Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Sadie by Courtney Summers

136 reviews

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

dark emotional

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

reading this on audiobook is a WHOLE different experience im gonna be processing the conclusion to the podcast for probably 2 weeks. its so hard for me to express this book in a star rating the writing is just really good i swear

i did cheer out loud when i found out keith died

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Drug abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Death, Child death, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident, Blood, Medical content, and Vomit

shreka's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Gore, Murder, Addiction, Pedophilia, Vomit, Rape, Grief, Stalking, Child death, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

innastholiel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Blood

lilliansbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

amazing read but taking off a star because what was that ending. i am in severe emotional distress WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Ableism, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Murder

jalynd5630's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Violence

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

kiarack's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual violence, and Gore

jennastopreading's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Gore, Sexual violence, and Child death

ivybean's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

seonaidrogers's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual violence