Sadie defines herself through her relationship with her sister and it was devastating to read about her loss. It was heartbreaking to read and I had a very visceral reaction to some points of this novel. I loved the way Sadie talked about Mattie. I have mentioned previously how weak I am for sister stories. There were a lot of layers to her personality and again, it was so interesting to see that contrast of how Sadie perceives herself versus how other people perceive her. Sadie decides to fight back and I always love a dark female character. I loved the exploration of reclaiming your own narrative and agency in this novel. The way Courtney Summers wrote her is really raw and powerful, and I really loved her. Her character had so much depth and it was heartbreaking to read from her perspective. Courtney Summers contrasts the things Sadie says about some people and then gives us interviews with those people on the podcast which is just such a new and fresh way to tell a story, which I really appreciated. It’s clever and while Sadie’s perspective is really subjective and internal, the podcast offers a different, more distanced perspective and I really enjoyed what that added to the narrative. Moreover, if you listen to this in audiobook format, you’ll actually get the podcast experience and it adds so many layers to the story. I love true crime podcasts, and I really love what setting up a podcast added to this story. We learn about her story both from her perspective, but also from the podcast called The Girls, whose host is trying to find Sadie. Sadie follows Sadie ( a shocker, I know) whose sister Mattie was found dead recently and after that, Sadie goes missing. It made the reading experience a million times better and I cannot recommend it enough. And I can confidently say that Sadie is the best audiobook to ever exist because I was obsessed with it. And here’s the thing – I hate audiobooks.
And I subscribe to Scribd and I saw that there was an audiobook of it on Scribd and I figured it’s now or never. At one point in time, everyone had this on their TBR or they were reading it and everyone was talking about it. It’s been a while since I was as mesmerized with a book as I was with Sadie. “And it begins, as so many stories do, with a dead girl.”
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