Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Sadie by Courtney Summers

220 reviews

flux_6174's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

A driven, determined, practical, mysterious and loving sister set to avenge her sister and seek revenge for herself. What else do you need?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Murder, Drug abuse, and Rape

za_'s review against another edition

4.0

The story is told from two perspectives. The girl, Sadie, who is on a mission to find a man she calls Keith. The other perspective is a man who is investigating her disappearance. His version is told in a format.

Sadie was sexually abused by a man named Keith. She had a little sister named Maddie and she believes Maddie was murdered by Keith.

On a mission to find Keith. She eventually does but you don’t find out what happens to her. I was not told this book would have a cliffhanger.

The good news is Keith does end up dead.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

rkb94's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book had me sobbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

cecilielaugesen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I think this book will stay with me for a long time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Grief, Addiction, Death, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

melimar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I started this book not knowing if I would like the format, which switches from Sadie’s POV to West’s POV to snippets of a podcast about Sadie and her sister’s lives. I don’t know how it would have differed to read the book in print, but the audio format helped the different POVs come together well. I really enjoyed this book, though there were some things that kept me from giving it a higher score. It is a bit difficult to get through parts of this book, due to the topics. The ending was a tiny bit disappointing, but I understand why the author made the choice to end it that way. I’m glad I chose to listen to the audiobook version of the book. The narration in this book was absolutely amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Ableism, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Grief, Pedophilia, and Violence

taylorthebookwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This one was heavy, for sure. I listened to it on audio, which was fantastic for the podcast element of the story. It was full cast, which I loved, and I thoroughly recommend the audio if you can listen to it that way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Addiction, Death, Rape, Abandonment, and Alcoholism

nyantastic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Child abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Violence, Pedophilia, Death, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Bullying, and Drug abuse

lindsey_lark_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Addiction

dani_2006's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Addiction, Sexual assault, Child death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Ableism

lucyhoad's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia