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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Julia Whelan, V.E. Schwab

197 reviews

hspfost's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Very intriguing premise— the book is a cool thought experiment wrapped around characters who are very much themselves. Both the characters and the premise are incredibly self-consistent.

This book stuck the landing, which I wasn’t sure it would be able to do. The writing style was at times a little distant and there were a few moments that dragged a bit despite pushing the narrative forward, but overall I thought it was well written. So much of the novel was deeply existential, in a way that made my chest ache and kept me up at night. Not sure if that’s a good thing or not lol

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letters_from_gabs's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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chionifos's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

La verdad es que me gustaron tanto la trama como los personajes, pero el libro de 545 páginas podría haber sido de 350 como mucho. Entiendo el porqué de la longitud, pero igual me pareció demasiado largo sin necesidad.

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tetedump's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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peggy_racham's review against another edition

5.0

"If it cannot be love, well, then, at least it is not lonely."

Angry women, gods you shouldn't pray to and an intriguing answer to the question: what would you do with forever?
~~The answer is nobody wants to be immortal.~~

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christyreads_n_rambles's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ms. Addie Larue gets herself in quite the pickle as a young woman and has to live out the consequences. This book took me on such an emotional roller coaster I think I went through all the stages of grief! The storyline was something I have never read before it was so intriguing and really kept me hooked the whole time, but I was able to predict the ending early on.

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xkatx's review against another edition

4.0

emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I didn't enjoy how often the chapters would jump from one time to another, and also had dual povs. It was distracting and hard to keep track. The last few chapters were the most interesting part of the book, I wish we had more of Luc and Addie. Loved the book though, I don't think I'd pick it up again.

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jessican650's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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hdoomk's review against another edition

1.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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nineinchnails's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this is definitely a no plot just vibes type of book and very slow paced so i can absolutely understand why so many people didn't enjoy this or even manage to get through it, HOWEVER i loved this. i am a sucker for pretty prose though and the prose was gorgeous in this book so i'm a little biased. most of the criticism for this book is warranted but this story and its characters really appealed to me. i wish we got more on addie's time in new orleans though, it seemed like it would have given some more insight into

her and luc's relationship + would've given luc more depth. it feels like we barely got to know him

.

it definitely could have been condensed just a little because "no plot just vibes" isn't much of an exaggeration and i'm not sure how it managed to be 500+ pages long but i can enjoy a slow book when i like the writing. the ending did feel slightly anticlimactic but it was more bittersweet than anything else to me. not sure if i would recommend this because the it really is slow but i definitely enjoyed this!!

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