digital audio
English language
Published Sept. 4, 2018 by Macmillan Audio.
A missing girl on a journey of revenge and a Serial—like podcast following the clues she's left behind.
Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.
But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him.
When West McCray—a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America—overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too late. source: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250300911
It was really hard to put down. The story gave me a lot of feelings and was sad and frustrating but also hopeful and.. satisfying, with the revenge parts and with the Podcast dude commemorating Sadie's journey and reflecting on the way his view of her disappearance changed. I really enjoyed the contrast between the podcast and the parts from Sadie's perspective, and how they add to each other.
Content warning Ending Spoilers
Perfect audiobook for a long car trip where you can listen in one sitting, it really makes the podcast gimmick pop. I really enjoyed the author's voice and the prose, although it occasionally tried too hard. I don't think this would have worked nearly as well in print.
Alternated between wanting to protect the protagonist and give her cocoa, and wanting her to succeed in her violent revenge. And that's the way I like it.
Four stars instead of five because of the ambiguous ending. It was a bold choice and I see what the author was goin for, but I simply would have preferred more finality.
