ve schwab the invisible life of addie larue

There’s a bit of a love triangle in here that, I don’t know, I didn’t much care for. However, with the hundreds of years under her belt, she felt a bit angsty. The development we see of her in the book would have been fine if her lifespan was just the book. While trying to keep this spoiler-free, I will say that, for someone who lives as long as she does, it does seem like she didn’t have that much actual development. I love that, but I will say I agree with some of the critiques I’ve seen about Addie’s personality. This was certainly a very character-driven story. I do try and go in blind to my books, but the little that I knew about the premise - a girl selling her soul to the darkness and then being forgotten by the world - sounded like it could have some pulse-pounding moments. Had I not known it was a slow-paced book that didn’t see much action, I might have put it down. I actually started reading this book with just the text, struggled to get into it a little bit, and then did an immersion read with the audiobook and ended up enjoying it much more. The narrator, Julia Whelan, did an incredible job. On the note of the audiobook - it was amazing. If not for the addition of the audiobook, it may have ended up distracting me throughout. I think, of all things, my one critique of it would be it felt very comma heavy. While it may not have me running out to get another one immediately, I’m certainly open to reading more of her work. This was my first attempt at a Schwab novel. I should open by saying that I like the writing style of V.E.

I’ll settle with it’s not “as good” as everybody says, but it’s not a “bad” read, either. I’ve oscillated a lot with my opinion on it since finishing.

Ve schwab the invisible life of addie larue