The Immortalists

My review today is going to possibly change. Maybe I missed something with this read. I just simply did not enjoy this book at all. It was almost one that I did not finish. [b:The Immortalists 30288282 The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493015963s/30288282.jpg 50766250] is the story of four siblings with a shared experience in childhood. That shared experience is a visit to a psychic known for telling you the date of your death. So sets the premise of the story. As a reader you are not told what each child is told. You enter into their stories separately with the book being divided into quarters, one quarter for each sibling and their lifespan. Im sorry to say that I just found myself wondering “what is the point here?” It appears to me that the author wants us to believe that each character is driven by their “death date” and that this changes the ways in which they all live their lives. The question is does it change their lives for the better or for the worse. I have my thoughts on what I believe Chloe Benjamin would say...I will leave that up to you to decide. My complaint is that I found some of the decisions and outcomes completely contrived and in the case of several of the siblings the velocity at which their story takes a right angled turn in order to end up at the outcome that the author writes for them is jarring and simply not believable. I am going to read other reviews. Perhaps my mind will change but this is one that I would not recommend. The concept had me pick up the book, the execution left me disappointed.