A review by nicolesbookspace
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

adventurous emotional informative lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚁𝚎𝚙: 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘎𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 

𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: 

𝘎𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴. 

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘝.𝘌.𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘣’𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦. 

𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘓𝘶𝘤 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘶𝘤, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘦’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. 

𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴/ 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War