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Sadie by Courtney Summers

198 reviews

bookeduntil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Violence and Terminal illness

kecasey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Addiction, and Pedophilia

goldenflame852's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Addiction, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

erickaonpaper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

i love courtney summers. i think she's an incredibly talented ya author, and the themes/topics covered in sadie are troubling but necessary to discuss. that being said, i wouldn't recommend this immediately to surface conversations around missing girls, sexually abused girls, single mothers who abuse drugs, etc. sadie propels you to move forward out of curiosity, but i didn't think for once there was a moment that felt it was an effect of the book's storytelling. i can't say confidently if that's due to the dual storytelling. i'd say this is a 3.25 mostly because the sadness and reality of the ending is striking. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Murder

rhysied's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Pedophilia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

mepereyra6's review

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Addiction, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

jimins's review

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? It's complicated

4.0

bruhhhhh that ending 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Child death, and Addiction

nicetomitchya's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Rape, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, and Blood

ju10ma's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

cecilielaugesen's review against another edition

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

5.0

I think this book will stay with me for a long time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Grief, Addiction, Death, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape