Four siblings living in New York City go to a psychic to discover when they will die. What could possibly go wrong?
The Immortalists is a beautiful novel about sibling bonds, family trauma and ambition. Taking place over the span of five decades the reader follows the lives of Simon, Klara, Daniel and Varya Gold. Driven apart by secrets, it is through each sibling's tale that their journey's intersect.
While a fascinating concept to build a novel around-what would you do if someone told you the exact time of your death-the character development fell flat. Because each section of the book deals with one character at a time, the siblings never feel like a whole family and at times I forget they grew up in the same home.
The Immortalists is a beautiful novel about sibling bonds, family trauma and ambition. Taking place over the span of five decades the reader follows the lives of Simon, Klara, Daniel and Varya Gold. Driven apart by secrets, it is through each sibling's tale that their journey's intersect.
While a fascinating concept to build a novel around-what would you do if someone told you the exact time of your death-the character development fell flat. Because each section of the book deals with one character at a time, the siblings never feel like a whole family and at times I forget they grew up in the same home.