A review by emilynied
Sadie by Courtney Summers

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Summers fully immerses herself into the mind and heart of a teenage girl, and Sadie was an amazing character to explore. Her character is so unique and different from myself, yet I felt her inner most fears and feelings, just like any teenage or young adult women does. Summers does such a great job of exploring such big, universal themes whilst keeping the story so focused and specific around one character.

The novel really started picking up about a third of the way through for me and I finished the second half of the book in one sitting. This story felt like a ball of snow rolling down a hill, picking up more and more with sticks and rocks and dirt and building and building until it reaches the bottom and all breaks apart again. The scenes get more intense and the characters start unraveling and it was just such an amazing way to put a book together. 

The ending was also super super interesting.
Leaving this novel with a cliffhanger was definitely a unique choice, especially because it's a young adult story. I actually really liked that choice though. I think it reflects Sadie's character through out the story, and leaves the reader with yet another mystery.
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