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A review by bookedbymadeline
Sadie by Courtney Summers
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
4.5
It’s a dark, heartbreaking book with twists I didn’t see coming. I loved the switches from Sadie’s POV to the podcast with West! It’s a unique concept for a novel, which made it even more interesting to read. It took some time to get into the story as the first half was a bit slower and more detailed, especially from Sadie’s chapters. By the second half I flew through the pages, not wanting to put it down.
I think the ending was perfect for this type of story. The pacing overall was also fairly well done, with nothing being rushed or dragged out! There’s a lot of characters so although we only get to really know a few of them, the side characters are still well written. We get enough of a description to picture them but most of them we only get passing glimpses rather than any depth as we take the journey with Sadie. I know I’m going to be thinking about this one for a long time!
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, and Abandonment
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Death and Suicide attempt