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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab,

Victoria Schwab

Start date: October 1, 2023

Finish date: October 31, 2023

Discussion: 2023

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Aug 03, 2021 angeloreads★ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

ADDIEEEE

“𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒. 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑖𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.”

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Sep 28, 2021 lour rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, favorites, have-absolutely-destroyed-me, own, z

this book gives you depression!!!! dont read it!!!!

growing up sucks and this book doesnt help at all. i just wanted to cry all the time because i know i would've done the same thing just to live a little. it made me feel so insignificant and worthless yet i loved every single page, and im really glad i read it again,,...

(2021)
basta bueno. lloré como 5 veces en total creo, o menos, no me acuerdo, pero bueno. me gustó mucho. amamos a luc mas que a henry? si. beso ...more

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Oct 17, 2021 mary ♡ (she | they) rated it really liked it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. 3.75 stars**

wow. schwab’s writing never gets old. i know she’s talented, but every time i read a new one of her books i am astonished by the beauty of her words and how they sweep me away from reality and transport me to the colorful worlds she creates. victoria’s characters, as well, are so compelling and drawn out, that i get instantly obsessed with them (both when the obsession is of hatred, & when i’m so in love, i want to kiss the ground they walk on).

this book was no exception! i instantly 3.75 stars**

wow. schwab’s writing never gets old. i know she’s talented, but every time i read a new one of her books i am astonished by the beauty of her words and how they sweep me away from reality and transport me to the colorful worlds she creates. victoria’s characters, as well, are so compelling and drawn out, that i get instantly obsessed with them (both when the obsession is of hatred, & when i’m so in love, i want to kiss the ground they walk on).

this book was no exception! i instantly adored addie, and saw a lot of myself in her. i was so interested by the darkness and what he was (cause he’s definitely not human!!). i also heard that this was a romance between addie & the devil so i was rly interested to see how their storyline evolved. and henry!! my baby! i need just a regular contemporary fiction novel of henry & his friends being the weirdos they are.

as for the negatives…
I wasn’t into the flip flopping between past and present for each chapter. i really enjoyed that style of writing in her book, Vicious, but in this one, it just made me feel super disoriented, and then frustrated when i kept getting taken away from the action—or, “action” isn’t really the right word, because literally nothing happened in this book. it felt like the entire book was made up of filler content. the plot structure was basically a hell of a lot of exposition, some rising action, and then immediately a conclusion. and the conclusion was a shitty one at that. it was so anticlimactic and reversed a lot of the things i was starting to like about the story. (LOOKING AT YOU ADDIELUC) like how come they have to end on that note when i was finally starting to really ship them? huh? explain miss schwab!! #notnice

also, i appreciate that henry got to live, because now he appreciates the beauty of life (since he was so close to losing it). but, that was the biggest conflict we got and it got resolved so easily!! i wish she at least spent more time explaining it, rather than just dumping it all into the last chapter or so.

i mean, i still enjoyed the book a lot, but i definitely don’t agree with the extent of hype it gets. (let’s bring that hype to the villains series please !!) ...more

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Mar 07, 2022 ally ♉︎ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-star-ratings

This book is so beautiful. I had a love/hate relationship with almost every chapter being set in a different year, but I mostly loved it. I loved seeing Addies life and her struggles. It made me almost fall in love with her. Every-time she went through a hardship it was like we went through it together. Every happy/proud moment filled my eyes with tears of joy.

Everything about this book is literally perfect! I know my mom can't wait till the day I stop talking about this book, but I hate to bre ...more

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Dec 30, 2023 dana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

this book has ruined my LIFE (i loved it).

hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have -- but i have it by lana del rey IS THAT YOU???

i can barely process right now but honestly other than the fact that the first half was a bit too slow for my liking this book is getting 10s across the board like TRUST i will be thinking about this book for months to come. i think all of us can sort of see ourselves in addie larue; a girl who just wanted to be free, see the world and feared that there w ...more

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Jul 24, 2021 jess rated it it was amazing

Wow that ending.

Did not expect that and now I’m sitting staring at my wall in blank shock trying not to tear up.

This was a masterpiece. Beautifully written and a truly lovely story. Everyone please read this. I beg you!

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Apr 10, 2022 virgoreading rated it liked it

Shelves: contemporary, fiction, fantasy, historical-fiction, adult-fiction, lgbtq-rep, romance, friends-to-lovers

This book dragged and dragged and dragged. It took me a whole month to get through it and it put me in a massive slump. It's too wordy, too boring and it shouldn't take approximately 400 pages for it to start getting interesting. I was originally going to give this book 2 stars but the last 50 or so pages bumped up the rating.

The two leads (m/f) are both bisexual. That was a nice suprise. ...more

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Dec 19, 2021 Jenna :) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: all-time-favourites

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book tore me apart.

The story of Addie Larue is heartbreaking. She was born in the 1700’s, a very hard time for a girl. Her purpose was to be a good, young lady, and eventually marry and become a mother. But, that was not the fate she pursued.

At 17, Addie is forced into an arranged marriage by her parents, and she flees. She then prays to evil gods to have freedom, more time, a different life. Luc answers (yes, there’s definitely a connection there with the name.) He gives her freedom with This book tore me apart.

The story of Addie Larue is heartbreaking. She was born in the 1700’s, a very hard time for a girl. Her purpose was to be a good, young lady, and eventually marry and become a mother. But, that was not the fate she pursued.

At 17, Addie is forced into an arranged marriage by her parents, and she flees. She then prays to evil gods to have freedom, more time, a different life. Luc answers (yes, there’s definitely a connection there with the name.) He gives her freedom with immortality, as long as he receives her soul when she’s ready to die.

I just have to say I love Luc. An asshole, yes, but a very attractive, compelling, toxic asshole. That’s always the perfect love interest.

Anyways, Luc makes her wish come true, but not in the way she asked. She is suddenly a ghost. When someone meets her, she is forgotten as soon as they loose sight of her. She is unable to form any type of relationships that last more than one night. Thus, her whole family, and everyone she has ever known, has forgotten her. That is now all in the past.

So, Addie has to go through life without ever having a single person, she can’t own a house, she can’t keep her own belongings, nothing. She suffers years of being haunted by Luc and his games. Because, in Luc’s crazy, toxic way, he loves Addie and wants her all to himself. However, she won’t give in, refusing to give up her soul. She lives through 300 years of loneliness. Then, she meets a boy. Henry, someone who finally remembers her.

They have incredible romance, but Addie doesn’t understand why now, this random person is remembering her. Crazy plot twist: Henry also made a deal with Luc. No one ever loved Henry. He was at the point of suicide, when Luc found him. So he made a deal for everyone to love him, but he only has one year to live. However, they don’t love him genuinely. It’s as if everyone around Henry is hypnotized into loving him, it’s just not real.

So, Addie has finally found someone who remembers her, and Henry has finally found someone who truly loves him.

They fight to stay together, and although it doesn’t turn out exactly that way, I’d sure they’ll meet again.

This book is amazing. I would definitely recommend it. ...more

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Mar 19, 2022 chiara ☆ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favs

i’m not okay. i have never cried because of a book before. i have for this one, i think that’s all you need to know.

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May 11, 2021 🐋🐋 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, liked-it, lgbt

Trafiła w mój styl, w dodatku była przepięknie napisana.

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Apr 24, 2022 Starr rated it it was amazing

Addie LaRue has left her mark on me. I don't know how Schwab dreamed up Addie's story, but now it is real and I'll always be looking for the marks Addie has left on the world and smile because life is not about how to survive in the storm but about how to dance in the rain. ...more

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Apr 18, 2022 Louisa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

4.5 ⭐️

ok so this was a wild ride of emotions, i loved the characters so much & honestly just bawled my eyes out, only 4.5 ⭐️ bc it could have been a little shorter i guess, otherwise a masterpiece

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