strictly literary: sadie by courtney summers

this is a must-read for fans of serial, s-town, criminal and all the other million true crime podcasts that have cropped up recently. i'm a total wimp, so i will admit that i have no personal experience listening to these podcasts, but that doesn't mean i wouldn't like them. i am easily spooked and affected by true crime, in a way that i am not by fictional horror stories, though let's be honest, i still get spooked.

sadie is told from two perspectives. a fictional true crime podcast, the girls, and sadie's own point-of-view. it all begins when mattie southern is discovered dead. sadie, her older sister, sets off on a journey to find her murderer and avenge her past, her younger sister's life, all the terrible things that have happened to her. west mccray, the podcast producer is compelled to take her story on because something about sadie speaks to him.

the truth about what happened the night mattie died is slowly untangled. and the web of abuse and lies and neglect is terrible and horrifying. one of the things that you can't stop yourself from thinking as you read is that this might be fiction, but it feels pretty real.

i can't say that this is an enjoyable book to read, per se. it's complicated. sadie is a compelling narrative. the format is almost conversational so that you aren't weighted down by lofty prose as you read these terrible things. but the subject matter is heavy, and if you are easily triggered then this might not be the right book for you. it's a story worth reading though, i'm glad i did.

**sadie will publish on september 4, 2018. i received a digital advance reader copy from netgalley/st. martin's press (wednesday books) and a print advance reader copy at the buzzbooks panel at book expo america.

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