Synopsis: The Immortalists follows the stories of 4 siblings who, as children during the ’60s, visit a psychic who gives them the dates of their deaths. These prophecies inform the rest of their lives as each sibling takes their own path to forge an individual future.

Separated in to 4 main sections, the book follows each sibling in turn as they grow older, ultimately reaching the date given to them by the psychic. Stretching from Las Vegas to New York, the book spans decades as it explores the impact the prophecies has had on each sibling, exploring themes of fate, agency, belief and family.

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Review: The premise of this book was one that I found so interesting. Would you want to find out when you die? And, if you did, how would that impact the way you choose to live your life?

This philosophical aspect adds a thrill to a book that otherwise simply follows the life of four siblings, and the way the book is split up allows you to fully immerse yourself into the life of each of the Gold children in turn. Whilst this does mean you miss out on part of the lives of the others, an issue that is not resolved in any way, it allows the reader to see four very different results for how someone would live their life supposedly knowing the date of their death.

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