The intensity of Addie and Luc’s relationship was decadently electrifying at many points and spoke to a complex romantic relationship beneath the surface of the devil and his deal. The slow burn was likely meant to be hot and heavy but felt instead like Schwab was stumbling, taking longer than needed to get to her destination. She takes her time in setting up the narrative-portraying the deadly dance of predator and prey between Addie and Luc-before the true climax of the novel. Schwab’s pacing within the first half of the novel also earned another strike from me. Schwab feeds the reader an ever-growing list of people that act as surface ornaments with no real stake in Addie’s life of centuries. While it is effective in emphasizing Addie’s insignificance, it makes for a slightly confusing and dissatisfying reading experience. Because of this, keeping track of important characters proved to be a challenge. The result is a plethora of underbaked characters, introduced but not developed, mentioned across three pages and then never to be heard of again. Because of the plot’s primary focus on Addie’s invisibility, the novel introduces multiple characters that flit in and out of the story these include Addie’s string of lovers as well every single person she meets for 300 years. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue starts off with a shaky stride. Instead of soaring high it fell rather flat for me. Unfortunately the weight of its expectations sank this novel. Many also said that it perfectly tied up philosophical themes of existentialism and free will with romance and adventure in a big, pretty bow. ![]() In other words, the next YA romance sensation. For the first time in centuries, somebody remembers her.Įndlessly praised by bibliophiles on TikTok (or BookTok), this novel rose to popularity among young adults with many claiming it to be the next The Fault in Our Stars. That is until she meets a man named Henry in a dusty New York bookshop. Despite the devil’s constant nipping at her heels, Addie lives for centuries, melting into seas of faces. Addie becomes immortal, but no-one she meets can remember her. Initially desperate to be free from an arranged marriage she soon realizes this price is one too steep to pay. On a reckless night in 1714, Addie signs away her soul to the devil, Luc. Some might mistake immortality for a dream come true but for Adeline LaRue immortality is agony at its worst. After all, what more would you expect from the devil? Rapt with beauty, this novel imagines a world beyond kindness. Would you ever make a deal with the devil? While you may hope desperation never forces your hand, Addie of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is not so lucky. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Got any questions or requests? Feel free to message the moderators.“Never pray to the gods that answer after dark.” -V.E. Like in all subreddits we ask of you to please respect the reddit wide rules.Please use spoiler tags as to not reveal important plot points. You can use Markdown to make your links look nicer. If you believe your comment or submission has been removed because it included an Amazon link, please message the mods.īeware: Link shorteners are automatically removed by the spam filter. If you are found to be excessively promoting your book in the comments, you will be banned.īeware: Amazon links could be caught in the spam filter. ![]() This is not the place to advertise your book. ![]() Any illegal content will be removed at the moderators' discretion. If you want to include a link in your suggestion we encourage you to link to the author's page or to an amazon alternative.ĭon't link to illegal content. Top level replies must be suggestions or question to clear up the request. Don't attack the requests or any suggestions made, and definitely do not attack or scold individual users (it's sad really, that we actually have to specifically say this.)
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