The History of Living Forever is an ambitious novel. The narrative includes multiple timelines and often switches between 1st and 3rd perspective, weaving together a compelling yet intricate story. Two of the central figur ...more
The opening 50 pages and the closing 50 pages of this one are really good, but I don’t think the middle lives up to that level. There are a number of story lines, which is fine, but jumping back and forth among them was chaotic and jarring and made the entire narrative a bit less cohesive for me. It ...more
The History of Living Forever is a fresh, heartbreaking book about young love, mental illness, family and, yes, the search for the elixir of life. At the beginning of the book, 16-year-old Conrad's boyfriend Sammy—who is also his high school chemistry teacher—has just died of an apparent suicide, le ...more
✨I won this on Goodreads, and all I can say is THIS BOOK. I don’t know how Jake Wolff managed to fill a book with science and all the feels and keep me so entranced. I have consciously been avoiding feelings for a while now, & failed science, so...
Synopsis can easily be found anywhere, so I’ll just g ...more