Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

167 reviews

ericius's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

a bit too long, somewhat slow to read and a bit sad, but i forgive it because it was an emotional journey it made me cry and smile and i loved it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Abandonment, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

FRANCESCA- HOZIER

A bit predictable at times but made me cry and felt original plot wise

‘History is a thing designed in retrospect’

‘"It did not feel like courage… it felt as if I had no choice.”’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, Misogyny, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

Re-read. This remains one of my favorite books of all times. Sobbed just like I did the first time reading it. I also did a combo with audiobook (narrated by the queen Julia Whelan). The ending of this book makes me feral.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexism, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Minor: War, Addiction, and Sexual harassment

analenegrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A girl in a book club I'm in told me this was her favorite book and that she cried when she met the author, and it finally pushed me to read a book I had been meaning to for a while. 

This was a beautiful read that made me feel many complicated feelings. Addie, as a character, was not the perfect heroine, she didn't always make you feel like she was doing the right thing, but her motivations were fleshed out, thought out, and clearly based in the character. She felt real. As a character, Henry was also thoughtfully written, although I wish his obvious lifelong depression had been called that because I think naming things takes some of their power, but still, his was a beautifully written tale. 

Together the two characters created this beautiful love story with Addie's 300-year-long invisible life that intertwined so well with the history around her. She wasn't the main character in the history, my pet peeve in anything historical, but was, instead, a piece of many parts of history on the sidelines. 

I loved the ending, I enjoyed that we didn't see Addie

beat Luc at his own game, instead, we have to hope that Addie will win

and get her final ending. Henry

writing the book, in the end, was so inventive, I always love a book inside a book plot.

 

This type of fantasy, especially women-led and woman-written fantasy, is always so wonderful, I only wish it wasn't reduced to tropes. I've seen this called a romance novel many times, and at the end of the day, it is many, it is everything, it is wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: War and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Alcohol, and Confinement

throwback682's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I was so scared to finish this book. I almost quit because I couldn’t bear the idea of the sad ending I imagined.

I’m so glad that I stuck it out. The ending wasn’t what I expected at all (although some might see through it more easily) and it wasn’t happy but it was very satisfying. Henry’s last pages had me near tears.

I think the concept of the plot is really creative, and the author keeps track of a thousand little details of Addie’s curse that could’ve created a thousand plot holes. 

At times it was predictable, but not in a way that spoiled my enjoyment.

I knew almost right away that Henry had also made a deal, but there were plenty of details I didn’t foresee, too.

This book made me  want to savor every moment of life and love. It was entertaining but also thought provoking and heart-fire stoking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Addiction, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug use, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cancer, Classism, and Dementia

giulianalb99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

No sé ni por dónde empezar con esta reseña, lo que sí quiero decir es que durante toda la lectura he sentido un amor-odio con este libro impresionante. Mientras lo leía, no quería que se acabara pero a la vez no veía el momento de que se acabase (si es que eso tiene algún sentido). Hay momentos en los que el libro es bastante lento pero la autora escribe TAN bien que te cautiva desde la primera página.
He llegado a odiar y amar a los personajes de una forma inexplicable. Addie está durante sus más de trescientos años de vida anhelando un amor que nunca llega, porque el “amor” que siente por Henry y el “amor” que siente por Luc son ambos TÓXICOS. Está con Henry porque es la única persona que se acuerda de ella, así que decide aferrarse a ella al igual que Henry decide estar con Addie porque es la única que no tiene esa “bruma” en los ojos cuando la ve; con Luc, Addie siente una “atracción” y tienen una tensión sexual de la hostia, pero se aferra a él simplemente porque durante tantos años él es el único que la conoce y la recuerda. Eso de “eres mía” me ha hecho 0 gracia por todo el tema de que una persona no es una posesión OBVIAMENTE.
Me hubiera gustado haber visto más de la vida de Addie, como por ejemplo más eventos de su vida, porque, durante 300 años, solo parece importante decir que fue la musa de muchos artistas y pues aunque eso no es nada malo, me parece algo demasiado perfecto (no sabría ni cómo explicarlo😂).
Aún así, el final me ha hecho sentir totalmente vacía por dentro. No sé si 4 estrellas es demasiado para este libro, pero ahora mismo me parecen las adecuadas, y no voy a darle más estrellas porque, como he dicho antes, es un libro bastante lento y también creo que le sobran bastantes páginas.

Conclusión: Ten cuidado con lo que deseas y nunca le reces a los dioses de la noche.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexism, Stalking, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and War

neogyv's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Addiction, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Emotional abuse

joanachsf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Rape

aidalol's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War, Violence, and Addiction

_rowan_'s review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Death