![]() ![]() ![]() Until Henry showed up, then my attention was captured. I didn’t really see where the story would go. To my surprise, I ended up really enjoying this book, mostly the second half.Īlthough Schwab’s writing style is undeniably gorgeous, I found myself a little bored. I was really worried I wasn’t going to end up liking this book, the first 200 pages or so I thought this book was going to disappoint me. ![]() When I first started this novel it was super slow and to be honest, I wasn’t really into it. ![]() TW/CW: Death, depression, grief, violence, attempted suicide, emotional manipulation, drug use, starvation, sexual acts for payment 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.īut everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore, and he remembers her name. “Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives–or to find strength in a very long one.”įrance, 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. ![]()
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