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Sadie
by Courtney Summers
I listened to the audiobook and I didn't want it to end. I wanted this to be a real podcast and I wanted it to be a happy ending.
But what I want isn't what I got. It ended. It's not a real podcast. And it's not a happy ending. Once I realized I wasn't going to get another Sadie POV after that cliffhanger, and that it was just all going to be the podcast, I knew it wasn't going to end the way I hoped.
This book was a punch to the gut. It was relentless in the awfulness of adults and how Sadie had no real adult figures to look up to except her surrogate grandmother; but really, she fought against any affection from her.
But it was hopeful also? How Sadie was just as relentless in her search and didn't let anything, even excruciating pain stop her or even slow her down. Everyone she met along the way was their own version of awful, but that didn't give her pause.
I highly recommend the audiobook version of this book. The full cast and juxtaposition between Sadie and the podcast made for an audiobook experience I've never had before. The emotion in the actress who played Sadie was heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. You fully believe she is going to find this man and that she is going to kill him. You want to believe in her and cheer her on.
You can feel the guilt and pain she feels about her sister's murder in every word and the detached podcast moving alongside her story was jarring, but in such a good way. The emotion vs the facts. The person suffering from psychological trauma vs the academic paper after the patient is studied, is how I thought about it.
But what I want isn't what I got. It ended. It's not a real podcast. And it's not a happy ending. Once I realized I wasn't going to get another Sadie POV after that cliffhanger, and that it was just all going to be the podcast, I knew it wasn't going to end the way I hoped.
This book was a punch to the gut. It was relentless in the awfulness of adults and how Sadie had no real adult figures to look up to except her surrogate grandmother; but really, she fought against any affection from her.
But it was hopeful also? How Sadie was just as relentless in her search and didn't let anything, even excruciating pain stop her or even slow her down. Everyone she met along the way was their own version of awful, but that didn't give her pause.
I highly recommend the audiobook version of this book. The full cast and juxtaposition between Sadie and the podcast made for an audiobook experience I've never had before. The emotion in the actress who played Sadie was heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. You fully believe she is going to find this man and that she is going to kill him. You want to believe in her and cheer her on.
You can feel the guilt and pain she feels about her sister's murder in every word and the detached podcast moving alongside her story was jarring, but in such a good way. The emotion vs the facts. The person suffering from psychological trauma vs the academic paper after the patient is studied, is how I thought about it.