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Title: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueAuthor: V.E Schwab
Published: 2020
The Story at a Glance: 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 thoughts…
Rating:
I really enjoyed this book, and in the beginning I absolutely loved it. For the first time ever, I even felt like annotating a physical book (and this wasn’t even a buddy read!). The writing is stunning, and I completely understand why so many people adore this story.
That said, I definitely picked the wrong month to read it. August was so busy that I only managed to read in tiny snippets, two pages here, two pages there, and for *this* book, that just didn’t work. I knew it was supposed to be slow, but reading it so fragmented made it feel like it wasn’t going anywhere. 💀 Since it was a book club pick, I also had a deadline and ended up skimming parts of the final section just to finish in time. 🥸
I honestly think that if I’d read it in a calmer month, with the time to sink into the story, it could have been a new favorite. The prose was beautiful, and I can see why it resonates so deeply with so many readers. For me, it’s a 3.5 stars read, but with the right timing, it might have been close to a 5. ✨
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