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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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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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Jul 27, 2022 mafs (taylor’s version) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

no. i’m not okay. i am not fucking ok.
this book broke me into little pieces. i need to take a break from all this pain istg. why? i need more. please i’m crying i cant even express how much i love this book, how beautiful this is. henry i love you sm :,(
read this. right now.

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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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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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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 05, 2022 Jana Noble rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Mi conclusión es que el libro es RARO, llore pero al mismo tiempo casi me da un bloqueo lector. Es muy LENTO y me costo mucho querer seguir leyendo.
En fin le doy 2 estrellas porque no me gusto en general (lloro)

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