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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab,

Victoria Schwab

Start date: July 1, 2021

Finish date: July 31, 2021

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Oct 31, 2020 Jess rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books, 2020

5 stars on the narration by the absolutely glorious Julia Whelan

3.5 stars to the book.

I know that people adore this book. Maybe how hyped it was made it hard to match expectations.

This is a beautiful and tragic story told in a very sweeping scale. My issue is that it did not need to be quite as long as it was. I felt like it dragged in parts, particularly the past. The past needed to be visited to experience her getting used to surviving but some of it was repetitive and unnecessary. If a book ...more

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Feb 13, 2021 K rated it it was amazing

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Jan 26, 2023 Chelsea rated it it was amazing

Shelves: botm

This is a novel littered throughout time, picking up the pieces and following the thread. It’s fantastic. On a deeper level, it is the solution to existential dread and, ultimately, it is optimistic nihilism. It is conquering the fear of oblivion.

Because,

“Ideas are so much wilder than memories, so much faster to take root.” Chapter IX

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