Point of View

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue is told through a third person limited narrator that focuses alternately on Addie and Henry’s points of view. This is extremely useful given the fact that both characters keep secrets from the outside world and have many traumas that contribute to their fears and insecurities.

This narration style remains consistent throughout the novel. Its perspective only ever shifts between Henry or Addie. These shifts only ever take place at the start of a chapter and are obvious through descriptions of setting or characters.

The narrator reflects character growth through figurative language. At the start of the novel, the narrator employs a bleak simile to illustrate how desolate Addie’s wedding makes her feel. The narrator says, “The day passes like a sentence. The sun falls like a scythe” (41). The melancholy tone of this passage contrasts with the upbeat...