![]() ![]() Going into Sadie my biggest concern was that it would feel rushed. No matter where the book is taking place or who Sadie (& West) is interacting with, you’re very easily able to visualise it/them. By dividing the book up into podcast transcripts and Sadie’s first person POV, we get both a textbook description of settings and characters as well as a more biased, personal perspective which really helps immerse you in the story. However, there’s something about the way Summers writes that just makes everything jump off the page. This is surprising because Sadie spends much of the book travelling around the US, meaning most of the places and people don’t get a lot of time to make an impression. ![]() One of the things that really stands out about Sadie is how real everything feels. I’m totally selling you on this one, aren’t I? Why You Should Read this Book A Realistic World Or more aptly: you’re going to enjoy reading Sadie even though it’ll take your fragile heart, break it into little pieces and then set those pieces on fire. Considering this book deals with poverty, drug addiction, neglect, loss, murder, and child sexual abuse, it’s pretty much the perfect example for which to break out a Ron Weasley classic: You’re going to suffer but you’re going to be happy about it. But as that tends to conjure up images of me running over hills, singing about the sound of music, that vocab may need a bit of an overhaul here. ![]() Normally, when I talk about my 4.5 and 5 star reads I tend to use words like ‘amazing’ or ‘fantastic’. ![]()
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