A beautiful and poignant tale about 4 siblings who venture out an old woman who can foretell when you will die. We share the turmoil of Simon, Klara, Daniel and Varya as they navigate their lives despite the burden of what they know. The writing is solid, the characters fleshed out. You will devour this novel from beginning to end. It is unflinching and transparent. It brings to light what a life entails--living and pursuing, always trying to make the most of what feels important and the value of family.

It is a fascinating idea - If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? Clearly the moral of this story is that we are better off as we are - not knowing!

I found myself deeply involved in each of the siblings' lives as we went along, and was intrigued to ponder the question for each of them - did they bring about their own death because of the prediction or was the fortune teller correct? I was very interested in their familial relationships the dynamics of those relationships. The author left me with some very poignant thoughts on how regret & guilt impact the quality of your life.

I enjoyed the book and will recommend at the library. My one comment would be that the book may have tried to cover too many things lightly rather than concentrating on fewer things and covering them more deeply. Still - a great page turner!

A remarkable, moving, beautiful book, that asks the question, what is a life well lived? Do we have a choice in how we live our lives or is it all fate or destiny? This book will stay with me for a long time. Thanks Netgalley.

The Immortalists gripped me from the first sentence and didn't let go. Chloe Benjamin has written a gorgeous book! The Immortalists follows the lives of the four Gold children - Varya, Daniel, Klara, and Simon. Daniel hears rumors of a fortune teller who can predict when ypubwill die. The kids sneak out of their apartment one hot summer day and see this fortune teller. This one afternoon changes all of them, forever. How would you live your life if you knew when it would end? Would you live with heedless abandon? Would you plan every step carefully? Would you believe the prophecy was real?
Chloe Benjamin weaves big ideas about destiny, choice, and faith into a compelling, relatable, heartbreakingly beautiful story. The Immortalists is the best book I have read this year.

Developed characters, elegant and description prose, The Immortalists is a text that will stand the test of time. The issues Benjamin addresses are ones that everyday ordinary people will relate to which is why the novel works so well.

A fascinating look at what knowing (or thinking you know) the date of your death can do to you. Great premise and it kept me turning pages. I was so interested in how things concluded. Some people may find the shifts in time during each characters' section to be confusing but I had no problem following what was going on. A very enjoyable read!

This is a very smart book that explores the idea of whether we would be changed by knowing the date of our own deaths. The Gold children visit a fortune teller in the late 60s who tells each of them when they will die, and they are irrevocably scarred by the information. Their relationships are tested and shattered and rebuilt as each sibling both builds their own prison out of the knowledge and seeks freedom from it.