Still, though, she decides to put all her efforts into her magician act where she lives on the edge as she dangles at great heights during performances. But she’s not as free as Simon as she feels immense guilt that her choices had an impact on him. Again, we know Klara’s end date, which is in her early ’30s. Simon, more than the other siblings, truly lives to the fullest and has no regrets.īut Simon’s ability to have no regrets does not translate to his elder siblings who have lost a brother by the time we get to the section dedicated to Klara. But before then, he embraces who he truly is and not only finds a passion for dancing but also experiences a love story, too. We know that the psychic said his predicated date happens when he’s “young.” We just don’t know how young it will be. We first follow Simon, a 16-year-old who finally feels free to embrace his homosexuality when he moves to San Francisco with his sister Klara. In a sense, they’re all living with urgency but afraid they’re not making the most of the time they have. But with the curse of knowing their end date, it might have shaped their personality more than expected.

And it is true that each of them exhibit selfishness and arrogance at times. Prior to reading this novel, a user on Instagram warned me that the characters aren’t exactly likable. The four siblingsīenjamin creates flawed characters in the Gold siblings. But would that change if suddenly we find out the hour of our passing? This is what The Immortalists is about. We know everyone will pass at some point but worrying about that future conflicts with living in the present.

For more about the synopsis, click here.Įvery beginning has an ending. The premise revolves around the question: if you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? The four Gold children each find out their date from a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die.

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin