Ponder: Here One Moment

 An AI overview of Here One Moment ©2024 by Liane Moriarty summarizes:

The front flap of Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty describes the book as a story about an ordinary flight from Hobart to Sydney that is changed forever when a mysterious woman makes predictions about how and when the passengers will die.

The premise sounded interesting, if indeed a bit morbid. Here One Moment is the seventh book I have read by Liane Moriarty. I sadly award it 0 stars. I read the first 100 pages out of 500 and was confused, bored, non-engaged, and disappointed. Amazon readers were similarly not enthralled and some of the one-star and two-star reviews were rather scathing. I feel bad because I am sure the author poured a lot of effort into the writing, but it was not for me. 

There were too many characters introduced at once, and none to the level of detail that I cared about them. The defining prediction, however, that convinced me to not finish this book was when the "psychic" told a mother that the infant in her arms would die of drowning at the age of seven. Why would the woman tell a mother that? Why not keep her mouth shut? This novel focused on too depressing a topic with too many scattered characters for me to continue. As for my fondness for this best-selling author based on her reputation, I quote this excerpt from my 12/17/21 post:

Apples Never Fall (©2021) was the sixth book I've read by Liane Moriarty. I gave it one star and would recommend avoiding it. I have read five other books by Liane Moriarty and found her to be an uneven author. I read Three Wishes (©2005), and The Hypnotist's Love Story (©2013) both of which were disappointing and I gave them one and two stars respectively. I loved What Alice Forgot (©2012) and The Husband's Secret (©2015) giving them four and five stars respectively. I whole heartedly gave Truly Madly Guilty (©2016) five stars. Although I either love 'em or hate 'em, I stated I would continue to read works by author Liane Moriarty. But wait; I have a bit of a calculation.

(1 star +2 stars +4 stars +5 stars +5 stars +1 star) / 6 books = 3 stars

Recomputing to allow for 0 stars for Here One Moment makes me reconsider reading future works by Liane Moriarty. I will investigate, rather than automatically pursue, books by this author
 

(1 star +2 stars +4 stars +5 stars +5 stars + 1 star + 0 stars) / 7 books = 2.6 stars

☆☆☆☆☆ I did not even finish Here One Moment