My main concern with the story was Henry, Addie’s main love interest. We get some small glimpses of his life before Addie, which were lacking in depth. We can see at the end of the book that his main goal is publishing Addie’s life story. We get no REAL ending for him. He is added to the story simply to push Addie beyond anything she has experienced. Henry is simply a plot point and nothing after that. His character had so much potential but sadly never lived up to my expectations. I believe that the ending was too vague for him and did not add enough to the character that had been building up for multiple chapters. Why do we get whole family scenes and introduced to his sister just for the author to do nothing with it? We even get a whole section of the book dedicated to “building” his character but in the end it ends up being nothing. His dynamic with his friends should have added to the sadness of his potential death, it should have made us feel the loss of Henry. Henry is described as “lightning in a bottle” but I must say he is nothing of the sort. It’s sad.

My next point is Luc, which is probably the best character in the entire book. He is the only character that we don’t get much information about but has the most personality. What do we truly know about Luc other than that he’s a god? Literally nothing but he continued to be the most dynamic character. He had a clear motive but I feel it was diminished the author by boiling him down to “Oh, I must have Addie”. Yes, his main goal was to have Addie but why take away that original goal because he “falls in love with her”. What’s so interesting about Addie other than she’s been alive for 300 years? What is a a 300 year old girl compared to a literal god? Nothing, we can’t even compare them because Luc is so beyond her level. The whole book I was just HOPING the author wasn’t going to go that route because it ruins the whole book. Why set up Henry just for her to get with Luc? Why even have Henry in the plot? Not to mention that Luc is a manipulative abuser who does not truly care for Addie and I’m saying that for people who wanted them to end up together. 

My NEXT point is Addie. I enjoyed the beginning when we looked at her life before immortality. I liked her way more before her immortality. I feel like the author tried wayyyyy toooooo hard to make Addie a different and unique character because “she can speak 10 languages and she has lived as a million different people”. She’s stubborn, and she’s stubborn to a point it’s annoying. I wasn’t rooting for her, I was more just sad for her. I was sad because of this story. I think the author wanted us to be rooting for Addie and happy that Addie had found someone who could remember her name but it just made me sad?? She spent her whole life alone just for this dude to come along and die in what, 60 years? It felt too quick and sad. Not to mention Henry is only added to give Addie something to be selfless for. Anyway, it was stupid reading about the people Addie had been with and it make her character seem pathetic at the fact she was with people for months and months and they didn’t even remember her.

The author turned what could have been a good character into a upsetting, desperate one. I also hated how the author mentioned Addie giving up her virginity, it seems like the author just wanted to give her trauma for shits and giggles. In fact, Addie’s whole life is just one big plot of suffering that contributes nothing. When will we stop seeing female characters in books be traumatized just to further a plot? 

I didn’t like how the author touched on war whatsoever. War should have been a huge part of Addie’s life especially because she lived through some of the most difficult times. I just wish it had been touched on a bit more and in a better manner but what can we expect. 

I liked the writing but good writing is nothing without a good plot. The concept could have been so good if properly executed!