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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab,

Victoria Schwab

Start date: October 1, 2021

Finish date: October 31, 2021

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Oct 04, 2022 Ella (Marauder's Version) The Book Monster rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-stars, i-own, genre-romance, lgbtq-rep, stand-alones

Why did it end like that?!

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May 18, 2021 Books and margaritas rated it liked it

This is going to be an unpopular opinion as I didn’t enjoy this book much, but don’t let my personal option deter you - chances are, you are going to like it a lot as many people I know loved it.

A Faustian bargain and a love story - the idea appeared really enticing to me. An immortal who is cursed to walk invincible among people. Imagine all the great things she could have accomplished, places she could have visited - even if she couldn’t be remembered she could have changed lives, could have a This is going to be an unpopular opinion as I didn’t enjoy this book much, but don’t let my personal option deter you - chances are, you are going to like it a lot as many people I know loved it.

A Faustian bargain and a love story - the idea appeared really enticing to me. An immortal who is cursed to walk invincible among people. Imagine all the great things she could have accomplished, places she could have visited - even if she couldn’t be remembered she could have changed lives, could have altered the course of history.

But she didn’t. Addie’s life was actually very boring. All she did was to walk around and whine about her misfortune that she had caused herself. What did you expect, Addie? It’s 17th century and as a woman you were destined to marry someone and be a mother. And if you didn’t want to do that, what was your plan B? Could you somehow earn an honest living or were you simply planning to be a forever burden on your parents?

Ok, I could sympathize with her in the beginning: she was young and felt special. But I didn’t see much of a personal development for the next 300 years - she just kept walking around more, meeting people, sleeping with them and moving on. And her only goal was to be remembered by someone: a very self centred one. She didn’t want to make a world a better place or use her powers to help anyone (I am counting inspiring some artsy people by sleeping with them).

I think my main complain is the glacial pace of this book: it just felt like nothing was moving forward. I could see how this was the author’s intent to make Addie’s life appear monotonous and slow given her immortality. But I personally don’t like slow burns.

The writing was not bad overall and there were some beautifully written passages, but two things really infuriated me: 1) the number of times the author mentioned Addie’s freckles (I get it, she had freckles that looked like a constellation, no need to mention it for the third time in one chapter, every chapter); and apparently, Addie spoke many languages, including French, English, blah-blah-blah, SWISS! Not blaming the author, but dear professional editor. You had one job! And if you didn’t know what languages they speak in Switzerland, Wikipedia it! (The answer is French, German, Italian and Romansh)). I know I sound very petty but I can’t help it!

Weak 3 star for okayish writing, brilliant idea and mediocre execution. ...more

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Jun 10, 2021 M rated it really liked it

4/5

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Oct 04, 2021 Kate Pinnell rated it really liked it

wow. okay, this book. muah, the writing is almost enchanting. I got lost in this story, it’s very whimsical and heart wrenching but such a great read.

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