Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Sadie by Courtney Summers

48 reviews

rosem_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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: Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, and Drug use

keenanmaree'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Child death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Grief, Violence, Addiction, Car accident, and Child abuse

abbyelizabeth's review

dark fast-paced

4.0

I just....ugh....I want resolution. A terrible and tragic story but so well done

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Sexual assault, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

skanarulf's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Emotional abuse

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Child death, Cursing, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

mads1706's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Violence, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

autumnrevisited's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Death, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

shelbybowers20's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

thehappylittleelf's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

As a person who regularly listens to true crime podcasts, this was an excellent format to present a story like this. I always think about the subjects in the story and what their life was like and what they went through. The book also does a good job of presenting these situations with a level of realism. It’s not a hero vs. villains story. It’s about a person trying to gain a little bit of control in her life when she had everything ripped away from her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Car accident

tahmida's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 I listened to this as an audiobook because many people were recommending to do so and my god, it was absolutely brilliant. There's a whole cast, a different voice for different characters, which is one of the things I loved. I haven't read many thriller/mystery novels, and this definitely was a break from what I usually read. Regardless, I think I have found one of my new favourite books of all time. I adored the main protagonist, Sadie. The way the story is unravelled and told has such a strong grasp on me. The dual POV of the podcast and Sadie was very well-established through the audiobook; if you want to read this book, I highly recommend listening to it as an audiobook. Please do check the content and trigger warnings before you read this book.

The ending left me absolutely numb. I was so invested in Sadie's story. When I realised there were no more Sadie POVs left and that the book was slowly coming to the end, I was dreading what would happen to her. After the audiobook was done, I sat there for a good 15 minutes trying to process everything and then I immediately jumped on the internet to see the theories and if there was a proper ending. I ranted to my clueless friend for another 10 minutes about the ending and the book as a whole. I needed the closure so bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Vomit