highly recommended. Also, the cover is beautiful.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail