Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

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

229 reviews

nie_fertig's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

V.E. Schwab is probably one of my favorite authors now!! I LOVE her writing style like it's so immersive, descriptive, and very fast paced cause the chapters are so short! I think I love her Vicious duology more than this book, especially because I foresaw almost every turning point/conflict/resolution in the story, like my partner spoiled the ending for me but it didn't matter cause I already knew it was going to happen. However, the ending still hit me like a brick even when I expected it and the slow plot (it's a fast read with a slow plot as a heads up) was made up for the immaculate ending! 
Anyway, I'm inspired to write three tragic relationship stories from this book alone so thanks V.E. Schwab for that! And if you like dark, romantic, and life-questioning books - and any other books written by V.E. Schwab - then I would highly recommend this book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Torture, and Violence

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Minor: Child death and Pregnancy

cattheteawitchfairy's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring medium-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? Yes

3.5

The imagery of this book is absolutely stunning with characters who learn and grow throughout. My only gripe was with the ending as I found it a little rushed and lacking, what I would have written in its place I’m not sure, but it didn’t hit the spot I thought hence the -0.5 star. Other than that, it was long but very enjoyable; this is a book you really should check the trigger warnings for too!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hanngigi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and War

soyabeanos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

faithtaylor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I don’t have the words yet, but let my rating speak for itself. LIFE-ALTERING TBH. I will never be the same.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

islayfraser's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

What a beautiful, beautiful book about time, art, and the meaning of life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

tetedump's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

flavicou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This book is great. A strong all around good read. I would’ve however liked to see more exploration of Henry’s character and thief relationship. I thought that luc and addie were all around more interesting and in the end it was never really about Henry but about addie. I loved the game between luc and addie and the developement of the tension and thier relationship 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual violence

jelkebooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

This is a book that I've seen so incredibly hyped, and that hype has actually scared me off a little bit despite being quite excited to read it. Therefore I am indeed incredibly mad at myself for putting off reading this one for so long, as I absolutely loved it. Now, I don't think it is going to be for everyone. It is a quiet book, a slower moving one, and if it doesn't click I can imagine this one being quite a bore, but I thought it was incredible.
I was just almost immediately enamoured with Addie. I thought she was such an interesting character to follow, and I loved the switches between the present day, and past timelines. Seeing Addie make the deal, and then figuring out her life (how it looks like, how to survive), and that contrasted with her almost 300 years later having learned so much, was incredibly interesting. I also feel like Addie's desires were very simple, and also very relatable. I love how V.E. Schwab added in art, and storytelling into the story. The discussions around creating, and wanting to leave your mark on the world was absolutely incredible, and really well done. 
The story does fully kick off however when Addie meets Henry, and I absolutely adored their relationship, and how it developed. They had an incredible meet cute, and I loved the moment Addie realised someone could remember her for the first time ever. Henry was also just a really interesting character, quite different from Addie in so many ways, but ultimately they are also really similair. They just made a really great match. Their love story throughout the book was just so beautiful, it had its difficult moments, but overall it was just so sweet, and pure.
The ending to this book wrecked me. I mean, I did see something emotional happening coming, but it still wrecked me. It's incredibly sad, but there's also something beautiful to it, and overall it just made my heart ache, even hours after finishing this book. So yeah, I adored this book in case it wasn't obvious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Misogyny