Between the two perspectives, I was completely riveted. As for McCray, his investigations try to get the truth out of the people Sadie met along the way. Sadie’s chapters are fast-paced and detail her shaking people down for clues to the killer’s whereabouts and the grimy secrets she finds along the way. For him to be faster, to analyse quicker, or to just get to Sadie before someone else does. I found myself begging West McCray to find more clues. I had actual goosebumps crawling up my skin, both terrified and riveted by Sadie’s arduous journey.
This compelling narrative drives up the anticipation and feeling of dread to almost unbearable heights at times. Sadie alternates between chapters from Sadie’s perspective, following her as she tracks down a man who has perfected the art of disappearing, and West McCray’s true crime radio show transcript called The Girls trying to find Sadie by following the little information the police offer. With few clues to go on, she decides to embark on a journey to find him and make him pay for what he did. Nineteen-year-old Sadie is determined to find who she believes to be her younger sister Maddie’s killer.
Sadie follows the story of one dead girl, one missing girl, and a quest for revenge. Instead, Summers’ talent has always been, and shines through in Sadie. It deals with unsettling topics in an unflinchingly real manner and might be one of the most impactful YA reads of 2018. If you’re familiar with Summers’ previous works, you know that she stays true to the story Summers doesn’t do unrealistic happy endings. If I were to sum up Sadie in two words, they’d be intense and brutal.ĭisclaimer: This book is dark and bleak.
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