Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

36 reviews

lunep's review against another edition

hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Mental illness and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Biphobia, Child death, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

TLDR; 4.5 rating rounded up, I love monkey’s paw wishes, I love queer women, and I’m not gonna lie this book almost had me crying.


Full review to come. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Rape, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness and War

Minor: Biphobia, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

the_books_music_life's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The invisible Life of Addie LaRue is a love letter to/for artists of every kind. This book holds so much in it’s pages, not just a story of a girl who made a deal; but of grief, guilt, stubbornness, love and loss, power dynamics and struggles of everyday life.

Addie LaRue might be one of my favorite characters ever written. She is stubborn, wise, loves with her whole heart and tries to make the best out of bad situations and has grown stronger because of it. She makes mistakes but she shows growth from those mistakes, she takes responsibility for them and while she may regret them she doesn’t wallow in the unfairness of it all.

The prose in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is so incredibly beautiful and the many, many, many quotes I’ve tagged in this book that made me feel something or made me think could fill up a whole other book.

Every character -no matter if it’s a main character, a side character, or a character we meet once- is written like a real person. They have wants, needs, problems, passions and you hardly ever see that in a book. Especially one that spans over so much time as Addie’s story does.

I don't think I have the words to express my thoughts on this book, not really. This book touched something in me and broke something in me; if my 10 minute cry fest at the end of the book says anything.

I will admit I’ve restarted this book 3 times, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the story itself, I’ve just been getting over a reading slump and I still have my moments where I don’t read for a bit and I forget and have to start over. Which I honestly don’t mind because I really love what I’ve read (3 times so far 😂) so far. 

I love the narrator of the audiobook, she does a wonderful job and the fact she can speak and can do a french accent is perfect. (I don’t know if the narrator is in fact French or not)

Overall I would recommend this book a million times over and it deserves all the awards in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

minor prostitution, attempted rape,

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, and Pregnancy

hannahwhiteyy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book, while I think it was overhyped, was a really good read. I loved reading Addie’s history, and was even rooting for Luc in the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Biphobia, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

laurendenton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Biphobia, Confinement, Gun violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

jojo_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Biphobia, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

arys_library's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Ugh this book! Some say it is hard to get started, that the beginning is slow, for me it wasn’t at all but I can see how it would be to some. The beginning few chapters aren’t the same vibe and feel as the other chapters so people can get easily turned away from the book but push on! It’s an amazing book. I haven’t cried at the ending 2/3 of a book in quite a while. The writing was phenomenal, I keep thinking and thinking about it. Addie LaRue is a book I’ll think of forever and I can see myself reading many many times again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Biphobia and Blood

imaginingly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

it took a while to get into the book as a whole because it didn’t start picking up until about part 2 but i’m so glad i kept reading. this was such an emotional read for me (with how the ending went (i don’t usually cry with books)) so i loved it very much. only not a 5 star because of how slow the beginning was so i probably wouldn’t want to reread it but again i’m glad i read it to begin with!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Biphobia, Drug use, Blood, and Alcohol