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Sadie by Courtney Summers
3.5

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🎧 Sadie - Courtney Summers
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”Sadie” is a haunting story about a girl looking for justice for her sister that was murdered. The subject is tackled in an interesting way with chapters alternating between Sadie’s first-person account of her journey and the podcaster that is trying to find her. The podcast chapters are especially interesting as they aren’t just episodes with narration but include interviews with various people Sadie comes into contact along the way.

The story is so very heavy. I teared up several times. Trigger warnings should be checked prior to going into it. I haven’t felt such grief for a character since The Night Swim by Megan Goldin.

Summers did an exceptional job of telling a difficult story in a raw, but mindful way.

This had 5-star potential for me, but the ending and a few other things kept it at 3.5.

π™©π™π™š π™©π™¬π™žπ™¨π™© (𝘴𝘱𝘰π˜ͺ𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦): 
This isn’t a book that I think deserves a twist rating due to the gravity of the subject matter. Plus, I wouldn’t necessarily categorize it as a β€œthriller.” Nothing was particularly β€œtwisty.” It was more of an unraveling of trying to find out what happens.

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TOP TIER! It is by far one of the best audio productions I’ve listened to all year. I do not think I would’ve enjoyed this book near as much as I did if I had read the print version. There is a full ensemble cast with different voice actors reading in scenes that include dialogue. The podcast episodes are exceptional and felt like a real podcast. LISTEN TO THE AUDIOBOOK!!!!!