最後提兩個小細節是我覺得加分的,一是兩個主角都是雙性戀或泛性戀,他們會偶爾提及自己跟同性交往的經驗,而且這完全不是一個big deal,他們就是如此(It's just who they are.),我覺得很棒。第二個是書中有一些關於寂寞、時間、留下自己的歷史的討論,透過兩個主角的心境個性,會讓我思考這些事情。
總結
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue是一個很美麗卻帶著悲傷的故事,V.E. Schwab用十分優雅的文字描繪了讓人深愛的兩個主角,以及一段與惡魔的複雜愛恨關係;它是個步調緩慢、以角色為重的故事,如果你喜歡這群複雜而堅強的角色們,能夠感受他們的情緒,那你大概就會很愛這本書。
"What is a person if not the mark they leave behind?"
"The only way Addie knows how to keep going is to keep going forward, they're Orpheus she is Eurydice, and every time they turn back, she is ruined."
"She never gets closures, never gets to say goodbye, no periods, no exclamations, just a life time of ellipses."
"But this is how you walk to the end of the world. This is how you live forever. Here is one day, and here is the next, and the next, and you take what you can, savor every stolen second, cling to every moment, until it’s gone."