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Sadie by Courtney Summers

19 reviews

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

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

moni8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Vomit, Violence, Murder, and Death

tahmida's review

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

gbyd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

manicpixl's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pedophilia, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, and Drug abuse

Minor: Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

goblingirlreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. This is the best audiobook I've heard in a long, long time. This story is a podcast within a book so it translates to audio beautifully. The cast of multiple actors was so great and it brought the book to life. It really felt like I was listening to theatre. This book is dark. It starts with a murder of a 13-year-old girl and it doesn't get happier from there. It brings Sadie and her story to life, beautifully. You may not agree with everything she does but you know why she's doing it and you want her to be okay. I was floored by this especially because the actors made it feel so real. It's definitely not for the faint of heart and I HIGHLY recommend looking up content warnings before diving in. But I loved this one and won't forget it for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Vomit, and Pedophilia

horizonous's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This story - and especially Sadie as a character - will stay with me for a while.. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

◦ Addiction = Heroin
◦ Alcohol = Underage drinking
◦ Death = Death of sibling
◦ Mental illness = Depression, PTSD

rosita's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

I would say Sadie is a lot more "new adult" than "young adult", and i wouldnt for the life of me recommend it to someone younger than 16.
If you want to read this book, i ask you two things:
1- listen to the audiobook: the book has some podcasts elements to it and i cannot express how good the full cast audiobook does that stuff. It enchanced the experience  a lot.
2-please read the trigger warnings. While good, it is very graphic in some terrible, terrible topics. 
By the way, Sadie, the protagonist, has a stutter and that is never cured. It was once of the best representations for a stutter I have ever seen.
Spoilers:

I really liked how it showed that the monsters walking among us sometimes look like good people: they get people jobs, they build cities, they have families. They are still monsters. 
While i am frustrated at the open ending, it was the best way of finishing the story: it gives us a little bit of hope, even though we probably know what is the most likely thing to have happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Self harm, Suicide, and Vomit