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julian_greystoke 's review for:
Sadie
by Courtney Summers
3.5 stars
Some parts of this book were fantastic and others... not as much. I had heard nothing but "listen to this on audio" from every reviewer and as I LOVE listening to audio books I gave this a try. It was... decent. I feel like the people who find it to be the best audiobook ever might not have heard too too many great audio books. The main voice actors were good, but some of the side parts sounded... rough... The woman reading Sadie sounded mad all the time. No matter what her default voice was low and pissed, which is fine until the character needs to have a not angry emotion.
I liked the podcast aspect, though I am not used to such high budget production from podcasts LOL. All I listen to are podcasts by like three friends in a bedroom, so I was a little alienated by the style of podcast, but that's a me thing.
I wish the podcast side had been bigger. The majority of this book was Sadie doing her thing, and while I was mostly into her story and all its twists and drama, ultimately I didn't like her voice and the writing style of her sections. Some attempts to be "flowery" just ended up making me go "wut?" A line that will never leave my brain is 'his legs went all the way to his torso'. Like.... what does that even mean? How did that word salad get past the editor?
Now I just really want a version of this that was just a podcast person investigating a missing girl. I'd read/listen to that oh boy!
I would still recommend this book if you are a fan of true crime, revenge stories and somewhat realistic feeling teenage girls (with all that that entails). I too recommend the audio version.
Look out for a review on my channel coming soon.
Some parts of this book were fantastic and others... not as much. I had heard nothing but "listen to this on audio" from every reviewer and as I LOVE listening to audio books I gave this a try. It was... decent. I feel like the people who find it to be the best audiobook ever might not have heard too too many great audio books. The main voice actors were good, but some of the side parts sounded... rough... The woman reading Sadie sounded mad all the time. No matter what her default voice was low and pissed, which is fine until the character needs to have a not angry emotion.
I liked the podcast aspect, though I am not used to such high budget production from podcasts LOL. All I listen to are podcasts by like three friends in a bedroom, so I was a little alienated by the style of podcast, but that's a me thing.
I wish the podcast side had been bigger. The majority of this book was Sadie doing her thing, and while I was mostly into her story and all its twists and drama, ultimately I didn't like her voice and the writing style of her sections. Some attempts to be "flowery" just ended up making me go "wut?" A line that will never leave my brain is 'his legs went all the way to his torso'. Like.... what does that even mean? How did that word salad get past the editor?
Now I just really want a version of this that was just a podcast person investigating a missing girl. I'd read/listen to that oh boy!
I would still recommend this book if you are a fan of true crime, revenge stories and somewhat realistic feeling teenage girls (with all that that entails). I too recommend the audio version.
Look out for a review on my channel coming soon.