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Sadie by Courtney Summers

20 reviews

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

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

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

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

sincerelykai'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

3.75

Wow. This was, really, really hard to read. I truly believe that it was beautifully written - and the mix between Sadie's POV and the podcast transcripts was brilliant. It deserves all of the hype it gets because it was absolutely gut-wrenching for me. The only reason this is getting just a little less than four stars is merely my overall personal enjoyment while reading - it took me forever to finish and I was never truly motivated to finish it until the last quarter of the book. That could have been my reading mood, however, because I would still 100% recommend this book! Especially for those who love true-crime podcasts. (I might re-visit and update my star-rating later).

Another reason why I am semi-disappointed is the ending. We do not have Sadie's death entirely confirmed and I would rather know than not. HOWEVER, it does work well with the podcast layout as with most true-crime podcasts there are no true 'ends' after investigations. So I am at a cross-roads between completely hating the ending, and applauding it for its correlation to the realm of true-crime podcasts.

Just be cautious and review the content warnings before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Abandonment, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

janneke2302's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

This is such a difficult book to rate. It was an amazing and impactful story and I absolutely loved reading it.

But it didn't have the ending I wanted. I think that makes a lot of sense, given the story, but I still really wanted a happy ending. I also wish there would have been one more chapter from Sadie's POV, because I really want to know what happened between her and Keith and the end. The current ending fits the story really well though and I should have seen it coming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Car accident

phdoyle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

genny's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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? Yes

4.0

This was less tense than I anticipated for a mystery, but that's not a bad thing. I finished a similar thriller with interview/podcast segments just a while ago and it had me on edge the entire time; Sadie is a lot quieter, more contemplative even with its darkness and the titular character's raw anger. If you like audiobooks, definitely go that route. The narrator is fantastic at portraying Sadie's emotions, and even her stutter.

Now, about that ending...maybe I would have liked to hear a teensy bit more from Sadie herself, even just a line or two, but that's my need for closure talking. The last lines we get from Claire and West McCray hit heavily enough, and I'm left feeling sad but surprisingly hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug abuse, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Cursing

parchmentandflour's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence

abitsybat's review against another edition

dark 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: Blood

Moderate: Pedophilia, Grief, Ableism, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Car accident

This is mentioned nowhere in the book's description, but it's revealed about halfway through that the man sadie is hunting is

not just an murderer but also a pedophile

. From this point on, there are repeated references to

the times he raped her, his other victims, and the victims of another pedophile

. None of these moments are explicit as

they never show the actual act(s)

, but they are still disturbing and once they start, they are regular and act as central plot points, making them unskippable. When she eventually confronts him, it is implied that

he managed to kill her and hide her body before he died from his wounds, leaving her to never be found

.