Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

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

141 reviews

nie_fertig's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

V.E. Schwab is probably one of my favorite authors now!! I LOVE her writing style like it's so immersive, descriptive, and very fast paced cause the chapters are so short! I think I love her Vicious duology more than this book, especially because I foresaw almost every turning point/conflict/resolution in the story, like my partner spoiled the ending for me but it didn't matter cause I already knew it was going to happen. However, the ending still hit me like a brick even when I expected it and the slow plot (it's a fast read with a slow plot as a heads up) was made up for the immaculate ending! 
Anyway, I'm inspired to write three tragic relationship stories from this book alone so thanks V.E. Schwab for that! And if you like dark, romantic, and life-questioning books - and any other books written by V.E. Schwab - then I would highly recommend this book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Torture, and Violence

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Minor: Child death and Pregnancy

ladybug12793's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

saintsunflower's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

4.75

You need to get past the first 80 pages before it really gets good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and War

tetedump's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

flavicou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This book is great. A strong all around good read. I would’ve however liked to see more exploration of Henry’s character and thief relationship. I thought that luc and addie were all around more interesting and in the end it was never really about Henry but about addie. I loved the game between luc and addie and the developement of the tension and thier relationship 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual violence

isfantasi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Biphobia, Sexism, and War

gbeene's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.0

I was entertained, but not moved. The concept is interesting, but the book has its flaws. The writing tried too hard to be pretty, and the story could’ve easily been shortened. Aside from her desperation, Addie didn’t have as much personality as I would’ve hoped for in a main character. I could say something similar for Henry. For me, Luc was the only character that was truly dynamic. 

I was entertained, but unfortunately, ironically, I imagine the book will be easy to forget.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual violence

manyofmae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence and War

alexlynx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.5

Be patient with this book. It follows paths that you feel like you don't want to take. Give it time. I personally have a love-hate relationship with books that jump between time so much that at some point you can barely make out where the plot starts and where it ends. But this book has a very definitive start and end, only the middle is blurred. I got lost in it, and it was beautiful, and sad, and madning, and insane, inspiring, wonderful. Her writing is addictive to a point where I'm almost annoyed at myself for how long it took to finally continue reading this book. And I also want to scream at her for the things these characters have to go through, and for how attached to them I got.
Insanely beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail