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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9781600760723
ISBN number: 1600760724
Label: StoneGarden.net Publishing
Manufacturer: StoneGarden.net Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: April 25, 2008
Publishing house: StoneGarden.net Publishing
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A sometimes terrifying, often intriguing, and always thought provoking glimpse into the mind of Sadie, a victim of child abuse, drugs, and the vagaries of fate as she sinks into mental illness and battles her own special kind of demons. A Stabbing for Sadie is a wonderful journey through the twisted mind of a casualty of abuse, who lives with her own monsters, and fights to survive every day. It delves into notions and nightmares that haunt this strong and sometimes funny woman as she copes with false accusations and true horrors. This is a riveting, edge of your seat thriller as told from the other side. A Stabbing for Sadie will leave you breathless, wondering what you would do, and wondering what's on the mind of the person standing subsequent to you...
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What turns a killer into a killer? "A Stabbing for Sadie" is the unique tale of murder from a side rather visited - the side of the murderer. Sadie was never the most balanced girl, with a dark history of a horrible childhood and her daily demons which drive her to do things most of us would never think of doing. "A Stabbing for Sadie" is a must for thriller fans seeking a story of another perspective.
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WITHERSIN MAGAZINE
First review by Adam Armstrong
07.12.2008
Waking up on the kitchen floor, covered in blood, with a big knife in your hand; sounds like a Saturday morning at my house.
A Stabbing for Sadie is an after-the-fact confessional that examines the life of our protagonist and narrator Sadie Lynn Stadski. Sadie was raised by an abusive mother and uncaring step-father. Her life is spent battling depression from her upbringing, her weight, and the perception of those around her. After following a road that she thought would free her, Sadie declares herself a failure at life and decides to stop battling the inner demons and start taking on the outer ones with a knife.
This book falls into a lot of the same trappings very first time novels fall into: too much time spent in the characters head instead of viewing their actions, a lack of subtlety when making commentary on society, a limited perspective while trying to keep the novel in very first person, and keeping important facts from the narrator to surprise the audience. However the writing is quite good. Sadie is given a realistic voice and can easily be viewed as a real person, the kind you'd visit Wikipedia to learn more about after finishing the book. With this demonstrated ability, I expect Saturday to go on to big things in the near future.
3.5 out of 5
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Second review by Barbara Mulcahy
07.16.2008
This is an intriguing book in as much as the reader would not be able to distinguish whether it is fact of fiction, which I think was the author's intention.
It is a story of a woman called Sadie who was found, at the beginning of the book, lying on the kitchen floor with a bloody knife in her hand. Not knowing what she had done or why she was taken in for questioning.
She regresses throughout the book from childhood to the present recalling in detail - too much I thought - all the way through until only at the very end you realise what has happened to her and what she had done.
It is a book which I thought was a little far fetched as nobody in my mind could have all this happening to her, mentally instable or not, but on the other hand the reader would not be able to stop reading as the need to know what really is going on is very strong.
Although I have criticized this book, I think it a very good very first book by Thursday Lee Friday. It is very profound with gifted grammar. She has a brilliant knowledge of the English language that makes the whole story come to life. A very imaginative mind, as I said at the beginning, one wouldn't know if this story is fact or fiction.
A short book, easy to read and hard to put down.
To quote - she says "Myself I laugh a lot, I'm a regular laugh riot." If it were me I wouldn't laugh, I would find a hefty piece of rope and head for the woods.
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I found that A Stabbing for Sadie, by Thursday Lee Friday, was a book hard to put down! I loved following the story and waiting to see what would become of Sadie. The twists and turns made the book riveting and I could not wait to get to the end. This dark tale of an abused young woman was fabulous! I cannot wait to read the subsequent book by this talented author. I highly recommend this read for all who enjoy exploring the dark side of human nature.
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The main character is a sick kitten. Really sick. Like, a reanimated kitten corpse missing two legs and the stumps replaced with stuffed mice. Saturday takes you into the mind of a serial killer so thoroughly, you wonder why she didn't kill more people. The character, that is, not the author ... something tells me we don't want to know the author's body count.
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"A Stabbing for Sadie," the debut novel from Thursday Lee Friday, is an engaging read. The journey through the mind of protagonist "Sadie" is often disturbing and sad, sometimes amusing, and always intriguing. Skillful character development and some surpising twists along the way make this book a thoroughly enjoyable read!
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