Reviews with content warning for Child abuse - The Perfect Child

I devoured this book, I couldn’t put it down and read it nonstop for hours. The writing was great, easy to understand and kept me interested in the story. This is a thriller and the main characters are a doctor and a nurse that foster and then later adopt a child that comes into the emergency room with serious neglect. I don’t even know what to say about this book but normally when I can separate it from real life but for this it was so real.

The couple deals with taking care of this child that is not okay and has issues surrounding her past and the neglect and trauma she’s faced. Bringing this child into their home causes the couples relationship to change and leads them to do things that aren’t great. There are a lot of themes dealing with trauma, mental illness, manipulation, child abuse and neglect so be aware if you choose to read this. While I was reading the only thing I could think of was that the child should not be in a home. They should have be in 24/7 therapeutic program or something cause i would have also gone insane as the parent.

The last 10 percent of the book was crazy, a lot of things happened, were revealed and it happened too fast. It also annoyed me because I needed to know more about the child past and I had so many questions. Read this book if you like thrillers, the author was a trauma psychologist and it shows in the she wrote this book and the character interactions. I definitely need to pick up the short story because I need to know more.

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emama's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.25

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callmejes92's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

2.75

Beginning was slow, but laid foundation for ending. Picked up toward the middle, and couldn’t put it down but mostly because it was like a dumpster fire and l couldn’t look away. It drove me insane that the “Doctor” husband was so clueless, and really didn’t come off as having any medical knowledge at all. Overall, didn’t really enjoy the read, and the big “twist” was pretty clear from the very beginning.

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knik's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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dilani's review against another edition

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dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

entertaining but everyone pissed me off…especially Christoper👀 so many warning signs around a troubled child…

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ianb's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I need to start this book off by saying that what I read was Disturbing and the most disturbing book I have read. I highly recommend going to look up trigger warnings for this one as there are a lot and I’m not going to capture them all, It features Child Abuse and Animal abuse to name a couple. But It’s a gripping read and once you are hooked you are not released until you get to the end, and it will leave you wanting more…

Dr. Christopher Bauer and his wife, Hannah, have been struggling with infertility for years. Hannah, now 41, has all but given up hope of having children until.....

This story is told through alternating Character Chapters- Christopher, Hannah and A Social Worker and they all work together to move the story along The entire time your reading you know that it is leading up to something big but that reveal doesn't come until the last 25% which will have you furiously flipping the pages.

Lucinda Berry has penned quite the nightmarish tale. This was my first read by her but I assure you it will NOT be my last. I'm going to get my greedy grabby hands on anything she has written.

If you want a unique, edge of your seat, psychological thriller. . . Look No Further. This book will BLOW YOU AWAY.

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toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

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fast-paced

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

3.5

I liked a lot about this one and hybrid reading it (audio and on kindle) really added to the experience and made me feel more immersed in the story. I don't think the writing was the best ever but the story in general kept me wanting to know what happened. The very end did me very dirty though. if you know you know. Now I'm gonna start the companion novella to this.

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breazatoth's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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