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Sadie by Courtney Summers

9 reviews

harley_a_reader's review against another edition

Had to DNF for my PTSD Triggers...

If you can handle a book dealing with heartbreak and loss, then this is probably for you. But with themes such as Pedophilia, Sexual Assault, and some other triggers. For my mental sanity, this is getting DNF'd.

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lcverreads's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

i remember this book being my entire personality. literally had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish.

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shreka's review

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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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sincerelykai's review

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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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lizgom's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

This book would be 5 stars if it wasn’t because of the podcast style it’s written in. It’s a great audiobook, 5/5. But I wish someone would’ve recommended it that way before I got to reading. It’s an intriguing story. Throughout the whole book I just wanted to find a way to help these girls. I felt for them, I cried. I wanted to DO something. I certainly stopped reading or listening a couple of times to gather my thoughts. I bawled my eyes out. There was a point where my family took my kindle away because this book was just SO damn emotional. I wish trigger warnings were used more seriously as well as being taken more seriously because I didn’t think they’d be accurate, but damn. I felt so many raw things because I didn’t take the trigger warnings seriously. It's a great book, just beware of the things that people warn you against with this one. Courtney wasn’t playing around with this one.

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