I'm somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars so perhaps 3.75 Stars?
I picked up The Immortalists for 2 reasons. 1. It was one of the most anticipated reads of the year (on many lists) and 2. It was voted as my local Book club book of the month. It's not typically something I would pick up on my own so I enjoyed getting a bit out of my comfort zone.
When the book starts we meet four siblings: Daniel, Simon, Varya and Klara. They are young kids and hear about some woman who can tell them potential secrets about their life to come. When they arrive the woman takes each child in on their own and tells them the date of their death. All the siblings come out and kind of brush it off but at the same time continue to keep it in the back of their head as they go through life.
This book is split into four sections and each section is about one of the four siblings. It's basically their life journeys and how they get to their so called "due date". I would say that the stories don't overlap all that much so you really need to pay attention to each one individually.
The biggest question that comes out of this book is, 'If you knew the date of your death, would you live your life to the fullest until then?' Some of the siblings do and some of the siblings don't but you'll have to read to find out! Another question that comes up is are there really people who can know these death dates or are they frauds? Is it all just a coincidence?
This book definitely made me think...alot! Some of the stories were incredibly sad (especially the first two) and it was interesting to follow what life paths they each took. However towards the end I think there was some really positive truths that come out about the family and how they lived their lives.
The thing that turned me off about this was that it read like 4 stories in one. I typically like to have my stories flow all throughout the book and each time it was a new part I felt like I was starting over. I would have liked to see the stories intertwined a bit more.
Overall it was a solid read and it will be a great book to discuss for book club!
I picked up The Immortalists for 2 reasons. 1. It was one of the most anticipated reads of the year (on many lists) and 2. It was voted as my local Book club book of the month. It's not typically something I would pick up on my own so I enjoyed getting a bit out of my comfort zone.
When the book starts we meet four siblings: Daniel, Simon, Varya and Klara. They are young kids and hear about some woman who can tell them potential secrets about their life to come. When they arrive the woman takes each child in on their own and tells them the date of their death. All the siblings come out and kind of brush it off but at the same time continue to keep it in the back of their head as they go through life.
This book is split into four sections and each section is about one of the four siblings. It's basically their life journeys and how they get to their so called "due date". I would say that the stories don't overlap all that much so you really need to pay attention to each one individually.
The biggest question that comes out of this book is, 'If you knew the date of your death, would you live your life to the fullest until then?' Some of the siblings do and some of the siblings don't but you'll have to read to find out! Another question that comes up is are there really people who can know these death dates or are they frauds? Is it all just a coincidence?
This book definitely made me think...alot! Some of the stories were incredibly sad (especially the first two) and it was interesting to follow what life paths they each took. However towards the end I think there was some really positive truths that come out about the family and how they lived their lives.
The thing that turned me off about this was that it read like 4 stories in one. I typically like to have my stories flow all throughout the book and each time it was a new part I felt like I was starting over. I would have liked to see the stories intertwined a bit more.
Overall it was a solid read and it will be a great book to discuss for book club!