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The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
3.0

Okay, this book was really controversial for me, in the sense that I wasn't sure how much I collectively liked it!

Let's start with the fact that the synopsis hooked me from the first few lines, I knew this was going to be right up my alley, so when I started reading I was pretty excited!

Upon finishing it, I realized that I loved some parts so so much, while I deeply hated others. Starting with what I loved, the writing and the way C. Benjamin weaved the story was amazing, she's an author I'm definitely going to follow and I'm certainly going to try another one of her works, hopefully soon. She definitely has a beautiful way with words and know how to tell a story.

What I didn't like, unfortunately, was the characters. And this is such a character driven book, that me not liking any of our 4 main characters made it a bit difficult to enjoy it. The two worst in my opinion were definitely Simon and Klara, I don't think I can explain how enraged these two had me. What more, it's revealed to us pretty early whether the psychic's predictions are going to come true or not, and since I found that out, I could kind of see how the rest of the book would go and that hindered my enjoyment as well.

All in all, it's definitely a book worth reading, but I just hoped it would end up being so so much more!