lessthelonely
Written on Aug 7, 2022
So... After what was an incredibly underwhelming "thriller" by Colleen Hoover, here's a book that is, in fact, a thriller. Sadie has been touted as the best book by Courtney Summers by many fellow authors I follow around here on Twitter, and I can totally see why.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is one of the first books to go for this "podcast" premise. Being completely honest, I don't care if it's the first or the last novel who does this and I surely won't entertaining thinking that it has any bearing on "objectively" reviewing this novel. This is a review, of course this is biased to my tastes, so everything is in the realm of subjective. A lot of people enjoyed the last book I reviewed, Verity, which could be considered the closest thing to it being an objectively good book... look where that made me end up.
This was an enjoyable read, though I would say this is missing something that could've make it go beyond enjoyable to be phenomenal. All the ingredients were here, outside of something I really can't name. Maybe a plot twist, maybe a not-so-open ending, maybe just one more layer to the mystery (because this book isn't one to misdirect you: you have a steady pace and it's very enjoyable - I would've enjoyed taking a little swerve).
All and all, though, I did enjoy the book. The main character had a very clear motivation though it's always hard to pull off a character who's supposed to be able to do an imoral thing when the angle you're taking is that doing said imoral thing is almost incapacitating, which is something a lot of books do and it's OK. It can get a little bit dull to see the same internal arguments happen, and they also end up not being that enticing the third time... but I don't hold it against the author for this.
This is a good book. Read it. I would consider it a great baby's first thriller mystery. It's not so deep into the genre that you need to recognize certain tropes and it's structured in a "just one more chapter" way that is sure to keep you going.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is one of the first books to go for this "podcast" premise. Being completely honest, I don't care if it's the first or the last novel who does this and I surely won't entertaining thinking that it has any bearing on "objectively" reviewing this novel. This is a review, of course this is biased to my tastes, so everything is in the realm of subjective. A lot of people enjoyed the last book I reviewed, Verity, which could be considered the closest thing to it being an objectively good book... look where that made me end up.
This was an enjoyable read, though I would say this is missing something that could've make it go beyond enjoyable to be phenomenal. All the ingredients were here, outside of something I really can't name. Maybe a plot twist, maybe a not-so-open ending, maybe just one more layer to the mystery (because this book isn't one to misdirect you: you have a steady pace and it's very enjoyable - I would've enjoyed taking a little swerve).
All and all, though, I did enjoy the book. The main character had a very clear motivation though it's always hard to pull off a character who's supposed to be able to do an imoral thing when the angle you're taking is that doing said imoral thing is almost incapacitating, which is something a lot of books do and it's OK. It can get a little bit dull to see the same internal arguments happen, and they also end up not being that enticing the third time... but I don't hold it against the author for this.
This is a good book. Read it. I would consider it a great baby's first thriller mystery. It's not so deep into the genre that you need to recognize certain tropes and it's structured in a "just one more chapter" way that is sure to keep you going.
