Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Sadie by Courtney Summers

133 reviews

nanamiogushi's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Gore

katrinarose's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Heartbreaking and hard to read, but a great book. I liked the format and the character development was fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Blood, and Pedophilia

mysterymom40'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Ableism, Alcoholism, Confinement, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol

audiobook really emphasizes how a character lives with speech challenges related to stuttering; Mentions of prostitution of young girls;

kaylee_123's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Rape, and Murder

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Rape, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Kidnapping

nsantana12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

Holy heart wrenching…I picked up this book because my daughter has a friend named Sadie…..Little did I know what I was getting myself into. 

This is a raw, emotional, and incredibly dark book. I am greatful that with Summers’ writing, you know the abuse is there but it’s kept off the pages. The book is written in the back and forth style. One aspect is Sadie, a broken girl who is on the hunt for her sister’s killer..the other, a radio host named West who is trying to unravel the story of a now missing Sadie. 

It’s a work of fiction and yet….it’s so incredibly real. If you decide to read this, just know you may need some extra time to process it. This book will stay with you. 

“It’s about the lengths we go to protect the ones we love….and the high price we pay when we can’t.” 

“And Mattie…clinging to those words until they pushed her into the passenger’s side of a truck driven by a stranger who would go on to kill her.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Pedophilia

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Child death, and Child abuse

ginger_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

gurnoor's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Murder, and Addiction

pjv's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Murder

main character is lgbt+ & has a stutter

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