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

145 reviews

avie_j's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, War, and Sexism

kimberg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and War

nila's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual violence and War

hilarylouise's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

the_books_music_life's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The invisible Life of Addie LaRue is a love letter to/for artists of every kind. This book holds so much in it’s pages, not just a story of a girl who made a deal; but of grief, guilt, stubbornness, love and loss, power dynamics and struggles of everyday life.

Addie LaRue might be one of my favorite characters ever written. She is stubborn, wise, loves with her whole heart and tries to make the best out of bad situations and has grown stronger because of it. She makes mistakes but she shows growth from those mistakes, she takes responsibility for them and while she may regret them she doesn’t wallow in the unfairness of it all.

The prose in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is so incredibly beautiful and the many, many, many quotes I’ve tagged in this book that made me feel something or made me think could fill up a whole other book.

Every character -no matter if it’s a main character, a side character, or a character we meet once- is written like a real person. They have wants, needs, problems, passions and you hardly ever see that in a book. Especially one that spans over so much time as Addie’s story does.

I don't think I have the words to express my thoughts on this book, not really. This book touched something in me and broke something in me; if my 10 minute cry fest at the end of the book says anything.

I will admit I’ve restarted this book 3 times, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the story itself, I’ve just been getting over a reading slump and I still have my moments where I don’t read for a bit and I forget and have to start over. Which I honestly don’t mind because I really love what I’ve read (3 times so far 😂) so far. 

I love the narrator of the audiobook, she does a wonderful job and the fact she can speak and can do a french accent is perfect. (I don’t know if the narrator is in fact French or not)

Overall I would recommend this book a million times over and it deserves all the awards in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Cursing, Sexism, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Classism, War, Self harm, Violence, Mental illness, and Biphobia

minor prostitution, attempted rape,

acasiamae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Toxic relationship

Minor: War, Death of parent, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexism, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Violence, and War

Minor: Biphobia, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Child death

elsebeok's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Violence

huckleberryrk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious slow-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

Wow, I really adored this book.

I loved the multiple twists with Henry and the bittersweet ending, as well as the back and forth through time storytelling style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: War, Sexual harassment, and Suicide attempt

tjjh004's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

All Addie wants is to be remembered. All the Darkness wants is to possess her. Addie lives a very adventurous life, traveling from Frace to different countries, living her life with the Darkness always in her shadow. 

Addie meets a  cast of characters during her adventures but unfortunately, no one remembers her. When she meets a boy named Henry, things change for her. 

Even though at times, I found the book a little bit longer, it was so worth it.

I listened to the book on audiobook. The narration was excellent.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide attempt and Violence