France 1714: Addie LaRue makes a deal, immortality for invisibility. She will live forever and never age, but no one will remember her. NYC 2014: Three hundred years later, the impossible happens. A young man in a bookshop remembers her. V.E. Schwabās The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue takes the reader through Addieās epic life and romance with Henry Strauss. Itās a beautiful story of strength and perseverance. Itās a reminder to keep fighting during the bad days and to live life to the fullest. Finally, it is a testament to the power of words and ideas. āØš½š #theinvisiblelifeofaddielarue #veschwab #addielarue #luc #henrystrauss #rememberme #irememberyou #ideasarewilderthanmemories #read #reading #books #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce1mhmlpfXr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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I noticed that this book got a lot of overwhelmingly positive reviews, and I do agree that this was a good book. However, there are just things in this book I can't sugarcoat. Make sure you read the post on our Instagram page before you read this post!
While Schwabās writing was incredible and the plot itself I loved, one very important factor of the book felt really underwhelming. I think Addie LaRueās personality was just bland, and I believe her character was lacking. When I was reading the book, I was super invested in the plot in itself that I completely didnāt notice this issue the first time. Only at the end of the book that I realized that Addie herself didnāt leave much of a mark on me. The character that really made me shed tears was actually Henry, his character was written great and he definitely saved the book recommendation from ranking 3ās. His character had a lot of depth and he is hands down the character I was most attached to.
Now Iād like to discuss the pacing. Again, I loved the premise and the plot itself, especially during the exposition in the beginning when we were introduced to Addieās life in Villon-Sur-Sarthe. Schwab was able to depict her mundane life beautifully, and the beginning got my hopes up! But the pacing was so uneven in this book. Not long after she was cursed by Luc, the book just really slowed down for a while. But then it picked up again once we were introduced to Henryās character, I really liked Henryās story. While I was deciding the score for the recommendation earlier, Henryās section in the book kept the points from going too low. I also liked Lucās character more than I thought because I think he was written very well and his motives were clearer to me than Addies, and I enjoyed reading about him more than when Addie was figuring out the whole immortal thing.
I want to talk about the relationships in this book. A significantly large part of this book talks about Henry and Addieās relationship--obviously, because Addie finally met someone that remembers her name--yet I personally was surprisingly more invested in Addie and Lucās relationship. I feel like Schwab could have added a little something to make us more attached to Henry and Addie than Addie and Luc. But note this thought of mine may be quite biased since I wanted Luc to end up with Addie.
Speaking of relationships, there are sections of this book where we are introduced to Addieās past lovers (that didnāt work out because they didnāt remember her), and I had a problem with some of them. Mostly her Italian lover and Tabitha (her ex-girlfriend). I just think they were unnecessary to the plot? They did not contribute to Addieās character development whatsoever, I would have expected that since Tabitha was the only female ex of Addieās we were introduced to she would have some more significance, I guess not.
As you have read, there are definitely issues present that I have with the book, so you might be wondering, why is it still 4 stars? 4 stars is not a bad rating at all. Well, first I donāt think this book was bad AT ALL. I loved a bunch of the themes incorporated in this book. A really good example is the theme of art which birthed one of my favorite quotes in this book which was repeated a couple of times, āIdeas are wilder than memoriesā. This is what I mean by I love V.E Schwabās writing, that sentence is just so beautiful!
There are literally so many memorable quotes in this book and that's why I just couldn't give this one 3 stars. I love books with memorable and lasting passages, this book definitely had that.
Another reason why this book deserved 4 stars is due to the ending of the book which took a hard right and turned out so so good. I canāt even express how the ending literally saved the majority of the book for me because with The reveal and backstory of Luc and Addieās relationship, and Henry publishing The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue in their universe; just the way Schwab concluded the book itself was incredibly well done. It was hard to predict the ending of this book, but the ending wasn't written randomly either. This is why I said to prepare yourself for the end and why this book still left a very clear mark on me because the conclusion of everything was just amazing AND memorable.
I feel like it sounds like Iām giving this book a very harsh review but I want to say that the issues I had with the book came out after I processed what I read. I still had a really fun time reading this book and still definitely recommend this book as a reader.
That's all I have to say, for now. Send your thoughts on this book in our message feature! Thank you for reading and as always stay safe!
