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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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A "Best Of" Book From: Oprah Mag * CNN * Amazon * Amazon Editors * NPR * Goodreads * Bustle * PopSugar * BuzzFeed * Barnes & Noble * Kirkus Reviews * Lambda Literary * Nerdette * The Nerd Daily * Polygon * Library Reads * io9 * Smart Bitches Trashy Books * LiteraryHub * Medium * BookBub * The Mary Sue * Chicago Tribune * NY Daily News * SyFy Wire * Powells.com * Bookish * Book Riot * Library Reads Voter Favorite * 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
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*Did not finish*
I had heard so many good things about this book. So I was very surprised that I found it so difficult to get through. My initial issue was the writing style. It is so sporadic, jumping back and forth between 1730 and 2014 with small glimpses here and there into her past and present life, I was unable to really feel anything for Addie. It just felt like a lot of complaining and moping and avoiding situations in both eras of her life before and after the intro to the Devil. Once the Devil got introduced and she finally left the village, I thought "okay, maybe the writing style will change. Maybe things will start to pick up!" No - just more walking, complaining, avoiding for the first 100 or so pages.
So then I came on here and I thought "maybe I'm missing something" but reading the most recent reviews, I don't feel the need to force myself to continue reading. The biggest thing that I was hoping for is this girl has lived 300 years. She wanted to be free so she should have traveled everywhere, seen life changing moments in history (ie 2 world wars, technological innovations, unfortunately human atrocities like slavery, the holocaust, etc.) and had the opportunity to meet so many iconic people. Yet, based on the reviews, it just seems like she doesn't explore outside continental Europe and the US nor is she impacted by those major events in life in a way that shapes her character. It's all just moping and wandering in a self-absorbed way. If I had been alive for 300 years and wanted freedom, I would have traveled to every country, learned so many languages and new skills, and just been curious about everything. But that doesn't see to be Addie's purpose for why she gave herself this fate...which seems like a waste of 400 or so pages. Oh well.
I had heard so many good things about this book. So I was very surprised that I found it so difficult to get through. My initial issue was the writing style. It is so sporadic, jumping back and forth between 1730 and 2014 with small glimpses here and there into her past and present life, I was unable to really feel anything for Addie. It just felt like a lot of complaining and moping and avoiding situations in both eras of her life before and after the intro to the Devil. Once the Devil got introduced and she finally left the village, I thought "okay, maybe the writing style will change. Maybe things will start to pick up!" No - just more walking, complaining, avoiding for the first 100 or so pages.
So then I came on here and I thought "maybe I'm missing something" but reading the most recent reviews, I don't feel the need to force myself to continue reading. The biggest thing that I was hoping for is this girl has lived 300 years. She wanted to be free so she should have traveled everywhere, seen life changing moments in history (ie 2 world wars, technological innovations, unfortunately human atrocities like slavery, the holocaust, etc.) and had the opportunity to meet so many iconic people. Yet, based on the reviews, it just seems like she doesn't explore outside continental Europe and the US nor is she impacted by those major events in life in a way that shapes her character. It's all just moping and wandering in a self-absorbed way. If I had been alive for 300 years and wanted freedom, I would have traveled to every country, learned so many languages and new skills, and just been curious about everything. But that doesn't see to be Addie's purpose for why she gave herself this fate...which seems like a waste of 400 or so pages. Oh well.
There are details of the book that are hard to believe. The way the story was written is interesting, how it jumps back and forth through time. Her relationship with the darkness is captivating and something I’ve never read before. I really enjoyed the ending; it was heart-wrenching. My overall rating is mostly affected by the feeling that there were potential plot holes given the nature of her invisibleness. I’m sad I felt that way!
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