Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

199 reviews

agapemanning's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death, Infertility, Abandonment, Animal death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Child abuse

gigi43's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Death, Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, and Torture

theinstabookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I started this on audio but switched to my Kindle because even though there were two narrators, they alternated voices every chapter, not character. And hearing a female voice read a male character's perspective when I had just heard the male character read his perspective, was jarring and created a disorienting reading experience. I wish the narrators had alternated based on characters because I was enjoying the audiobook other than that. 

I wouldn't call this a thriller or even a suspense, but rather a psychological fiction. Janie drove me nuts and just acted like a spoiled brat. If her behavior had been more sinister I probably would have liked this more. There was nothing particularly shocking - just a child with a lot of psychological trauma and issues that acted out and needed professional help. I wouldn't recommend this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Death, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Abandonment

krwhiteh's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, and Child abuse

southern_belle_books_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Wow.  Wow, wow, wow.

I don't know where to begin.   This book was insane.  I sat down to read this at 12 and by 3 I had finished the whole book.  I physically COULD NOT put this book down! 

I don't think that I can properly explain what this book was.  It was the epitome of psychological thriller.  It was dark and... just crazy!

If you are into thrillers, read this!  BUT if you don't like dark and creepy books, please skip this one!  This book is as far from light and fluffy as you can get.  

I've been thinking about this book for a couple of hours and I'm still in shock.  I'm definitely going to have to read the sequel novella, because the ending was... wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

misshrider's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Murder

thechaoticreader_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

the perfect child was free on audible & decided to give this author a chance. by 20%, i stopped & ran straight to my kindle. while the audible was nice, it was too slow for me & i needed to dive deeper into the story faster. definitely a page turner & i couldnt stop until i finished it. i have to say… the ending was just not it. i love books that don’t always give happy endings but i felt like i didnt get any thing, not even so much of a tiny closure. it felt like the end of a chapter & not a book! but thankfully it has a sequel in which i’ll be reading right away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Pregnancy, Animal death, Death, Infertility, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug use

lollylauren1's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I wanted to like this because I have enjoyed every other Lucinda Berry book so far but I just couldn’t. The plot was too far fetched and the ending was just rubbish

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

katelynndzindzio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you have ever wondered if someone is born evil or if that is possible then Janie is here for proof. Chris and Hannah wanted nothing more than to have a happy family, as a surgeon and nurse they were the perfect parents for the problems that Janie had. Or so they thought. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Death of parent, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders

april0727's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The ending was terrible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, and Death