If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate?
Aside from a delay, there will be no problems. The flight will be smooth, it will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off. But almost all of them will be forever changed.
Because on this ordinary, short, domestic flight, something extraordinary happens. People learn how and when they are going to die. For some, their death is far in the future—age 103!—and they laugh. But for six passengers, their predicted deaths are not far away at all.
How do they know this? There were ostensibly more interesting people on the flight (the bride and groom, the jittery, possibly famous woman, the giant Hemsworth-esque guy who looks like an off-duty superhero, the frazzled, gorgeous flight attendant) but none would become as famous as “The Death Lady.”
Not a single passenger or crew member will later recall noticing her board the plane. She wasn’t exceptionally old or young, rude or polite. She wasn’t drunk or nervous or pregnant. Her appearance and demeanor were unremarkable. But what she did on that flight was truly remarkable.
A few months later, one passenger dies exactly as she predicted. Then two more passengers die, again, as she said they would. Soon no one is thinking this is simply an entertaining story at a cocktail party.
If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny?
Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. A modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers social mores while spinning a web of mystery, Moriarty asks profound questions in her newest I-can’t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel.
Published: 26th September 2024
Publisher: Penguin
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Series or Stand-Alone: Stand-Alone
Source: Netgalley Review
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary, Thriller and Suspense
Pages: 464 pages
MY REVIEW
What I loved about this story... The suspense and mystery were the best parts of this story for me. I enjoyed seeing the predictions being made and seeing what happens afterwards, watching each of the characters reactions to this. Its all very mysterious and certainly kept me on my toes throughout the story wanting to know what was going to happen next.
What I didn't like about this story... Honestly, for me there were too many characters. Now this is more of a its me and not the book type of scenario. I've not read many stories where there is a whole cast of characters and I've realised after reading this one that this type of story just isn't for me.
Would I recommend... If you like stories that keep you on your toes until the very end, give this one a go. I would recommend but maybe not one for those who do not like a whole cast of characters to follow.
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