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Sadie by Courtney Summers

131 reviews

reedandright's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Toxic friendship, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism and Cursing

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

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

empiersol's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

Not a book I would usually pick up, but fell in love with the full cast recording. Absolutely fantastic audiobook production. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Child abuse

holly_skinner's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

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

kiannew's review

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Even after finishing this book I have so many questions. I did thoroughly enjoy this read, but it 100% wasn’t what I was expecting when I started reading it. 

Prior to reading I did see reviews where they said listening to this book gave your a different experience and I 100% agree. It is in the style of a podcast, where there is interviews coming in and out of narration from the host. I did opt to simple read the book but I do think that if you have the opportunity to do so, listening would be a much better experience. 
In saying that the book was still very enjoyable. It had a lot more darker themes then I was expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence

emilynied's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Summers fully immerses herself into the mind and heart of a teenage girl, and Sadie was an amazing character to explore. Her character is so unique and different from myself, yet I felt her inner most fears and feelings, just like any teenage or young adult women does. Summers does such a great job of exploring such big, universal themes whilst keeping the story so focused and specific around one character.

The novel really started picking up about a third of the way through for me and I finished the second half of the book in one sitting. This story felt like a ball of snow rolling down a hill, picking up more and more with sticks and rocks and dirt and building and building until it reaches the bottom and all breaks apart again. The scenes get more intense and the characters start unraveling and it was just such an amazing way to put a book together. 

The ending was also super super interesting.

Leaving this novel with a cliffhanger was definitely a unique choice, especially because it's a young adult story. I actually really liked that choice though. I think it reflects Sadie's character through out the story, and leaves the reader with yet another mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

dani_2006's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Addiction, Sexual assault, Child death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Ableism

shoppy96's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

Read the trigger warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Death, and Grief