Reviews with content warning for Child abuse - Sadie

This book was great, I really enjoyed how it showed the perspective of Sadie and the podcast to really show how people though of her and what she thought. I finished this slowly except the last 100 pages which I finished pretty quickly. It was nice and fast paced but it was also focusing on really important subjects. Like the sexual assault towards literal CHILDREN 5 YEAR OLDS is DISGUSTING. This book wasn't the best book ever but not the worst but not average, it was just a good solid book with an important message. one thing to critisise though. WHAT IS THAT ENDING. I can see why, it's more realistic but like UGHHH.

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nemonobody11's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This book is heavy.
I don't think I have the strength to hold it.

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fengxin's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

i've been reading books with a different formatting recently and i love that this one was half podcast and half narration. especially when sadie's chapters repeated things that had been established in the podcast episodes; i thought it was a really cool way of experiencing her story in a more clinical setting versus her own personal version of it. as for the story itself, it made me so very sad. i feel conflicted about claire. on one hand, i'm sympathetic — addiction is a horrible thing and in this case was very much a product of environment and circumstances; but on the other hand, as someone who's experienced having a relative struggle with addiction and take everyone else down with them, i hate her. now keith? there's a very special place in hell reserved for him and his awful friend silas. in the end, i feel mostly conflicted and upset; the story wrapped up in a way that left me with little answers, which i'm sure was the point, and grieving for those girls. overall a pretty heavy story, but well written and i thought the topic was handled appropriately.

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shayerose93's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

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alexefontaine's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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bookb1itch's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was simultaneously gut-wrenching and compelling. I was cheering for Sadie the whole way. I haven't read a book with a stuttering MC before. This made Sadie even more vulnerable than her stolen childhood and was possibly a direct result. (?) I cried for her mother. All too believable, so I'm going to put a 15+ sticker on our school Library copy. Not sure any of our students will CHOOSE to read this?

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gracefulxo's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book…. oh my gosh this book.

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