The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
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This book had me in a chokehold. If you want the feeling of elegant simplicity and/or just the feeling of yearning for a purpose. This is the book. It was so captivating and sad and infuriating at the same time. What I wouldn’t do to read this for the first time..
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24 days ago
from IL
Unique and unpredictable
This audiobook alternated between two main characters and traversed multiple timelines, weaving an interesting tale about the human experience, love, being seen, and leaving your mark on the world. The audio was engaging and the ending unexpected.
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29 days ago
THIS BOOK IS INCREDIBLE!
wow! this book is my new favorite! addie is so inspirational and i just love all the characters so much, they are all so well written!
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2 months ago
Such a beautiful book
I have never been so in awe of a book before. This is the most heartfelt and genuine review of my life, because this book made me feel broken. It made me feel love. It made me feel hope. It is such a beautiful book. I have cried reading books before, but never like I did while reading this one. There were ugly tears and true genuine sobs from me. If you have not read this book, I recommend it so incredibly highly. It’s one of those books that truly changes you. I am so touched by Addie. Her character is one I will cherish forever. Along with Henry, and his charm, understanding, and love for Addie. If I could rate any book more than 5⭐️, this would be the one. If you have read this book before, tell me, did it break your heart as it did mine?
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3 months ago
from NC
My favorite stand-alone ever!
Addie is a young woman living in a small village in France. She’s too independent for her times and flees into the forest away from her wedding. She pleads with any god who will listen to save her from this life she doesn’t want, and makes a pact with the one who answers. She doesn’t have to get married. And she can be free to do as she wishes. But it comes at a price. For three hundred years, no one remembers her after meeting her. Navigating things like clothes, housing, income, Addie must find her own way of keeping herself alive inside the bounds of her curse. And then one day, Henry remembers her. And keeps remembering her. Addie has made impressions on the world even while not being remembered. She’s helped to write songs, she’s been sketched and drawn and painted over the years, but never identified. The only one who truly knows her is Luc. The name she gave to the old god. He is a constant in her life, sometimes providing companionship, sometimes getting her into trouble or out of trouble. She hates him. But she understands him more and more as the years tick by. Henry is an anomaly. Why is he the exception to everything she’s known for the last three centuries? Is it a cruel trick that Luc is playing? Or can they keep themselves hidden and evade his intervention in yet another good thing Addie has found? Addie and Henry revel in the mundane. Experience the present and suck the marrow out of each moment. Addie is able to make marks on the world through Henry. She feels seen and cherished and known. But how can the curse allow this to last? This is my very favorite standalone book ever. I took forever to finish the audiobook because I didn’t want the story to end and I had zero clue how the author was going to wrap the story up right up until it happened. It was more than I ever anticipated. Such a unique concept, and I was fully immersed from the beginning. Stepping through the world with Addie, seeing through her eyes, feeling every let down, double cross, gut punch, and soaring with her as she saw the city from above, or savored a tiny scavenged picnic, or became enraptured by art or music. The angst is top tier. The side characters are memorable. The villain is pervasive and seductive and wraps around your mind like a dark cloak. Addie and Henry together is both relatable and inspiring. I could talk for days about this book. All the stars. A solid 2 on the spice. I hope you read it.
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7 months ago
Took me awhile to recover
I’ve read hundreds of books, and this by far is my favorite one. The way V.E. Schwab wrote this made me feel like I was in the book myself. Amazingly written, characters have the perfect amount of back story& just reading how the story unravels is so perfect. I loved all characters bad and good. I wish I could erase it from my memory and read it again.
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7 months ago
I am so in love with this book
This book was more than I could have ever imagined. Henry and Addie's story was life changing. This book had me in literal tears that would not stop! I felt love, hate, sadness, understanding! I felt it all. I only wish I could reread it for the first time again!
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8 months ago
from New York
Immortality with a Twist
Imagine being forced into an arranged marriage and wishing for anything to free you from this torment, only to be met with even greater torment through a deal made with "darkness". Everyone forgets who Addie is, as soon as she is out of sight, and she is also "gifted" with immortality. What ensues is an amazing story of resilience and triumph as Addie navigates generations of isolation until... Well I won't spoil it but it was a fun read. All in all, come for the plot and stay for it all!
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