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Sadie by Courtney Summers

200 reviews

amystainton's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Before this book I was in a massive reading slump. I listened to this as an audiobook and it was one of the best experiences I’ve had with audiobooks. The sound was so detailed, it created the perfect environment for becoming enthralled in the story. Great for getting out a reading slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

stephaniekrebs's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Pedophilia

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cursing, Death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

chavborromeo's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.25

First of all, What the fuck? I should have check the trigger warning first before reading this. Because I felt sick after reading this. I thought this book was about finding who murdered her sister (well, thats the story somehow but she already know who killed her sister). I can't stomach this story. I'm just happy that piece of shit was already dead. Those little girls😕. It angers me that those shitty things happens in real life. Pedophiles deserves a place in hell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

manuelrcam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

bookishval's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I believe this story was meant to be reading in audibook and I'm so glad I did. Sadie is a story that's definitely going to stay with me for a long time. I often forget books, their plot and everything, but this won't be the case. Sadie, with a full cast of actors, made sure of that. I want to give my praise to Sadie's voice actor. She did such an incredible work in portraying her character. I could feel her pain, her frustration, her anger, and it was a tough experience, but one 100% worth listening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

violet_pages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

erica_0000's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

 

Content Warnings: Child Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Alcohol Addiction 

 

“And it begins, as so many stories do, with a dead girl.” 

 

This book absolutely destroyed me, and I devoured it in one night! (Despite this, the book contains heavy content so be sure to check the content warning before reading.) It was a brilliant page turner that was captivating with multiples twists and turns as a 19- year- old named Sadie runs away to hunt down the man who murdered her 13- year- old sister. It is told in dual POV with one as transcripts from a podcast run by a man named West who trying to find Sadie and the other is of Sadie herself tracking down her sister’s killer. I have never read a novel that is partially told in the form of a transcript, but I thought it was very clever and was interesting to see two sides of the same story. Sadie is just one of those main characters you can’t help but love and I loved the representation of having a main character that has a stutter. 

 

Usually, I like when novels wrap up to the point that I know what is going on with the characters and having an idea of where they are heading after the story has finished and all the mysteries have been solved. But somehow, in this book, it was so well written that I was actually intrigued by the idea of not knowing what happened to Sadie. While I would like to believe that she is alive and just can’t face home without her sister, I can’t be 100 percent sure and that is what has kept me thinking about this book long after I finished it. 

 

The only thing that bothered me, and I didn’t take any stars off for this, is the why. This might have been elaborated in the book and I just missed it, but what drove Keith/ Darren/ Jack/ Christopher to kill Mattie. He was obviously a terrible person, but as far as we know, he had never killed anyone before, so what made him snap? What happened that he decided one day he was going to kill a 13-year-old girl?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Girl, I hadn't cried over a book or MC in a long ass time, but you did it Courtney Summers! This book got under my skin and emotionally destroyed me. I honestly didn't know what this book was about. I went into it blind bc I just wanted to finish off one of my challenges and it said to read book with mostly white cover and this one looked the most interesting. So I was wrecked when I finally knew what it was about as the story unfolded, but this book is fantastically done. As painful and emotionally ravaging Sadie's story I was deeply entranced with her and this book and I'm glad to have read it. It's kinda crazy to say it's been one of my favorite reads, for how sad and soul wrecking it is, but it definitely earned the spot.

I cried so much reading the ending! And even though I hope Sadie pretended to be dead somehow and didn't actually die, I get why this ending makes sense. Sadie had no life outside Mattie and didn't want one, plus all the guilt she felt for her murder, so leaving this life was the best, and unfortunately, desired outcome for her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

kbenavidez44's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sophiafaurs's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Gore