Who Wants to Live Forever
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
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Who Wants to Live Forever
Narrated by:
Lydia Wilson
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Lydia Wilson
About this listen
'I LOVED this addictive, beautifully written novel about romance, life and immortality.'
DAILY MAIL
'Bleak yet hopeful, romantic yet lonely, this novel is both ordinary and extraordinary.'
RADIO TIMES
'A concept that asks profound questions about ambition, love, parenthood and mortality.'
GLAMOUR
'I loved it so much I wanted it to go on forever'
FERN BRADY
'Beautifully written and constructed' HOLLY GRAMAZIO
'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?©2025 Hanna Thomas Uose
Critic reviews
'I loved it so much I wanted it go on forever' (Fern Brady)
'Who Wants to Live Forever is dazzling: a cold hard reckoning with reality; a constantly surprising feat of imagination, philosophy, humanity, warmth and love.' (Jessica Stanley)
'Beautifully written and constructed, a book that shifts elegantly between decades and countries and glimpses of a changing world to tell its story of two imperfect people and the pull of their connection' (Holly Gramazio)
'I have devoured this novel. Not just a genius concept, this is a beautifully written book with characters so real that by the end you'll swear you'd really met them. A brilliant debut.' (Louise Hare)
'A concept that asks profound questions about ambition, love, parenthood and mortality.'
'The best book I have read this year' (Aja Barber)
'Who Wants To Live Forever probes and searches, like the best fiction does, without necessarily providing answers to the questions it asks. What gives a human life value? Does more time on this earth actually equate to more happiness? What even is happiness? This is a novel of love and of ambition, of regrets and of acceptance, written by a writer in possession of a keen insight and a powerful empathy. Highly compelling.' (Ian Russell-Hsieh)
'A wonderfully entertaining and deeply thought-provoking novel that asks serious and substantial questions about how we live now, how we might end up living, and how we actually want to live. I loved all these characters so much - Uose's skilful and sensitive depiction of their conflicts and desires is a triumph. This is a must-read book for 2025, especially for fans of Gabrielle Zevin and Kim Stanley Robinson.' (Julianne Pachico)
'An urgent and timely book that handles its subjects with patience and affection. Full of longing, the ache of hindsight and the unnerving slide into capitalism's latest stage.' (Season Butler)
'Who Wants to Live Forever is a deeply affecting novel about timing, family, desire, the fetishization of youth, the pursuit of greatness, and what we might be willing to sacrifice along the way. Hanna Thomas Uose has created a fully realized future; like the best speculative fiction, this novel holds a magnifying glass to familiar horrors: climate change, the evils of the pharmaceutical industry, international politics, and class disparities. But she's also created memorable flesh and blood characters around this philosophical debate of eternity; their love and their losses will stick with me for, well, forever.' (Katie Yee)
'An ambitious novel expertly executed; full of twists, turns and tenderness' (Ashley Hickson-Lovence)
'Time-bending epic'
'Who Wants To Live Forever is an utterly convincing - and frighteningly plausible - vision of our very-near future. Hanna Thomas Uose spins vivid, compelling human drama from vast philosophical questions with wit, elegance and verve.' (Lisa Owens)
Beautiful, moving, thought-provoking
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Great thought provoking story
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Based around a basic boy meets girl plot, the story gravitates into something much more complex and beautiful. The plot of this story was intriguing; a drug that allows you to live a possible 300 years.
This obviously comes with the inevitable political, social and moral dilemmas.
At times the story seemed to meander a bit far from the storyline for my liking( hence the 4 ☆) but otherwise a great book to promote food for thought and conversation.
Intriguing concept
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