Who Wants to Live Forever
Set to be the literary phenomenon of 2025
by Hanna Thomas Uose
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Pub Date 27 Mar 2025 | Archive Date 27 Mar 2025
Octopus Publishing | Brazen
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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-HSEIH
'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 | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781840918458 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 320 |
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 1452153
Yuki and Sam's relationship splinters when Sam starts taking a new drug that could extend his life by a couple of hundred years. Yuki believes that the drug is a threat to society/humanity and that it's a privilege only available to the elite. Sam just wants more time because his creative ambitions have floundered.
This is a fascinating concept. Life quickly becomes bizarre, but convincingly so. People on the drug have to agree not to have children. They become risk averse because accidents are the only thing that'll affect their lifespan. Anxious to the extent that they pay extra in restaurants to have their food chopped up to reduce choking risk, they won't drive and they wear helmets to walk down the street. And the ones using the drug are almost all rich white people.
This is a cleverly written and layered novel set in England, Japan and America that feels almost prophetic. It's also a well realised reflection on ageing and mortality.
It's also a poignant relationship story. What happens if a couple still loves each other and one ages but the other one doesn't?
You'll love this if.you like beautifully written, near future dystopia. A captivating read.
