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Sadie by Courtney Summers

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cawilliams29's review against another edition

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

4.0

One of the best YA books I've read in a really long time. The importance of this story can not be overstated, but more than that, the writing, character work and plot was brilliant.
Courtney Summers creates one of the most unforgettable protagonists with Sadie, I will never forget her story of abuse, survival, love and revenge.
The book goes between Sadies point of view and that of the podcast, 'The girls'. I can not recommend the audiobook enough for this reason! The production of the podcast and the full cast of characters is just phenomenal, I could have easily been listening to a true crime podcast, all of these characters were so real to me.
Summers converged these two plot points excellently, the way Sadies point of view would tie into the podcast episodes and the reveals, characters and story of Sadie unravelled brilliantly between the two.
We follow Sadie, who was abused as a child and following the death of her beloved younger sister goes on a dangerous journey of revenge and redemption, hunting for her sisters killer.
The podcast is looking for Sadie now she is missing and retracing her steps trying to find her and figure out what happened to her and her sister.
A harrowing tale of the abuse of children and the lengths one girl would go to stop it.
The writing, character work, plot and overall themes of this book were excellent. There is never any graphic detail of the dark themes but they are alluded to skillfully and in my opinion, gracefully. This is a story no one wanted to hear but everyone needs to.
The ending is a mixed bag, I never saw it coming but can't say I was too suprised either. Like the rest of the story the choices there made the story feel even more real.
It is difficult to read about Sadie and the other girls in this story, challenging to face the all too real reality that dangerous people often hide behind kind masks and society can't see through them until its too late.
This is a necessary and impactful read for all. Please pick up the audiobook.

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bookeduntil's review against another edition

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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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alexandcats14's review

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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? Yes

5.0

Heartbreaking. Gut wrenching. This book is so so so so so important in so many ways. I will never forget Sadie. No more dead girls. 

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flux_6174's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

A driven, determined, practical, mysterious and loving sister set to avenge her sister and seek revenge for herself. What else do you need?

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mepereyra6's review

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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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jimins's review

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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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cecilielaugesen's review against another edition

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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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maddisaysmeow's review against another edition

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dark

3.5


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nausicaa_teto's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0


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melimar's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I started this book not knowing if I would like the format, which switches from Sadie’s POV to West’s POV to snippets of a podcast about Sadie and her sister’s lives. I don’t know how it would have differed to read the book in print, but the audio format helped the different POVs come together well. I really enjoyed this book, though there were some things that kept me from giving it a higher score. It is a bit difficult to get through parts of this book, due to the topics. The ending was a tiny bit disappointing, but I understand why the author made the choice to end it that way. I’m glad I chose to listen to the audiobook version of the book. The narration in this book was absolutely amazing. 

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