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A review by ramblingsofareader
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
3.0
"Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives - or to find strength in a very long one."
Bookstagram seems to influence my reads a lot these days it seems. I've seen this book everywhere, so I decided to give it a try.
The beginning is slow yet captivating. There is Addie, her parents are going to force her to marriage and she seeks a way out. Seems like a typical storyline. But it is very beautifully written. The writing is poetic and tasteful.
The prose goes well with the atmosphere of the book; dark, mysterious and lonely.
I appreciate the how the characters represent pansexuality, how some characters are LGBTQ+. I also admire the representation of depression and anxiety. And also the discussion about immortality and mortality seems very appropriate.
But, the writing was very repititive. Some scenes were so repititive that it became annoying. I did not like the character of Luc even a bit. I don't think the character is built well enough to show the qualities which the author intended to. But that's my personal opinion.
Addie lives for about 300 years but she conveniently manages to live in the west for the most of the time. There is no description of her travels to the other parts of the world such as Asia. She doesn't take part in the historically important things such as suffrage movement or ending of slavery. She doesn't meet people of color.
The disappointment was that this book had so much potential and gives so much promise in the beginning yet the author manages to wrap up the story in bad rom com style. Anyway, I liked the writing so I'm giving 3 stars!
Bookstagram seems to influence my reads a lot these days it seems. I've seen this book everywhere, so I decided to give it a try.
The beginning is slow yet captivating. There is Addie, her parents are going to force her to marriage and she seeks a way out. Seems like a typical storyline. But it is very beautifully written. The writing is poetic and tasteful.
The prose goes well with the atmosphere of the book; dark, mysterious and lonely.
I appreciate the how the characters represent pansexuality, how some characters are LGBTQ+. I also admire the representation of depression and anxiety. And also the discussion about immortality and mortality seems very appropriate.
But, the writing was very repititive. Some scenes were so repititive that it became annoying. I did not like the character of Luc even a bit. I don't think the character is built well enough to show the qualities which the author intended to. But that's my personal opinion.
Addie lives for about 300 years but she conveniently manages to live in the west for the most of the time. There is no description of her travels to the other parts of the world such as Asia. She doesn't take part in the historically important things such as suffrage movement or ending of slavery. She doesn't meet people of color.
The disappointment was that this book had so much potential and gives so much promise in the beginning yet the author manages to wrap up the story in bad rom com style. Anyway, I liked the writing so I'm giving 3 stars!