English language
Published June 28, 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers.
Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.
It seems like any other day. You wake up, get ready, and head out.
But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small box, holding the answer to the number of years you will live.
Suddenly, everyone on earth is faced with the same choice: Do they wish to know how long they’ll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?
I teared up multiple times, even though a book about sealed fates has few surprises. It’s not the fates themselves that are touching, it’s their interconnectedness. Suspend your disbelief and don’t think too hard about the immutability of the strings. The real story is what everyone does with the lives their strings represent.
Enjoyed the book. Admittedly there were a few times I was starting to waver over the repetitive themes and conversations, however the characters are well written and the human response is seemingly accurate.
The book is science fiction based, but outside of the first chapter's explanation of the strings arrival and their meaning - the SciFi elements cease and the rest of the book is an interesting story of cultural response, and relationships.
