Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Sadie by Courtney Summers

71 reviews

ross_emm's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

I'm always down for a dual POV book and this delivered! the written format of the podcast works very well for me and I love the way the story weaves back and forth through sadie and the podcast. a devastating read but well worth it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Death, Murder, Blood, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

robin_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

This was much sadder than I expected it to be. 
Check TW/CW before reading this. 
It’s heavy on the topics of revenge in connection with grief and sexually abused children. 
It left me feeling angry and sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

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

Minor: Cancer

bookishchaos's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Out of the hundreds of books I've read...I've never read a book that ended like this one did.
I highly recommend if you enjoy fast paced psychological thrillers, with feminine rage and/or true crime podcasts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Blood

Minor: Grief

cjreadstoomuch's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Addiction, Death, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

daisyfont's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Child death, Child abuse, Rape, Death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident

vincentedward16's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Car accident

chronicloser's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

this was so damn powerful, and I had no idea how much it’d hit me. it’s hardship, it’s love, it’s hurt, it’s love wrapped around hurt and hurt wrapped around love. it’s what a lot of these “mysterious” and “plot twist-y” books can’t, for the life of them, grasp onto. it’s what they always forget to highlight. with the twists and turns, with the “ooooh, what happens next?” there should always be a sadie. and thats not to say it’s something authors don’t try to accomplish, I can appreciate the efforts, but its so easy to tell when the story is made around the character, aka sadie, vs when the character is made around the story. even if the plot was born first, courtney summers made it so sadie was prioritized first. this wasn’t a book about a crime, a murder, about finding answers. it has that, well, most of that, sure, but it’s not about that; it’s about way more. it was an honor to cry at work while finishing it, knowing I had read something that hit me right where it was meant to hit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Grief, Murder, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Stalking, Addiction, Rape, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide attempt

curlscout's review

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Drug use, and Grief

hypofemmadchen's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

I HATE this book. It's a book that slowly drags you down a tunnel that is constantly getting smaller and smaller. By the time you get half way through, the tunnel you are in completely darkness, and you can feel your bones  breaking. By the time you reach the end being squeezed out the tunnel you will be nothing more than a mangled tube of meat, the only positive being the fact that you're able to see the sky again. However what was once the shining bright midday sun, now only a eastern band of gold holding the promise of a new day, but only if you are willing to wait. This is my new favorite book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Gore, Pregnancy, Car accident, Blood, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Medical content

sosocrafty's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Murder, Death, Pedophilia, Blood, and Child abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Drug abuse