Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Sadie by Courtney Summers

201 reviews

caitlynischeckedout's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad

5.0

I listened to this as an audiobook and I highly recommend it! It had a full cast and the podcast portions are set up to feel like a real podcast, which really brings the story to life. It’s also easier to differentiate between the characters then as there is a decent number of them in the story.  Every character is so real and flawed and fleshed out really well. 

Sadie’s journey is so hard to follow but so impossible to put down once you start. I kept trying to fit in listening here and there even when I was busy to pick it up as much as possible. This heartbreaking story will stick with me a long time, I can’t stop thinking about it since I read it. 

I generally hate ambiguous endings but I feel the ending of this story fits so well with the book, I can’t complain. It seems to sum up the message the author wants to get across well. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, I highly recommend it if you’re in the mood for a poignant, moving story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Addiction, Abandonment, Death, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

vayalanay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence

bashsbooks's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

I don't know what I expected from Sadie but it was a much different book than I imagined. Crime thrillers are not really my typical genre, but this one came highly reccommended by a friend. I enjoyed Sadie herself as a character - by far, she was the best part of the book and her narration was great. I was iffy on the dual narrative structure (as half the chapters are transcripts from a podcast about Sadie and her sister, Mattie) - but I think it ultimately made the ending stronger. Wish it ended differently. I don't know. I will be thinking about it for a long time.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Cancer

xkeyla17's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Child death

repunzee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. I picked this book up and could not put it down. I hung on every word and couldn't wait to keep reading it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Murder, Drug abuse, and Addiction

daepyonimst's review

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Rape

nat_kiverse's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Cursing, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

trashboatwinter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Child abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Child death, Addiction, and Sexual assault

hannah_steven's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Murder, Drug abuse, and Grief

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I miss sadie :(

‘I don't expect it to bring her back. It won't bring her back. It's not about finding peace. There will never be peace.BI'm not under any illusion about how little of me will be left after I do this one thing.’

‘A world at the end of the world.’

‘I don’t want him to do what he's doing, talking to me like I'm some wild thing, like I can be calmed down with the gentleness he's dressed his voice in.’

‘"It'll h-heal f-fine."It'll heal ugly.” Most things do’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Grief