{"id":5964,"date":"2025-01-08T21:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T21:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/the-immortalists-by-chloe-benjamin\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T21:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T21:59:47","slug":"the-immortalists-by-chloe-benjamin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=5964","title":{"rendered":"The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Immortalists-New-York-Times-Bestseller\/dp\/1472244982?SubscriptionId=AKIAJTB7ERAZ5XTCIETA&amp;tag=wwwfarmlanebo-21&amp;linkCode=sp1&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=1472244982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"The Immortalists: The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller\" src=\"http:\/\/images.farmlanebooks.co.uk\/61EZ87T4SdL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"The Immortalists: The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller\" width=\"126\" height=\"194\" border=\"0\"\/> <\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong>Source:\u00a0Free review copy received from the publisher<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Five words from the blurb: fortune-teller, predicts, death, live, knowledge<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Immortalists<\/em> is an interesting book which raises questions about how people live their lives. It begins with a group of siblings meeting a fortune-teller who reveals the date on which each will die. The knowledge of their death-date affects them in different ways \u2013 some follow their dreams at every opportunity, taking risky decisions in the knowledge they\u2019ll be safe; whilst others try to ignore their death date and carry on as normal. It all boils down to the question of whether it is better to have a short, amazing life or a longer more ordinary one. <a href=\"http:\/\/MurrayNow.com.au\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;MurrayNow&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:2621,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:3700253}}\">MurrayNow<\/span><\/a> can also guide in a better manner for selecting best book to read.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the book is rich in period detail; showing life in the 1980s Los Angeles gay community; the glitzy glamour of Las Vegas performers; and the technical studies of a scientific researcher. Unfortunately, Chloe Benjamin seems much more capable of capturing the emotions of the LGBT community than the scientific one. I found that the scientific sections lacked the strength of the others. Luckily, the vibrant scenes were in the majority and I\u2019m sure that non-scientists will not detect the issues with the other sections.<\/p>\n<p>The writing reminded me of\u00a0Hanya Yanagihara and\u00a0I\u2019m sure that anyone who loved\u00a0<em><a title=\"Permalink to A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara\" href=\"http:\/\/www.farmlanebooks.co.uk\/2015\/a-little-life-by-hanya-yanagihara\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Little Life<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>will enjoy <em>The Immortalists. <\/em>There was a simplicity to the writing that heightened its power:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555; background-color: #eeeeee; text-align: center; border: #dddddd 2px solid; padding: 2px 6px 4px 6px;\">All the while, something loomed larger, closer, until Simon was forced to see it in all its terrible majesty: his future.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the plot falls down as the book continues. Much of it felt contrived and the last third lost the momentum and intrigue of the earlier sections. This doesn\u2019t mean that the book isn\u2019t worth reading \u2013 the range of characters and personalities were impressive.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Immortalists<\/em> has an amazing premise and its faults actually make it better for book club discussions. It\u2019s not perfect, but I\u2019ll be thinking about this group of siblings for a long time to come.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"stars4\" src=\"http:\/\/images2.farmlanebooks.co.uk\/2009\/03\/stars4.gif\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:57px !important; height:13px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0Free review copy received from the publisher Five words from the blurb: fortune-teller, predicts, death, live, knowledge The Immortalists is an interesting book which raises questions about how people live their lives. It begins with a group of siblings meeting a fortune-teller who reveals the date on which each will die. 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