book review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

blurb:

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:

I have so many thoughts. And I am conflicted on how I feel. I book this book awhile ago, like awhile ago awhile ago. I think like back in 2021.

I struggled so hard to get into this book. I wanted so bad to love it and I was dissappionted by 100 pages in. It's about then that I can tell whether I really connected with a main character, and I could tell that Addie and I were not a good fit. I resonated more with Henry's POV, and I don't know if it's sexist of me but I want to connect with my girl characters more than the boys, just on principle. Sorry about it.

I couldn't connect with either of the characters if I am being completely honest, I can relate to Henry's struggle of never feeling like he isn't enough, but it felt like a very surface level view of mental health. The author could convey a feeling in a single moment so clearly, but considering the novel in it's entirety I feel like those moments of were lost in the waves of blah.

to be completely honest, my disinterest with this book is impacting me writing this review. so I'm just going to end it here. because doing something poorly is better than not doing it at all, right?

ttyl,