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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V.E. Schwab
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"[--] when you live long enough, even madness ends."
– Addie
This book took me on a journey with Addie! Her character development and relentless will for agency is inspiring. Addie has experienced a lot and learned more through her long life. Through it all, her one main characteristic is that she has a strong mind of her own, and she isn't willing to give it up no matter what.
As Addie begins her story, she is a girl with no agency in a time period where there is no strong agency to be had as a woman. Addie doesn't accept it, but instead finds her own path. She makes an unfortunate deal with a god no one should make deals with, and still she continuously refuses to yield to the end goal of their deal: her soul being given to the god. Instead, she pushes through all her struggles.
As a result for the deal, Addie has freedom over her own life but is unmemorable to everyone, and she can't leave any mark of herself behind. This brings up reflections on what it is to be a human, to belong, or to love. However, through the centuries, Addie learns the boundaries of her cursed existence and begins to look for ways of going around them.
Addie becomes a cunning and powerful woman with agency – a truly feminist bosslady of her own life. As per Addie's own metaphors, she goes from a ghost to a muse and a witch, when she learns that ideas are stronger than any other marks, and that she can leave ideas behind.
This book took me on a journey with Addie! Her character development and relentless will for agency is inspiring. Addie has experienced a lot and learned more through her long life. Through it all, her one main characteristic is that she has a strong mind of her own, and she isn't willing to give it up no matter what.
As Addie begins her story, she is a girl with no agency in a time period where there is no strong agency to be had as a woman. Addie doesn't accept it, but instead finds her own path. She makes an unfortunate deal with a god no one should make deals with, and still she continuously refuses to yield to the end goal of their deal: her soul being given to the god. Instead, she pushes through all her struggles.
As a result for the deal, Addie has freedom over her own life but is unmemorable to everyone, and she can't leave any mark of herself behind. This brings up reflections on what it is to be a human, to belong, or to love. However, through the centuries, Addie learns the boundaries of her cursed existence and begins to look for ways of going around them.
Addie becomes a cunning and powerful woman with agency – a truly feminist bosslady of her own life. As per Addie's own metaphors, she goes from a ghost to a muse and a witch, when she learns that ideas are stronger than any other marks, and that she can leave ideas behind.
[--] the truth, that ideas are so much wilder than memories, that they long and look for ways of taking root.
As a standalone, the book is somewhat open-ended. Addie gets to
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content, Violence, Suicide attempt