Sadie by Courtney Summers | Book Review

Title: Sadie
Author: Courtney Summers
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Published Date: September 4th, 2018
Genre: Mystery, Realistic Fiction,
Page Count: 320
Format: Kindle

My Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Goodreads Summary: 
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 meagre 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.   

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 My Review:

Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Book for a free e-arc in exchange for my honest review

TRIGGER WARNING:

Child abuse, drug addiction,  attempted sexual assault. 

Sadie was my first Courtney Summers book, and I get all the hype surrounding her. I could not put this book down and read it all in one day. 

Sadie follows two people. Sadie who is a young woman who was forced to grow up and take care of her sister at a young age. The second point of view is from West McCray who is a radio personality looking into the disappearance of Sadie and her sister's murderer.




Through West McCray's eyes, we get to see what those around Sadie were thinking and doing while she was missing. We hear stories of Sadie and her mom and the life they had before all of this happened. While no one knows why exactly Sadie left they do know that she would do anything for Mattie even if that meant going on a wild goose chase to find the person that took her. 


With Sadie we saw her life play out and why she was so protective of her little sister Mattie. Sadie is one of those girls who not only had to raise herself, but her little sister as well due to a mom who had an addiction to multiple things. Because of this Sadie and her mom didn’t get along very well and this causes the little sister to be divided between them and at times favor one more than the other.  We also get to see Sadie looking for the person who took her sister, and the places that it takes her. 


Overall this mystery book had me on my toes throughout the whole book, I couldn’t get enough of it! From wondering what happened to Sadie and her little sister Mattie. To what the report was going to find out, and if we were ever going to find out if anyone saw anything to help in the investigation. It was just so so good, and I really enjoyed all the little side stories as well where we got to find out more information about the people in Sadie and Mattie's life. 

I adored Sadie as a character. She was smart and stubborn and willing to do almost anything to get the answers she needed to find out what happened to Mattie. Yes, this meant not always following the rules, but sometimes that just what you have to do in order to find answers to a mystery. 

With West McCray I found myself getting annoyed with him at times. He hints at things from his past but nothing is never officially said so your just kind of left speculating. Which was really frustrating to me because it's not something I like to speculate about, because of the consequences it can cause for others and what it means for the person it happened to. Does that make sense? I feel like I'm just rambling at this point. 

If you've read any of Summer's other books please let me know what you think I should read next!

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