Who Wants to Live Forever
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
by Hanna Thomas Uose
Narrated by Lydia Wilson
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Pub Date 27 Mar 2025 | Archive Date Not set
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Description
What if Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow collided with Normal People in the universe of Everything Everywhere All at Once? It would spawn WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER, a time-bending, decades-long quest for immortality catapulting you from Japan to Silicon Valley to eternity.
'Time-bending epic'
DAILY MAIL
'I loved it so much I wanted it to go on forever'
FERN BRADY
'A timeless romance and a bold, inventive novel'
ELA LEE
'Dazzling: a cold hard reckoning with reality; a constantly surprising fear of imagination, philosophy, humanity, warmth and love'
JESSICA STANLEY
'This is a must-read book for 2025, especially for fans of Gabrielle Zevin'
JULIANNE PACHICO
This is the greatest romance you will ever read without the happily ever after.
Yuki and Sam are soulmates.
They are destined to spend the rest of their lives together.
They are supposed to love one another, forever.
But when a miracle drug is released which can extend a human's life indefinitely, Sam chooses to live forever, instead of loving Yuki forever - and the world they know is spun inside out.
WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER plunges into a parallel universe where forever is on sale to the highest bidder. What comes next is a world-building epic narrated by an intersecting cast of characters that will drive you to the edge of reality and leave you to answer biggest questions of all: What is life without death? What is life without love?
'A beautifully written book with a genius concept'
LOUISE HARE
'Hanna spins vivid, compelling human drama from vast philosophical questions with wit, elegance and verve'
LISA OWENS
'Who Wants to Live forever probes and searches like the best fiction does. Powerful. Highly compelling'
IAN RUSSELL-HSIEH
'The best book I have read this year'
AJA BARBER
'An ambitious novel expertly executed; full of twists, turns and tenderness'
ASHLEY HICKSON-LOVENCE
'An urgent and timely book'
SEASON BUTLER
Available Editions
EDITION | Audiobook, Unabridged |
ISBN | 9781840918496 |
PRICE | £24.99 (GBP) |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
A powerful and compelling debut novel, that’ll keep you thinking long after you’ve closed the book.
Uose cleverly poses the question would you want immortality? If you could buy a drug that preserved you at the same age for eternity would you take it? At what cost?
Sam and Yuki are a young married couple, soulmates, destined to grow old together. Sam is an aspiring musician. Yuki campaigns against the introduction of Yareta, the drug that promises eternal youth. Sam decides to take the drug and essentially leave Yuki behind. As the story unfolds we are introduced to a diverse cast of characters the world over, but the world is changing and seems divided between those on Yareta and those who are ageing.
It’s big business. It’s political. It’s believable, fascinating and a little bit terrifying, yet tender and beautiful.
The writing is stunning, I didn’t want the story to end. I predict big things for this book! Don’t miss it.
I really enjoyed Lydia Wilson’s audio narration on the title🎧
Huge thanks to Octopus Audio via NetGalley for the opportunity to review this ALC 🎧
4.5 ⭐️ Audiobook review
Thanks to Netgalley and Octopus Audio for allowing me to listen to an ARC of this audiobook!
The premise of this book really intrigued me as it seems like something that could be so close to becoming a reality and I just couldn’t stop listening - I also think the fact Yuki and Sam, our 2 main characters are a similar age to myself when their story begins makes it feel a lot more relatable. I feel like i’ll be thinking about it for some time, what would you do if offered a drug that could expand your life and make you live ‘forever’?
The last 5 minutes of the story surprisingly got me emotional, I was really rooting for Yuki 🥲
Also thought the narration was great, initially I thought it was a little too soft spoken but actually this made it easy to follow and listen to.
Huge thanks to NetGalley and Octopus Publishing for letting me read an ARC of this audiobook! 🎧 📖
This was absolutely excellent. As someone whose career is focused on public health research and messaging, I was hooked from the very first chapter. The whole book was a little uncanny as the possibility of this drug feels not too far fetched, and I loved that aspect of the story. What I loved even more was how thought provoking it was, and I found each character’s experiences so interesting and moving. I’ll think about this one for a while, I reckon. Yuki was such a wonderful character especially. 100% recommend!