3.5 rounded up ..
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Possible spoilers in the review below although they won't change your enjoyment.
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One day, the Gold siblings went to see a fortune teller who supposedly can tell you the date of their death.
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The Immortalists follow the lives of the children following this information and questions whether it changed the way they lived their lives. One thing is for certain, the day they went to see the Woman on Hester Street, their lives were inexplicably changed forever.
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The concept of this book is brilliant. It's deeply thought provoking, and I loved how the book designated parts to each sibling and cleverly interwove each ones story as the story passed the baton on. As whole sections were dedicated, rather than flitting through characters from chapter to chapter, it was easier to get invested in them.
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BUT, I found myself getting less and less interested as I went through the book. I devoured the scene setting chapter, and I kept that pace through all of Simon's part of the story and most of Klara's. But then the story fell flat. The two most complex and interesting siblings had passed away. I just didn't find Daniel and Varya half as interesting.
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This was a great premise and well written - just it fell a little short for me.