Title: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Author: V.E. Schwab
Type: Fiction
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Historical
Publisher: Tor Books
Date published: October 6, 2020

A complimentary physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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.

⤖ My Review ⬻

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was such a ride! I’m still trying to wrap my mind around how Schwab took us to different places in the world as well as to so many places in time 442 pages. This book could have easily reached 1000 pages, and at times I had hoped that it would. There were definitely parts of the story–particularly spots in time–where I wish that I could have spent more time, gotten more details about. But I’ll stop there and instead focus on what The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue did give us. I guess I’ll start with Addie first…

Addie. Oh I had a complicated relationship with Addie. I felt for her, I really did and I was very excited to embark on a journey through these 400+ pages with her. I found, however, that I never quite fully clicked with her. But that might not necessarily be a bad thing! It could easily have been done on purpose so that one absorbs the story in a very particular way.

I can’t say more than that without spoiling things though. But feel free to private message me on Instagram or Twitter if you’ve read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue already, or even if you do so months or even years down the road! I’d like to know what you think. I can’t decide whether Addie was a complex character or not because I never connected with her 100% …

But in either case, the other characters I found to be complex for sure. Some more than others–but one thing I can say for sure about all of them: I would have liked to spend more time with them! So, I wish that this had been a longer book or a series, haha. That being said, there is the appeal of standalone and how the story wraps up and you don’t have to wait months or even years between books! All in all, I could probably continue talking about this book for a while, but I would be skirting spoiler territory, so I’ll stop here and end things with… I enjoyed The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and it really helped me escape from real life during a very difficult time. I’ll also be picking up more of Schwab‘s books soon!

⤖ About the Author ⬻

V.E. Schwab is the name Victoria Schwab publishes her adult books under. Victoria has stated that books published under V.E. Schwab are adult releases and those under Victoria Schwab are YA. Victoria is the product of a British mother, a Beverly Hills father, and a southern upbringing. Because of this, she has been known to say “tom-ah-toes,” “like,” and “y’all.” She also tells stories. She loves fairy tales, and folklore, and stories that make her wonder if the world is really as it seems.

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