The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue in Rolling with the lgbt

May 05, 2023 ⊹ ࣪ ˖ ꒰ঌ Aylin (monster lover) ໒꒱ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I am emotionally drained, scarred for life, heartbroken and miserable⎯ which is wonderful, five out of five stars. Would definitely ~~(not)~~ let a charmingly despicable god of darkness snatch my soul away just to be able to read this book for the first time again.

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Nov 03, 2022 Drew (Taylor's version)✨ rated it it was amazing

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17/3/23 I'M GIVING IT FULL MARKS. I'm in a little bit of a reading slump rn because i saw V.E.Schwab talk yesterday about this book and omg i need to reread asappp

5/5 read this book

3/11/22“What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?”

This book has all the feels. I'm honestly not sure what I was expecting but it delivered. The story of Addie, who bargains with a god on her wedding night so that she could be free. She didn't realise that would mean forgotten. No one can remember her. Lea ...more

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Oct 17, 2021 mary ♡ (she | they) rated it really liked it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. 3.75 stars**

wow. schwab’s writing never gets old. i know she’s talented, but every time i read a new one of her books i am astonished by the beauty of her words and how they sweep me away from reality and transport me to the colorful worlds she creates. victoria’s characters, as well, are so compelling and drawn out, that i get instantly obsessed with them (both when the obsession is of hatred, & when i’m so in love, i want to kiss the ground they walk on).

this book was no exception! i instantly 3.75 stars**

wow. schwab’s writing never gets old. i know she’s talented, but every time i read a new one of her books i am astonished by the beauty of her words and how they sweep me away from reality and transport me to the colorful worlds she creates. victoria’s characters, as well, are so compelling and drawn out, that i get instantly obsessed with them (both when the obsession is of hatred, & when i’m so in love, i want to kiss the ground they walk on).

this book was no exception! i instantly adored addie, and saw a lot of myself in her. i was so interested by the darkness and what he was (cause he’s definitely not human!!). i also heard that this was a romance between addie & the devil so i was rly interested to see how their storyline evolved. and henry!! my baby! i need just a regular contemporary fiction novel of henry & his friends being the weirdos they are.

as for the negatives…
I wasn’t into the flip flopping between past and present for each chapter. i really enjoyed that style of writing in her book, Vicious, but in this one, it just made me feel super disoriented, and then frustrated when i kept getting taken away from the action—or, “action” isn’t really the right word, because literally nothing happened in this book. it felt like the entire book was made up of filler content. the plot structure was basically a hell of a lot of exposition, some rising action, and then immediately a conclusion. and the conclusion was a shitty one at that. it was so anticlimactic and reversed a lot of the things i was starting to like about the story. (LOOKING AT YOU ADDIELUC) like how come they have to end on that note when i was finally starting to really ship them? huh? explain miss schwab!! #notnice

also, i appreciate that henry got to live, because now he appreciates the beauty of life (since he was so close to losing it). but, that was the biggest conflict we got and it got resolved so easily!! i wish she at least spent more time explaining it, rather than just dumping it all into the last chapter or so.

i mean, i still enjoyed the book a lot, but i definitely don’t agree with the extent of hype it gets. (let’s bring that hype to the villains series please !!) ...more

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Feb 20, 2022 mia n rated it really liked it

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there’s this one thing that happens somethings when i read an amazing book. i won’t be able to speak for the next hour or so. i can make incoherent noises, but if i try to form words, nothing comes out.
needless to say, this book took all eloquence from me and left me completely speechless.

what can i say?

i’m giving this 4.5 devastated stars, just because i have many emotions surrounding luc and that is how i’m going to channel them.

please read this. addie can be an inspiration to anyone, and he ...more

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Dec 31, 2020 bookish_corner_1 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I could not believe this book. Damn it was so good. It was a great way to end the year, I have to say I went into this book knowing very little because I didn’t want to spoil it for myself and I’m glad I didn’t know that much going into it. My favourite characters have to be Addie and Estelle. Addie is so human, she makes mistakes and that makes her more relatable than other characters that I have read. And Estelle reminds me of the wise village elder that everyone would respect.
I went into th ...more

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Nov 22, 2022 eline rated it liked it

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Mar 19, 2020 vatana is trying to read marked it as to-read

it’s 1 am and i’ve just shed Big Emotional Tears over this cover. this book is going to be great. i can Feel it.

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Feb 23, 2022 Jake Callum rated it really liked it

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What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?

4.5
I waited to read this book for such a long time, and got so excited when it finally arrived that I finished it in onee sitting, and I'll let you know it was totally worth the wait.
I do have to admit I didn't like Addie with either of her love intrests and both of the love stories fell kind of flat for me, which was disappointing since I was promised a heart shattering love story which I did not get- that being said, I did like the character ...more

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