The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

eBook, 555 pages

English language

Published Oct. 5, 2020 by Tor Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-7653-8758-5

(2 reviews)

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.

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Sam reviewed The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

A beautiful new take on a classic fairy tale

5 stars

"Be careful what you wish for" is a common Faustian moral, but Addie Larue expresses this classic story in beautiful new ways without turning into a mere morality tale. Not content with tricky fae folk, or a deal with the devil at the crossroads at midnight, Schwab's "gods who answer after dark" are a much more subtle and terrifying expression of our own misunderstandings, and her story telling across centuries make for an extremely compelling narrative. This is easily one of the best books I've read in a long, long time, and the ending turns the entire archetype on its head in a way that is absolutely inspiring!

oakfern reviewed The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

Review of 'The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue' on 'Storygraph'

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did not like writing style, did not like characters. will confess i skipped ahead and read a significant section of the end bc i wanted to see if it was worth continuing on. decided no.