The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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V. E. Schwab
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLER NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLERTHE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLERRecommended by Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, NPR, Slate, and Oprah Magazine #1 Library Reads Pick—October 2020#1 Indie Next Pick—October 2020BOOK OF THE YEAR (2020) FINALIST—Book of The Month ClubA “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. SchwabShades of Magic A Darker Shade of Magic A Gathering of Shadows A Conjuring of LightVillains Vicious VengefulAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Author
V. E. Schwab
Pages
480
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Published Date
2020-10-06
ISBN
0765387581 9780765387585
Ratings
Google: 5
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"A love story for the ages with an interesting plot twist. Does a life lived in moments result in ethical ambiguity?"
Donna Thiessen
"I’m obsessed! Wow what a way to tell a story. Love love love her writing style and damn this got me hooked. I literally cannot stop reading. I honestly thought the ending was goin to be different…it’s just me, I’m always rooting for the bad guy😂 although at time, I find Addie kinda annoying. She keep blaming Luke when girl, yu made the deal…she even admits that she would do it all over again and yet she still blame Luke😅"
Tram Ly
"I really liked this! It wasn't as whimsical or exciting as some of Schwab's other books, but that doesn't make it any less of a good read. This book very purposefully reads like an autobiography. The narrative jumps around, and sometimes the plot feels second fiddle to simply getting an emotion or an idea on the page. But it works. I especially loved the idea that an immortal is not living it up in the grandest and most spectacular ways they can imagine but is instead just getting by. This is a nice break from the grander end of the world fantasy books I feel like I'm always reading."
Lize
"What would you trade to escape a life you do not want? Knowing what she *doesn’t* want doesn’t help Addie choose wisely or carefully and only later comes to fully comprehend the trade she has made. She successfully avoids a small life in a small village, trading it for an invisible life. This story is beautifully written. Highly recommend!!"
Jackie Davidson
"Beautifully written. "
Meagan Khatthaname
"This was good! "
Heather
"LOVED IT. 5/5 AMAZING. The ending messed me up tho… still amazing writing that you stumble upon once in a lifetime. Would forever recommend."
Vivian Engel
"A life no one will remember.
A story you won’t forget.
France, 1714; a young woman makes a deal with the devil to live forever, but she is cursed to be forgotten by everyone as soon as they turn away from her.
Thus her life becomes an adventure. Addie Larue lives out centuries in different continents, across history and art, how far will Addie go to be remembered? To leave her mark on the world.
One day everything changes after 300 years Addie meets someone that can actually remember her.
This book is very lyrical in how it’s written. The way they explain the story, it adds magic to else would be a normal story. The book exists in many timelines so it was interesting seeing her life over the span of 300 years. I loved seeing how everyone she met, how they reacted to her, how they remembered her and how she chose to love those she met. There are intricacies about not being remembered that I never even imagined until reading this book. It’s not like a crazy, magical story with world building, it’s set in normal life with places that can still be visited. However how the character interacts with them and how they become her own are interesting to witness. The character development and growth, top notch. The last third of the book was the most interesting, it had the most uncertainty as the book falls together, a lot of gasp moments for me. Although it wasn’t my usual fantasy book, it was definitely worth the read for me and fell together better than I anticipated."
Leeann Smith
"Absolutely a must read. One of my favorites Iv read this year! I want a sequel BUT also don’t want the magic of this story to be sullied. "
MoonPieMakes
"This is such a sad book. The beginning made me sympathize with her a lot."
Regina Heel
