THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE Book Review

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue¹ by V.E. Schwab, eBook, 434 pages

Synopsis from GoodReads: 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.

BOOK REVIEW: I have to admit...I knew NOTHING of this book outside of the fact that I had seen it blowing up all over my IG by Bookstagramers a couple years ago. I never read a description of the book, ever, and it was updating our book club TBR that I saw someone add "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid that it kind of sparked that "oh yeah" because everyone seemed to be reading these books about the same time.

I added Seven Husbands and then added Addie and low-and-behold Google random number generator picked whatever number was Addie! The story is beautiful. I could feel the frustration of no one remembering Addie. It broke my heart when not even her parents remembered who she was. It's a story of true strength. She figured out how to survive by any and all means. She was surrounded at times by so many people only to be forgotten in a single moment. She was truly alone. Until she found Henry...the one who remembered her. I had a few moments that I thought the book would end one of three ways and it kind of ended with a mash up.

I give this book a 4.75 out of 5 stars. I really don't know what could have bumped it up to a 5 star because it really was great but there was always something just in the back of my head that made it feel just shy of 5 stars. I can't put my finger on it. Addie is a wonderful character and watching her morph and grow was fascinating. Luc, despite his efforts, brought out the best in her. Henry was the person Addie needed at that time. Truly a great read.

4.75/5 Stars

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