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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Read up to Part 3, the writing of this book was beautiful but the plot and the characters weren't really grabbing me. I read some spoilers to see if it would motivate me to continue, and I was thoroughly disappointed by the direction of this book and the ending. Addie was written a bit too simplistic for my liking, and I did not enjoy the building dynamics between Addie and the darkness (

Luc

), the character dynamics between them were twisted and very toxic, and the ending just built off of that and went in a direction (

with Addie deciding to continue living with Luc as opposed to being with Henry and accepting that her freedom and living forever isn't actually freeing her, that growing responsibilities and death are a part of life, etc.

) that I wasn't expecting. If you're a big fan of

enemies to lovers (kind of?) and toxic relationships (and one where there isn't any obvious festering emotions underneath kind of toxic)

then this book may be more for you, but in this instance it came off as too toxic and not enough payoff for me to keep reading.

Content Warnings

bookcumber's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bowling_henderson's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective tense

juanitacardwell's review against another edition

3.75

hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

I enjoyed Addie's determination and defiant spirit. Overall there was so much jumping back and forth between time to tell the whole story it was a bit hard to keep track of. I did love the art connection she had with the world though. It's a good read, but probably not one I would pick up again.

mar_13's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rilla3018's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

ndnsfr's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

To be very honest, I really wanted to like this book. It's been on my TBR for so long and i was so excited when I finally started. I love the premise, but the execution didn't do well for me.

The characters lack depth. Addie didn't felt like someone who has lived for 300+ years. Henry was boring. Luc, for a God, he was kinda dumb and weak.

I feel like there's should be so much to explore for a character who has lived for centuries, that could make her story interesting. But sadly it didn't happen. The plot just repeated itself in a way that just got boring. Also I wish the author could make a distinction between past-Addie and current Addie, maybe from the way she thinks or the way the characters talks. Because I don't think people in the 1600s talk like that.

It also felt like there's no real stakes. Every chapter, it seemed like we knew how it would end: Luc would give in and Addie would win. So no surprise, not really. I was hyped when Addie finally did something bold, but even that was a letdown by the time the ending unfold. I understand that the goal is to have a happy ending, but it felt too forced at times and I think not every story needs a happy ending.

Overall it was fine, but I was expecting some more from all the hype. I love the cameos though.