Book: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab
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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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I "read" this as a Libby audiobook loan, so, I listened to this book.
There were parts that I wasn't paying attention, so I missed the parts where Addie found out that Henry could remember her, or she was able to tell her name to Henry. And also missed where she got to know the name of The Darkness, i.e., Luc (or Luke, or whatever).
This was a rollercoast of emotions. Yeah, in the beginning, I did feel sorry for Addie and her plight and all that, and when she made The Deal, her resignation, it was sorrowful. I was surprised that Estelle also got affected (that she could not remember her).
By around 80% or 90% was when I started to really loathe Addie. I mean, you made A Deal, fair and square. Yeah, Luc sort of made you impatient and desperate and word your deal in a certain way, but you made a deal. And then to dangle it in his face, or when in a pinch, ask him, beg him for help, and then still "No". There was one particular "No" she said that really really irked me. Like, you dug your grave, now lie in it, but, "no".
Maybe that's human, but I don't know why, it just really irked me, in the you got yourself in this mess, now play by the rules you agreed to.
The ending sort of, not saved it for me, but, made it feel like there would be a potential sequel in how she intended to really end things.
All in all, it was a interesting "read". I'd probably also enjoy reading the actual book.