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

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nukeitgurl's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

5.0

secondhandbookobsession's review

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medium-paced

4.0

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4.0

This book is by far better than A Darker Shade of Magic. I throughly enjoyed this but I thought it was a bit long winded and was happy it was over.

The story follows Addie who wants to get out of a betrothal so she prays to a “god” and he gives her deal that ends with him having her soul, but of course nothing goes the way she wants and she has to go though life with nobody remembering who she is…until someone does.

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5.0

I love V. E. Schwabs writing and this book definitely delivered, the writing was beautiful. The premise and the intricacies of her curse were fascinating and I kind of wish more time was spent on that and less on the romance, but I never like romance so that’s probably just me. I love how the chapters go back and forth through time to weave a complete story, that’s one of my favorite things to read (The Starless Sea being the epitome of that). I kind of wish more of her life was explored and that she explored more places than the 4 or 5 she seemed to stay in throughout the book. I will always have an issue with the book being revealed to be the book in the book but there’s not really a reason for that, it just bothers me. Most of my issues are minor and I do love this book, I can definitely tell how much time went into writing it.

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emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

votesforwomen's review against another edition

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4.0

I could never read only literary fiction, but every now and then I find a book in this style and it captures me.

This book felt rather like an adult Book Thief to me. A girl out of time, watched by an immortal being. As such, it suffers the same fate the Book Thief suffered from my hands. Zusak’s work was my first foray into YA, and I was appalled by the amount of swearing. Now that no longer bothers me. This book? This was my first true foray into pure adult, and my asexual self is unable to get past how much onscreen Graphicness there was. Is it a weakness of the book? Perhaps.

But the ending. It broke me. It was so beautifully done and I adored it.

Also: third person present tense is quickly becoming my favorite writing style.