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La Vida Invisible de Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

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pebbletown's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

It’s not really fair competition when one of your love interests is an endlessly powerful, hot, immortal Mephistopheles who is obsessed with you, and the other is Joe from You if he had depression. I’m sorry!

Anyway Schwab’s writing has never really done it for me, but by the third act this did grab me, and for being so long I did get through it pretty fast. The whole time reading though, I just felt wistful over how much I would have adored this in high school…it’s giving The Night Circus, maybe even The Book Thief a little. Very dreamlike and romantic (in the Victorian sense) and a little in love with itself/the concept of literature.

Now I’m old and and it is just fine.

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takarakei's review against another edition

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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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ashlyluvsyellow's review against another edition

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I was not super interested in the ending and looked up how it ended as well then skimmed the rest of the novel.

I think this book is great if you like character driven plot and internal thoughts. It was a bit slow paced for me.

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d_dubzz's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

This book is absolutely amazing! You’re guided through history like you’ve never been guided before. Addie is such an interesting and complex protagonist who I adored from start to finish! Her ambition and passion for life is just astounding and her beautiful tragic story was truly fantastic. I’m a huge fan of V.E. Schwab and have been for years and I love all of the books I’ve read by her so far but this one hit me HARD. I went from smiling to crying to feeling actually nauseous at some scenes purely from the intense emotions I felt while reading some of the later chapters! I actually could not recommend this book more it is a masterpiece!

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neogyv's review

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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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amschelly153's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

I enjoyed reading this book and will absolutely read it again. It made me feel so many emotions, mostly a mix of happiness and sadness and some anger honestly. It’s a beautiful story about art and hope and creative inspiration and womanhood and being seen.

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bruts_bane's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

This book was incredible, as always with VE Schwab. I’m definetly a big fan of her work, the way that she writes always draws me in. The plot of this book is so interesting and creative. It kept me hooked the WHOLE time. I love Addie and Luc, all the characters are so deep and flawed and it’s so fascinating seeing them grow and interact with each other. I found the beginning to the end of the book to be perfect. Every scene had meaning, there was pretty much no filler at all in the book (which I found great since reading filler chapters will always be the bane of my existence). The language is incredible in this book. It’s so poetic and can be flowery or gloomy, with the perfect balance of both. I’d die for a sequel or any more chapters of this book. It’s just really imaginative and creative, I can’t stress that enough. You can never predict what’s gonna happen next. There’s a really interesting correlation between art pieces throughout the book, which tie in with each chapter. And there are also time skips all throughout the book, similar to the vicious series, which just hook you in even more. My only grip which I hate repeating again and again, especially with VE Schwab books, is the lack of diverse representation within characters. I think the queer rep was done well which I appreciated, but the lack of POC characters is a bit upsetting. I wish it was more inclusive in that sense. But despite this, in my opinion, it was an overall almost perfect book. I wish all books were this good :,)
(…..Im sorry but I love you Luc <3)

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