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Sadie by Courtney Summers

133 reviews

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

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

ashrae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

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

kanthereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, Blood, and Drug abuse

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

lal0045's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

stephremembershowtoread's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Drug abuse

megb64's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, and Child death

bookishval's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I believe this story was meant to be reading in audibook and I'm so glad I did. Sadie is a story that's definitely going to stay with me for a long time. I often forget books, their plot and everything, but this won't be the case. Sadie, with a full cast of actors, made sure of that. I want to give my praise to Sadie's voice actor. She did such an incredible work in portraying her character. I could feel her pain, her frustration, her anger, and it was a tough experience, but one 100% worth listening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Murder

Moderate: Rape