Review of 'The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I loved the premise of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and the beginning started out strong.
It is a beautifully written story about a girl who asks to be free forever, and gets cursed to be forgotten by everyone.
The problem with the book is that it's either too long, or the characters aren't developing enough.
I imagine that after centuries of living, you'd become interested in philosophy and the meaning of life and stuff, but that doesn't really happy. Instead: Addie prefers to sleep with artists and be a muse for centuries.
I also found it strange that although she claimed to love to see new exciting things, she never seemed to travel outside the sphere or "Western" countries. She would have been so much more amazed if she visited Asia for example.
And lastly, why the hell didn't she try to understand the god that cursed her? …
I loved the premise of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and the beginning started out strong.
It is a beautifully written story about a girl who asks to be free forever, and gets cursed to be forgotten by everyone.
The problem with the book is that it's either too long, or the characters aren't developing enough.
I imagine that after centuries of living, you'd become interested in philosophy and the meaning of life and stuff, but that doesn't really happy. Instead: Addie prefers to sleep with artists and be a muse for centuries.
I also found it strange that although she claimed to love to see new exciting things, she never seemed to travel outside the sphere or "Western" countries. She would have been so much more amazed if she visited Asia for example.
And lastly, why the hell didn't she try to understand the god that cursed her? What was ITS purpose of being? Why did it do what it did? What does it need?
So yeah, this book was nice, but it could have been so much more.
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"Time always ends a second before you're ready"
