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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
4.5/5 for the semi-anticlimactic ending. Otherwise it was great!
4.7 stars
I enjoyed reading this book and only had a few minor annoyances. This book made me feel a certain way, and I can understand Sadie. I would reccomend this book.
I enjoyed reading this book and only had a few minor annoyances. This book made me feel a certain way, and I can understand Sadie. I would reccomend this book.
While I enjoyed the writing style and the podcast aspect of the book, the ending alone killed it for me. You're pretty much left exactly where you started and get no resolution. Would not recommend unless you like disappointment.
“maybe you get so used to the mess of home, you convince yourself over time everything's exactly where it belongs.” i have no clue how this ended up categorised as a young-adult? this was heartwrenching. 4.5 ☆’s.
Das (englische) Hörbuch ist einfach unglaublich. Durch den Podcast Aspekt und die verschiedenen Sprecher wirkt alles noch realer. Ich wurde von der Geschichte sehr in den Bann gezogen und habe fast 90 Prozent des Buches an einem Stück gehört.
Das Ende war für meinen Geschmack aber zu offen.
Das Ende war für meinen Geschmack aber zu offen.
I have been told countless times since this book released that I needed to read it. At last, I have.
I am so very glad I opted for the audiobook experience for this one, because I think it is, quite possibly, the most well-produced audiobook I’ve ever listened to.
This book is not a happy read. It is heavy. It is intense. It’s not here to coddle you and make you feel good about the world, and there is nothing at all to give you the impression that any of it is going to
end happily.
Summers explores dark, but necessary, subject matter in this book, and the plot is woven together in such a masterful way—juxtaposing Sadie’s personally odyssey together with the podcasting journalist’s journey to trace her footsteps and track her down. But these elements are string together in a way that doesn’t feel contrived or cheap. Summers didn’t use shock and bleakness as selling point for her plot. She simply created a character who held a lot of pain, and who existed of her own accord.
Sadie’s voice—brought breathtakingly to life in the audiobook—is haunted and haunting and paints a picture of a girl dealing with REAL trauma, with real situations that feel not like they were plucked from headlines, but directly from someone’s diary.
Deep, dark thoughts about what vengeance is, about what it means to confront a monster and confront what that monster did to you, and—importantly—what the bond between two sisters looks like when they’re all each other has.
This book will take you on a harrowing journey across rural Colorado, in a literary way that almost feels reminiscent of pieces written during America’s naturalist movement. And the podcast sections will bring a jolt of freshness to the story, making it feel current, as it’s produced by an outside voice coming into Sadie’s tragic life.
I can’t rate this book highly enough. It’s my favorite read of 2020 so far.
I am so very glad I opted for the audiobook experience for this one, because I think it is, quite possibly, the most well-produced audiobook I’ve ever listened to.
This book is not a happy read. It is heavy. It is intense. It’s not here to coddle you and make you feel good about the world, and there is nothing at all to give you the impression that any of it is going to
end happily.
Summers explores dark, but necessary, subject matter in this book, and the plot is woven together in such a masterful way—juxtaposing Sadie’s personally odyssey together with the podcasting journalist’s journey to trace her footsteps and track her down. But these elements are string together in a way that doesn’t feel contrived or cheap. Summers didn’t use shock and bleakness as selling point for her plot. She simply created a character who held a lot of pain, and who existed of her own accord.
Sadie’s voice—brought breathtakingly to life in the audiobook—is haunted and haunting and paints a picture of a girl dealing with REAL trauma, with real situations that feel not like they were plucked from headlines, but directly from someone’s diary.
Deep, dark thoughts about what vengeance is, about what it means to confront a monster and confront what that monster did to you, and—importantly—what the bond between two sisters looks like when they’re all each other has.
This book will take you on a harrowing journey across rural Colorado, in a literary way that almost feels reminiscent of pieces written during America’s naturalist movement. And the podcast sections will bring a jolt of freshness to the story, making it feel current, as it’s produced by an outside voice coming into Sadie’s tragic life.
I can’t rate this book highly enough. It’s my favorite read of 2020 so far.
GOD. I will never get over Courtney Summers's books and her writing and the absolutely visceral reaction I have to them. Thank you for this.
DNF
I wish I could say I understand all the hype about this book, but I just don't get it. It reminded me of Gone Girl, about which everyone also raved and which I loathed in both book and movie format. I guess the writing style is just not my gig. Sorry.
I wish I could say I understand all the hype about this book, but I just don't get it. It reminded me of Gone Girl, about which everyone also raved and which I loathed in both book and movie format. I guess the writing style is just not my gig. Sorry.