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The Immortalists

By: Chloe Benjamin
Narrated by: Maggie Hoffman
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It's 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York's Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. Four siblings, too young for what they are about to hear, sneak out to hear their fortunes.

We then follow the intertwined paths the siblings take over the course of five decades and, in particular, how they choose to live with the supposed knowledge the fortune-teller gave them that day.

This is a story about life, mortality and the choices we make: is it better to live a long and cautious life or to burn brightly, but for the shortest time?

©2018 Chloe Benjamin (P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
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I was worries this story would be real downer but it wasn't. great characters and the story flowed well.

great story/listen

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Great concept and makes for an interesting book club discussion but as most reviews suggest it doesn't go as deep into the concept of knowing your death day as I would have liked. All round, 4/5 glad to have read but probably unlikely to read again

As most reviews would suggest

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This book held my attention and I was always happy to pick it up again. An intriguing story and does make you think about mortality.

A good read

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Not exactly my type of book and pretty far from the genre that I usually read but reading it for a book club I have recently joined and I enjoyed it immensely. The characters are told through thoughtful eyes. They are as complete as a book of this type needs them to be. I love how grounded the author has made each and every character and how relatable they are. I definitely recommend reading it even if it's not up your alley.

A really well told story

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Couldn't get past the gay porn literature, which I found distasteful. I wouldn't recommend this book.

Avoid

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