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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

By V. E. Schwab

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In the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force.

Recommended by Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, NPR, Slate, and Oprah Magazine
#1 Library Reads Pick—October 2020
#1 Indie Next Pick—October 2020
BOOK OF THE YEAR (2020) FINALIST—Book of The Month Club

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A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever—and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.

Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.

But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.

Also by V. E. Schwab

Shades of Magic
A Darker Shade of Magic
A Gathering of Shadows
A Conjuring of Light

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Vicious
Vengeful

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Published Apr 11, 2023

Average rating: 7.67

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Finch

May 23, 2025

2/10 stars

It had a lot of introspection and people walking around talking to each other and nothing really happening so obviously I didn't like it. Henry annoyed the everliving hell out me with his whiney ways and Addie was more understandable but kept getting into and describing one bed and lover after another which didn't interest me, because she really didn't do anything else with her life and opportunities. At this point I'm rooting for the villain because these people are so insufferable. Also the vibe of the book is horribly Parisian, which I know many people love but I absolutely loathe. So yeah!!! Books that take four hundred pages of people standing and being handsome and desired by everyone and maybe saying an aesthetic line before anything notable happens are really boring in my opinion and that's this book.

Mrs.TPed

May 16, 2025

4/10 stars

This was a February book club pick for me and it didn’t disappoint. Born in the 1700 and she didn’t like how life was going and prayed for something to change but the wrong god answered. It bounces around to different years and at first was a little confusing. Then she meets a boy who remembers hers but why out 300 years he remembers her and she falls for him because she is seen and heard. All this time the god she prayed to that cursed her pops in and out of her life. There is something between them a slow burn of affection all these years. This is definitely something I wouldn’t have picked to read myself but glad it was something I got to read.

RJune

May 10, 2025

5/10 stars

SPOILER ALERT‼️ Please note the my review has SPOILERS ALERT‼️ I really struggled with this book. I found it overwhelmingly dull, repetitive, and lacking in character development. The pacing dragged, and too much time was spent on storytelling. The chapters I enjoyed the most were the ones with Luc and Addie, how their relationship developed, but I felt like it always a whole lot of scene setting and then a 2 sentence convo between Luc and Addie and then poof 🤯 - he was gone for another 50000 Million years. I was really hoping for a redemption - evil to good plot. But instead I was delivered with Henry Strauss, who I felt was painfully bland. The plot twist where Henry lives (that everyone saw coming! 🙄). Instead of freedom from her captor, Addie essentially caged herself to Luc, using Henry as an emotional justification?? But was it really about saving Henry? Or was it about ensuring someone finally remembered her? It felt more like a power play than a selfless act—Addie finally gaining some control over Luc, and using Henry as a means to an end?? The supporting characters didn’t help much either. Robbie? I wish I could forget him as easily as he forgot Addie. The only character who truly stood out was Remy 💛, the artist she met in Paris. I wish Henry's character was more like Remy, but then again only a character like Henry would sell his soul to be liked.

b_marie

May 01, 2025

Be careful what you wish for. This was an emotional roller-coaster. The theme of the book is how important it is to feel seen. Addie is invisible but not. To see her go through 300 years of not being remember by anyone except the thing that did this to you is a torture that I don't think I would last very long in. The way the story is told is so beautiful because you get to know Addie and feel what she feels. When Henry remembered her, the relief and joy I felt for her made me realize how connected to her I was. And Henry, all he wanted to be was enough and for Luc to twist that. GRRRRR. Like Luc sucks and is so cruel to everyone in this book.; take what he wants and not caring about who it hurts. The twist with Henry in the end made me want to scream and cry. That he was in such a state to make a deal like that crushed me because he is just a wonderful person. And Luc used that to torture Addie. "I remember you." That crushed me and pushed this book into one of my top reads of the year. The way the author brought it all back full circle with Henry using her stories to keep her alive was genius. Addie throughout the book was inspiring art, why not Henry too. P.S I hope Addie bests that stupid devil. Even if I don't get to read about it.

rbrubaker@gfmi.com

Apr 14, 2025

6/10 stars

Not a bad book, but not in my top tier of ones. Felt that the characters were not fully developed, nor did many of her encounters "peel the onion" enough to warrant them being in there. Being rescued and transported at the moment of crises became tiring. And while the ending was interesting, again, there was not enough "meat" in it to justify why they were opting to be together. Henry's character definitely needed more development other than just "looking for love in all the wrong places." Light entertainment at best. Not giving this book any real estate in my library but donating it...