The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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#1 Library Reads Pick--October 2020
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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 * 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. 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 Villains
Vicious
Vengeful
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Community Reviews
I was hooked from the synopsis. And I stayed hooked. This story was brilliantly told. Each time I thought I knew what was going to happen, the pages curved and took me in a new direction. I adored Henry and Addie together and their relationship was adorable and innocent and wonderful and I found it an excellent contrast to the past events and relationships in Addies life. I’m a huge enemies to lovers fan, but for once I found myself rooting for the genuine, as-close-to-love-at-first-sight-as-you-can-get relationship portrayed. Oh. And I cried. So hard. For the last couple chapters.
Excellent story, believable characters, exciting twists and turns, and full of emotion throughout. I loved that the villain seemed to grow as the story progressed. I feel that often the villain stays fairly constant in their emotions and goals but that was not the case in this book. There was so much character growth on all fronts, but none of it felt rushed. The pacing was thought out, and it kept you on your toes as you read. I’m a notorious “guesser of endings” and I kept thinking I knew what was going to happen but was continuously proven wrong.
I definitely recommend this book to everyone, especially those who like a good romance like the Notebook or a Walk to Remember with some devilish deals mixed in.
Excellent story, believable characters, exciting twists and turns, and full of emotion throughout. I loved that the villain seemed to grow as the story progressed. I feel that often the villain stays fairly constant in their emotions and goals but that was not the case in this book. There was so much character growth on all fronts, but none of it felt rushed. The pacing was thought out, and it kept you on your toes as you read. I’m a notorious “guesser of endings” and I kept thinking I knew what was going to happen but was continuously proven wrong.
I definitely recommend this book to everyone, especially those who like a good romance like the Notebook or a Walk to Remember with some devilish deals mixed in.
The plot was good but the descriptive language and grammar didn’t really match the characters POV and was just too much. I love detailed world-building but this was the kind that would take 2 pages to describe a single room.
This book reignited a passion for reading in me and brought me into a new mindset. To go through an eternity, living many lives, experiencing the evolution of humanity, but at such a high cost. I long for a continuance of this story.
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