A review by victoriakuo13
Sadie by Courtney Summers

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

3.0

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This book, especially the back half, got me. I was flying through it all. I thought the podcast bits woven with Sadie's narration was pretty seamless, and it was nice to have breaks from each perspective. 

But I could never really get into Sadie's voice for some reason. I felt like it was over dramaticized at points and almost felt like satire of thriller novels with the tone it took. It was like the book was self aware of its own plot if that makes sense? I was taken out of it because it was so gritty it was aware of its grittyness. DOES THIS MAKE SENSE. Anyway. 

Also,
I'm not a huge fan of open endings. Honestly, I think the fact that the last thing we get of Sadie is that she was hit on the head, I don't know how open it was (I assume she's dead). But I would have liked some confirmation. I like KNOWING.
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