Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Sadie by Courtney Summers

142 reviews

jalynd5630's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

tahmida's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 I listened to this as an audiobook because many people were recommending to do so and my god, it was absolutely brilliant. There's a whole cast, a different voice for different characters, which is one of the things I loved. I haven't read many thriller/mystery novels, and this definitely was a break from what I usually read. Regardless, I think I have found one of my new favourite books of all time. I adored the main protagonist, Sadie. The way the story is unravelled and told has such a strong grasp on me. The dual POV of the podcast and Sadie was very well-established through the audiobook; if you want to read this book, I highly recommend listening to it as an audiobook. Please do check the content and trigger warnings before you read this book.

The ending left me absolutely numb. I was so invested in Sadie's story. When I realised there were no more Sadie POVs left and that the book was slowly coming to the end, I was dreading what would happen to her. After the audiobook was done, I sat there for a good 15 minutes trying to process everything and then I immediately jumped on the internet to see the theories and if there was a proper ending. I ranted to my clueless friend for another 10 minutes about the ending and the book as a whole. I needed the closure so bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Vomit

keyside's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

jennastopreading's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

ivybean's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

seonaidrogers's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

lasagna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, and Alcohol

hallowlm's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Violence

katierab's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction and Blood

ellaghiem's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Found the story mysterious and dark yet an enjoyable YA book. Always like a dual narrative in a novel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder