Sadie

by Courtney Summers

digital audio

English language

Published Sept. 4, 2018 by Macmillan Audio.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-30091-1

(3 reviews)

A missing girl on a journey of revenge and a Serial—like podcast following the clues she's left behind.

Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.

But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him.

When West McCray—a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America—overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too late. source: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250300911

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Alex Cabe reviewed Sadie by Courtney Summers

Works Best By Far as an Audiobook

4 stars

Content warning Ending Spoilers

Perfect audiobook for a long car trip where you can listen in one sitting, it really makes the podcast gimmick pop. I really enjoyed the author's voice and the prose, although it occasionally tried too hard. I don't think this would have worked nearly as well in print.

Alternated between wanting to protect the protagonist and give her cocoa, and wanting her to succeed in her violent revenge. And that's the way I like it.

Four stars instead of five because of the ambiguous ending. It was a bold choice and I see what the author was goin for, but I simply would have preferred more finality.

abi reviewed Sadie by Courtney Summers

Review of 'Sadie' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

content warning: sexual abuse, paedophilia, murder, violence, drug addiction

wow this was a tough tough read, and one with a somewhat open ended conclusion, but it’s a story that i honestly absolutely loved.

i loved that sadie would’ve done absolutely anything for mattie. i loved that sadie might be out there taking down sexual predators and saving countless kids.

the format was also super interesting as well but i wasn’t overly sold on it.

Zoran B.

rated it

Feb. 7, 2019