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I loved this book but it was SO HARD to read. Please don‘t if you are triggered by child abuse or molestation. DO read it if you love strong, tough female characters who you would defend with your life. The “podcast” element was genius.

Had this on my TBR for a while and I‘m happy that I‘m finally making a dent in that list. This year has been full of amazing reads so far and I can‘t wait for more! #46

This beautiful view doesn't evoke the book's contents, unfortunately. It's a tough read filled with signs of abuse, drugs, alcohol, and violence--nothing too explicitly described. However, it's a fast-paced journey with a sad mystery. Well-written, & I enjoyed the podcast transcripts. I saw that you can listen to the actual podcasts on Macmillan's website, so I'll have to check that out. Definitely recommend if you can handle all the triggers.

I devoured this book right up to the end. But the ending? I‘m ... irritated? No. I feel cheated. Addendum: Don‘t read this review if you don‘t want spoilers. For me, it made me feel sane again! http://wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2019/02/epic-spoiler-review-sadie.htm...

Wow. This book is spectacular. Lots of triggers though, so if you‘re sensitive, look into the warnings first.

Another vacation reading spot! Wonderfully secluded in this hammock.

A mudslide, a book, and the beach!! This morning I ran on this beach and started listening to Where the Crawdads Sing on audio, too!

Pedophilia, sexual abuse, drug abuse, murder

This was a raw, emotional, and incredibly dark book. I am grateful that it did not sensationalize any of the abuse that went on before and during the events of this book. Though it's definitely present, it happens off of the page. It focuses on the toll it took on the victims rather than the acts themselves. If you can handle the subject matter.I'd highly recommend it!

5 🌟
Now I understand what all the fuss is about - this book is FANTASTIC!! 😍 My favourite read of 2019 so far. It's raw & powerful, and you can't help but love Sadie. I want to protect her & keep her safe, but I also wish I had a big sister like her.

Highly recommend the audiobook as well - the podcast chapters are really well done.

If you haven't read it already, do yourself a favour & get it! (But lots of TWs so look into those if you need)

Is the Audiobook of Sadie worth listening to? #Sadie #Audiobook

Joining in with #weekendreads as the weather has got me in the mood for big jumpers, meditation, fresh coffee and sinking into a book (or talking about them)

1. Six of Crows - see latest post
2. Sadie, Courtney Summers
3. The Secret History, Donna Tartt

Sophie is sunbathing in front of the bookshelf like a good Litsy cat while I finish Sadie on audio. Happy Saturday, Littens! #catsoflitsy

Thank you @thewallflower0707 for recommending me this book for my #newyearwhodis challenge. What a powerful yet heartbreaking story. I thought the podcast style was rather refreshing & made the hunt for Sadie even more engaging. I loved Sadie. I felt every inch of her anger, grief and frustration. The ending was utterly heartbreaking, but so real.

Full review on my blog.

@monalyisha

⭐️⭐️⭐️: I liked the format with the alternating between podcast script and Sadie, but I think this book is just ok. I definitely wouldn‘t call it YA...it‘s very dark and deals with tough themes.

My favorite part of reading was hearing Sadie describe how other people talk. I wonder what each of us pick up on because we perceive it as our faults and look upon others as having better ‘x‘ than us.

#UnpopularOpinion It‘s probably a case of #WrongReaderRightBook because almost every review on Litsy is 5 stars but...I failed to find the brilliance. The plot felt recycled, the characters one dimensional and the writing tepid. Really just an OK read for me, even the ending seemed lax. I guess I really don‘t enjoy YA novels and this one felt VERY YA.

So much #LitsyLove for this book but after reading the first 60 pages I‘m not feeling it. I feel like the podcast element is a cheap ploy🤷‍♀️Maybe I‘ll have a change of heart the further I read

This book was incredibly sad but very well done. The poignancy was in the things that were left out, leaving you to read between the horrible lines. It was not an easy read, and I feel you need to go in aware that there are a lot of triggers (abuse, addiction, violence). But these stories need to be told, even if it hurts to do so 💔

Last one for winter #Booked2019 #RelatedToAPodcast

Reciprocating #audiobook recommendations with my personal Top 15 (too many good ones for a Top 10). Some faves are pictured. 💖

1. Educated
2. Shrill
3. Born a Crime
4. Priestdaddy
5. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
6. Assassination Vacation
7. Tiny Beautiful Things
8. The Diviners
9. Sadie
10. Daisy Jones and the Six
11. Sing, Unburied, Sing
12. Lincoln in the Bardo
13. Red Sister
14. Heartburn
15. The Gentleman‘s Guide to Vice & Virtue

OKAY BUT THE ENDING? SOMEONE RANT WITH ME.
An exceptionally well-told story about missing girls and pain and anger. A very well produced audiobook that hold up in print too. It‘s not an easy read, but it sucks you in so much that I woke up a full hour early on Hump Day to finish it before work. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I have zero motivation, so here‘s hoping I can quietly read this one on my Kindle and no one will notice. 😬

This was a terrific audiobook. I‘m still an audio newbie and I‘ve never listened to an audio that incorporated various narrators, music, ticking clocks, bird noises. I enjoyed that a lot. Sadly, I just don‘t respond emotionally to fiction audiobooks. Non-fiction somehow busts through the brain barrier and I can absorb a tale. I mention this because I ended up feeling fairly ambivalent about the story. A paper copy might have been better for me.

I think I already did this but I want to make sure I get in that drawing!
1. Lethal White
2. As Old As Time
3. Caroline
4. Sadie
5. Bloodfever
6. Code Name Verity

#booked2019
@BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft

If you haven‘t listened to this audiobook, then you are missing out. 😍

Audio coloring. ❤️

The book flips between Wes McCray‘s podcast & Sadie‘s first person account— both following Sadie‘s footsteps trying to find justice for the murder of her young sister, months after the local police come dry, no answers to be found. 19-year-old Sadie goes off on her own, her alcoholic mother long since abandoned town, searching for her mother‘s ex who, it seems, is not who he says he is and likely had a great role in her sister‘s death.

“I wish his darkness lived outside of him, because you have to know it's there to see it. Like all real monsters, he hides in plain sight.”

Sadie freaking broke me.
I‘ve never wanted to give up on a book and not put a book down so bad in my life.
#currentlyreading #sadie

This really is a perfect audiobook for long commutes and road trips given half the book is in a podcast format.

#Marchintothe70s #borntorun
@Cinfhen @Lizpixie
Sadie sets out on the road alone off to find out what happened to her sister she's runing towards answers...loved this book

Because I don't get enough podcasts in my life. 😂

I love this book. I was wary at first due to the format; some of the story is written in a transcript form for a podcast, while the rest is in a narrative format. The format became a moot point after a few pages because I became engrossed in the story. It is a hard story to read due to its topic - death of a thirteen year old and her sister‘s drive to find the person responsible - but Summers‘s characterization propels the story forward.

Now that the weather is warmer, its‘s time for reading on the patio.

So much to say and dont know how to say it. I highly recommend listening to the audiobook because it comes with a whole cast of characters that made the experience amazing. The story was crazy the ending left me in my thoughts. Trigger warnings for sexual assault, pedophilia, abuse, drugs.
5 ☆☆☆☆☆

An eclectic group of #BOOKS. Must reads!

Has anyone been using #Scribd? I just started a free trial of it, and I‘m using it to listen to Sadie on audiobook. Really excited for this one, I‘ve heard a lot of good things.

Do yourself a favor and listen to this one.

“Sadie” is one of the best audiobooks I‘ve ever read. I‘m beyond distraught that it‘s over. The narrative structure — chapters alternating between Sadie‘s perspective, a 19-year-old girl on a mission to avenge her little sister‘s murder, and West McCray‘s, a podcast host hired by Sadie‘s surrogate grandmother to find her after the official police search proves ineffectual — lends itself so well to the audio format.

Review cont‘d below👇🏻

A podcast host reluctantly following the trail of a girl who‘s gone missing after her sister‘s murder.
Sadie, searching for the man who murdered her sister, seeking revenge.
This book was absolutely stunning. 5/5 ⭐️
#sadie #courtneysummers #bookstagram #books #reading

This was heavy and raw but so, so good! Using a true crime podcast as a narrative device sounded gimmicky but worked really well interspersed with Sadie‘s chapters. I was hooked right away and read this book in two sittings (work got in the way, ugh). I probably should have listened on audio but the print book was still excellent.

This audiobook is so fantastically done! It‘s keeping me occupied this afternoon as I try to stay awake for my sleep study this evening. Can‘t take my meds or have caffeine! The struggle is real! Ping me to keep me awake, please!

My friend went to the States last week so I had her kids over for dinner and as a thank you she surprised me with this book!!! So unnecessary but greatly appreciated!!! And I was just discussing this book with @Kamisha ❤️ Have to snicker at the cover blurb...A.J. Finn 😉

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Wow, I loved this book! Five stars ⭐️

I feel like I've been beaten up and dragged through the mud with this one. It's raw and painful and uncomfortable and heartbreaking. But I couldn't put it down - I kept feeling for Sadie, and I kept hoping she would get what she wanted. I kept hoping the truth would give her something and that she would triumph...And the ambiguity makes me wish for a sequel.

Beginning the #audio on #playaway while eating lunch. I LOVED #CourtneySummers book What Girls Are and am friends with her on a couple platforms. I‘m excited for this one. As an audiobook it‘s like listening to the actual podcast!