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Sadie
by Courtney Summers
Warnings: Violence, sexual assault, pedophilia.
Sadie is a book that reminds me why I usually only read a few contemporary dramas/fiction novels a year. They often hit way too close to home, and boy did “Sadie” hit like a car against a brick wall. And you can’t look away.
Despite that I actually highly recommend it. While a gut punch it’s well written, paced and plotted so that the mystery is still satisfying to uncover while never letting you forget what the book is trying to do. Summers focuses the story on the victims and the effects the crime has on them, where too many stories still focus on the perpetrators or sensationalism that comes with a crime. It’s a book that will hopefully start conversations on the topics of assault and how systems both established and not help further it, as it seems is the authors intention.
Sadie is a book that reminds me why I usually only read a few contemporary dramas/fiction novels a year. They often hit way too close to home, and boy did “Sadie” hit like a car against a brick wall. And you can’t look away.
Despite that I actually highly recommend it. While a gut punch it’s well written, paced and plotted so that the mystery is still satisfying to uncover while never letting you forget what the book is trying to do. Summers focuses the story on the victims and the effects the crime has on them, where too many stories still focus on the perpetrators or sensationalism that comes with a crime. It’s a book that will hopefully start conversations on the topics of assault and how systems both established and not help further it, as it seems is the authors intention.