Sam Krupnik’s Reviews > The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue > Status Update

Is the whole book just going to be Addie shoplifting her way through New York, being sad that she can't form lasting relationships, and marveling at how 1714 Paris was populated exclusively by dickheads? Because if so, 450 pages of that seems excessive.

The Faustian bargain scene was insanely well-written, I like Addie as a character, and I'm definitely hooked by now. But I still think the "girl who doesn't want to marry" plot was done better in Spinning Silver, where Wanda had some pretty severe trauma regarding marriage and childbirth that made her want to avoid that fate. Here, Addie comes across as a 21st century woman in 16th century France.

"A second life, at the expense of Addie's one and only."

Or, y'know, he wants to make sure his kids have a mother because you live in a pre-industrial society where work is constant and split along gender roles out of necessity. Yeah, it's shitty that no one considered your wishes, but you're coming across as pretty selfish here.