Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Sadie by Courtney Summers

49 reviews

felixestlechat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, and Trafficking

gracedezwaan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

kims_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

That was a hard read. Not because the story wasn’t gripping, it was but it was much more emotional and darker than I had anticipated. The book is told in two ways, one from Sadie’s perspective as she tries to find the person she suspected killed her sister, and the other from our journalists perspective who produced a podcast and retraced Sadies steps after she goes missing. It hits on some hard topics and is very realistic in its depiction of people who have suffered trauma. The ending was also very realistic, which I appreciated and made me think about ‘the girls’ and the people behind true crime podcasts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

ines_table's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

thelittlemermaid11's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

thereadingshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Violence

books_and_bandanas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Drug use, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction

harpy_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

The book was interesting enough to keep my attention, but it does end in a major cliff hanger and the author has said she does not plan on writing a sequel. This always irritates me, so that's part of the reasoning for such a low rating. I likely won't recommend it to others, and I wouldn't read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Violence

There is talk of minors experiencing sexual abuse at the hands of an adult - but it is not graphic. There is also brief mentions of violence perpetrated by the main character.

valereads2105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really liked the podcast formatting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Blood