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A review by tvislife
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
5.0
Beautiful story.
It follows Addie, a woman who makes a deal with a devil to escape an unwanted marriage. As part of the deal, Addie gets to live forever—but cannot be remembered by anyone (at least, that’s what she thinks).
This was so beautiful. I loved Addie, and her story. I have a soft spot for women characters that make poor “choices”, but in reality, are forced into those decisions to escape circumstances forced upon them due to their sex.
In Addie’s case, can you really blame her for making the deal? All she had to look forward to was a loveless marriage, a multitude of children and unending work, and an early death, likely by childbirth. You (and Luc) can say anything you want about how she should have known better, or that she should have known her wish would be twisted, but I think anyone in that situation would have done the same, I know I would. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Henry and his story, but I liked the way it played against Addie’s, showing how “time” changes for each character, and what each day/moment can mean.
Following Addie through time as she slowly learned the limits of her curse, and learned how to deal with it, was calming and lovely. Addie felt like a ghost drifting through much of time, and I felt like a spirit floating right along with her, just easily pulled from scene to scene, interested but nothing in the novel felt forced. This book was such an easy read and an escape, I really enjoyed the experience of listening to it.
It follows Addie, a woman who makes a deal with a devil to escape an unwanted marriage. As part of the deal, Addie gets to live forever—but cannot be remembered by anyone (at least, that’s what she thinks).
This was so beautiful. I loved Addie, and her story. I have a soft spot for women characters that make poor “choices”, but in reality, are forced into those decisions to escape circumstances forced upon them due to their sex.
In Addie’s case, can you really blame her for making the deal? All she had to look forward to was a loveless marriage, a multitude of children and unending work, and an early death, likely by childbirth. You (and Luc) can say anything you want about how she should have known better, or that she should have known her wish would be twisted, but I think anyone in that situation would have done the same, I know I would. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Henry and his story, but I liked the way it played against Addie’s, showing how “time” changes for each character, and what each day/moment can mean.
Following Addie through time as she slowly learned the limits of her curse, and learned how to deal with it, was calming and lovely. Addie felt like a ghost drifting through much of time, and I felt like a spirit floating right along with her, just easily pulled from scene to scene, interested but nothing in the novel felt forced. This book was such an easy read and an escape, I really enjoyed the experience of listening to it.