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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
After her little sister was murdered, Sadie goes in search for revenge. West McCray is a radio personality who stumbles across her story and begins his own podcast to track her down. Slowly, he starts to trace Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened before it's too late.
Sadie hits hard. Words like perfect and amazing does not do this book justice. Sadie is basically half book/half podcast. We follow Sadie as she leaves her dead-end town in search of the man who hurt her sister. Sadie having raised her sister, Claire, from a young age, she loved her sister fiercely. When she's gone, she's thrown in a path to find her sister's murderer and kill him. Radio star West McCray follows a bit after, filling in the gaps that Sadie doesn't mention and reveals all new information that she wouldn't have known.
Sadie was a haunting read, a story of loss and betrayal, anger and grief. These two sisters relied on each other to handle the ugliness of the world around them, the world that failed to protect them. The sense of urgency you get and the feeling of rush, especially in the audiobook, is honestly exhilarating.
The podcast portions were so great and worked well, especially when you alternate from the messiness of Sadie's mind as she's coming to terms with the fact that her journey must end with a dead man. West McCray's voice is soothing, and his podcast provides a different insight into Sadie's life.
Overall, this story is uncomfortable and powerful. It's cast of characters genuine and believable. I would recommend listening to the audiobook because it honestly was an experience.
Sadie hits hard. Words like perfect and amazing does not do this book justice. Sadie is basically half book/half podcast. We follow Sadie as she leaves her dead-end town in search of the man who hurt her sister. Sadie having raised her sister, Claire, from a young age, she loved her sister fiercely. When she's gone, she's thrown in a path to find her sister's murderer and kill him. Radio star West McCray follows a bit after, filling in the gaps that Sadie doesn't mention and reveals all new information that she wouldn't have known.
Sadie was a haunting read, a story of loss and betrayal, anger and grief. These two sisters relied on each other to handle the ugliness of the world around them, the world that failed to protect them. The sense of urgency you get and the feeling of rush, especially in the audiobook, is honestly exhilarating.
The podcast portions were so great and worked well, especially when you alternate from the messiness of Sadie's mind as she's coming to terms with the fact that her journey must end with a dead man. West McCray's voice is soothing, and his podcast provides a different insight into Sadie's life.
Overall, this story is uncomfortable and powerful. It's cast of characters genuine and believable. I would recommend listening to the audiobook because it honestly was an experience.
"Because I can’t take another dead girl."
This book is for you if... You like mysteries with open endings.
My expectations for this book were though the roof, and that’s probably why I'm left feeling unsatisfied with Sadie. I have only heard of people giving this book 4 or 5 stars(all my friends hyped this book so much), and I can really see why objectively as the book itself is really good. But not for me.
I'm not really a fan of mysteries being open ended at the end. I want a solution and we don't get that in Sadie. We never really find out what happens to Sadie, we’re left to essentially choose an ending. I think people who will love this book are those who like to make their own ending to this type of story. And I'll definitely say the story was interesting, I was constantly turning pages wanting to know what was gonna happen at the end.
I want to end this review positive, so my favorite part of this book, the writing. Courtney Summers, format of this book, was the best decision, as it made reading it feel so fresh and unique. The switching back and forth between the podcast episodes and Sadie's side, was so natural and also felt like no matter where we were in the story both points of view were in the exact place they needed to be. In CAWPILE I gave writing a 10 because I was so impressed with it, I'm 100% interested in reading more work by Courtney Summers.
CAWPILE Rating: 6.71/10
Stars: 3/5 Stars
The ending was unsatisfying.
This book is for you if... You like mysteries with open endings.
My expectations for this book were though the roof, and that’s probably why I'm left feeling unsatisfied with Sadie. I have only heard of people giving this book 4 or 5 stars(all my friends hyped this book so much), and I can really see why objectively as the book itself is really good. But not for me.
I'm not really a fan of mysteries being open ended at the end. I want a solution and we don't get that in Sadie. We never really find out what happens to Sadie, we’re left to essentially choose an ending
Spoiler
we're asked to choose a sad ending where Sadie dies at the end or happy ending where she lives even though she's still missing.I want to end this review positive, so my favorite part of this book, the writing. Courtney Summers, format of this book, was the best decision, as it made reading it feel so fresh and unique. The switching back and forth between the podcast episodes and Sadie's side, was so natural and also felt like no matter where we were in the story both points of view were in the exact place they needed to be. In CAWPILE I gave writing a 10 because I was so impressed with it, I'm 100% interested in reading more work by Courtney Summers.
CAWPILE Rating: 6.71/10
Stars: 3/5 Stars
The ending was unsatisfying.
Please read trigger warnings before going in. Very good but very hard book to read.....loved the alternating formats.
I mostly consumed this physically but the audiobook format was successful for me too... if that is your preference, I would recommend.
I mostly consumed this physically but the audiobook format was successful for me too... if that is your preference, I would recommend.
a super competent thriller with a lot of my favorite tropes. it didn't quite merit 5 stars bc it didn't astound me in any way, but it was fun to read. i love a good revenge story. "i'm going to carve my name into his soul" is a quote that stuck with me. the story itself was better than the podcast.
I really thought I wasn't going to like the format of this book but it was better than I thought it was going to be. I really liked the juxtaposition between Sadie's POV and hearing other people's biased/nuanced perspectives on her. It felt like a breeze to read through this book, so many situations where I felt as tense as her.
quick read! fast-paced and captivating. i wouldn’t necessarily describe it as a mystery, though. the truth is pretty clear from the beginning, but somehow i felt that made for a more compelling story - no whodunits throw in for petty distraction and shock factor.
This was an amazing audiobook, I love it!!!
"I can't take another death girl"
"I can't take another death girl"
Sadie cumplio su promesa y espero que ahora tenga la paz que necesito toda su vida.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
The audio on this book made it especially awesome with so many different voices! It felt like a real podcast. A really compelling story that also left you sympathetic towards the real Serial team as well. Not graphic necessarily but I had a hard time with the content, sinister SA stuff is hard for me now as a parent and makes me so wary of the world.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Trafficking