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A review by okays1331
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
challenging
dark
emotional
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? Yes
5.0
It would be so easy to forget you. Everyone else already has.
I hate how much I loved this book because it wrecked me. But it is so very very beautiful. Because of the jumping around in time, you know fairly early exactly what you're getting into. You can see the heartbreak coming, but you can't look away. When it comes, it hurts even more for the anticipation. This book is not only gorgeously written but clever and dark and so very very human both the good and the bad.
Despite all of the aching horribleness of the world in war, famine, plague, revolution, greed, cruelty, Addie loves the world and cannot bear to part with its beauty. and that more than anything is what made this book so compelling.
And there in the dark, he asks if it was really worth it.
Were the instants of joy worth the stretches of sorrow?
Were the moments of beauty worth the year of pain?
And she turns her head, and looks at him, and says 'Always.
I hate how much I loved this book because it wrecked me. But it is so very very beautiful. Because of the jumping around in time, you know fairly early exactly what you're getting into. You can see the heartbreak coming, but you can't look away. When it comes, it hurts even more for the anticipation. This book is not only gorgeously written but clever and dark and so very very human both the good and the bad.
Despite all of the aching horribleness of the world in war, famine, plague, revolution, greed, cruelty, Addie loves the world and cannot bear to part with its beauty. and that more than anything is what made this book so compelling.
And there in the dark, he asks if it was really worth it.
Were the instants of joy worth the stretches of sorrow?
Were the moments of beauty worth the year of pain?
And she turns her head, and looks at him, and says 'Always.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Violence