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A review by sleepysamreads
Sadie by Courtney Summers
5.0
TRIGGER WARNINGS: pedophilia, child sexual abuse, rape, parental neglect, drug abuse
Special thanks to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing an ARC in exhange for an honest review.
You can find this review and others on my blog SleepySamReads!
This book made me feel so many things.
I'll start with the easy stuff. I really loved the format of this novel. It has alternating POVs. One is West McCray, a radio personality who has made it his mission to find out what happened to Sadie months after she has gone missing, and the other is Sadie herself, showing her story as it unfolds. This was a genius way to show us what happened. We get to learn more about Sadie and Mattie's past through West, and got inside Sadie's head during her POV. I actually really loved how almost all the chapters ended with little cliffhangers and you had to read an entire chapter in the others perspective before finding out what happened. This is probably why I read the entire novel in one sitting.
Now to the not so easy stuff. There's VERY dark subject matter in this. There's no explicit details, but it was definitely enough to make me sick to my stomach several times. I highly recommend anyone who's suffered from child sexual abuse or sexual abuse period to stay clear of this book. It is an excellent book, but I can definitely see it triggering some people. Please take caution and stay safe.
This book plays very heavily on family relationships. The entire motivation for the story is Sadie's love for her sister. I loved this a lot. There's no romantic subplots and I really enjoyed that too.
Some people are going to really love the ending of Sadie, and some people are going to really hate it. For me, I really loved it. It's heartbreakingly realistic and makes you realize how the world really is. It's been about 24 hours since I finished the book and my heart is still aching for the characters. I can tell that this is a book that will stick with me.
Special thanks to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing an ARC in exhange for an honest review.
You can find this review and others on my blog SleepySamReads!
This book made me feel so many things.
I'll start with the easy stuff. I really loved the format of this novel. It has alternating POVs. One is West McCray, a radio personality who has made it his mission to find out what happened to Sadie months after she has gone missing, and the other is Sadie herself, showing her story as it unfolds. This was a genius way to show us what happened. We get to learn more about Sadie and Mattie's past through West, and got inside Sadie's head during her POV. I actually really loved how almost all the chapters ended with little cliffhangers and you had to read an entire chapter in the others perspective before finding out what happened. This is probably why I read the entire novel in one sitting.
Now to the not so easy stuff. There's VERY dark subject matter in this. There's no explicit details, but it was definitely enough to make me sick to my stomach several times. I highly recommend anyone who's suffered from child sexual abuse or sexual abuse period to stay clear of this book. It is an excellent book, but I can definitely see it triggering some people. Please take caution and stay safe.
This book plays very heavily on family relationships. The entire motivation for the story is Sadie's love for her sister. I loved this a lot. There's no romantic subplots and I really enjoyed that too.
Some people are going to really love the ending of Sadie, and some people are going to really hate it. For me, I really loved it. It's heartbreakingly realistic and makes you realize how the world really is. It's been about 24 hours since I finished the book and my heart is still aching for the characters. I can tell that this is a book that will stick with me.