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caitlinjadams 's review for:
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V.E. Schwab
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
On some level, this just isn't my book. I'm not really interested in the entire "deal with a devil" side of the story and desperation and the deals people would be willing to make is a major major theme of this book. But it's also a book about what people do with time when it's short and when it's long and that I found compelling, but underdeveloped. Also underdeveloped but inherently more interesting to me than anything devilish--how a woman survives over time. In the end, I think I want this to have been two parallel stories--Addie's and Henry's side by side as foils by chance--with more on how the two people lived their circumstances rather than how they lived in spite of or because of the devil. Can't say I recommend it. Can't say the hours reading it were a waste.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War