Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Sadie by Courtney Summers

70 reviews

tflaherty's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

The best producer audiobook I’ve ever listened too.

I wish the ending didn’t drop off the way it did. I feel like one more chapter from Sadie would have made more sense and provide closure for the character, though I can understand closure was not the purpose.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, and Alcohol

shellig93's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Entertaining but the dual story telling structure (podcast and first person) felt more redundant than anything. The writing was just okay. The audiobook was very well produced.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

lasagna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, and Alcohol

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I listened to the audiobook and it was really well done, though thrillers aren't really my thing.

It was slow for me to get into since the switching between POVs was kind of jarring but as I progressed and got used to the style the pacing picked up quite a bit.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

cabeswaren's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

shaylas22's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying

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, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Abandonment

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Ich kann nicht sagen, dass ich es genossen habe dieses Hörbuch zu hören, weil die Geschichte selbst so gruselig ist. Es ist gut erzählt und die Story zieht einen wirklich, besonders dadurch wie realitätsnah sie ist, in ihren Bann. Ich glaube nicht, dass mir dieses Buch so schnell aus dem Kopf gehen wird.

Man hofft, wie auch bei Fällen im echten Leben auf ein gutes Ende, aber die Wahrheit ist, manchmal gibt es nur Ungewissheit.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

thedesireader's review

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Gaslighting

beawithane's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

the audiobook is the way to go! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism and Rape

Minor: Alcohol