Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

96 reviews

ashielovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This might just be the most disturbing book I've ever read, or the most disturbed I've ever been and I've read a lot of disturbing books, but this just tops it in a very weird way. I just wanted to read a thriller... I'm gonna take a breather and read and watch some fluffy stuff, cause my last read was also very disturbing...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Sexual content, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence

adriana_chlad's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Child abuse, Blood, and Death

Minor: Domestic abuse

nicolecoyle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death

Minor: Murder, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

robbins_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Murder, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Mental illness, Excrement, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty

nusta's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Excrement, Animal death, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Death

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Grief

nee_shelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Pregnancy, Vomit, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

nikikirch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.25

This book was exceptional except I cannot stand Christopher. He is the WORST but the author is a clinical psychologist and im sure she’s seen dads just like that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Excrement, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Animal death, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Infertility, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Vomit, and Miscarriage

alexandraloveee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Animal death, Mental illness, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Bullying, Miscarriage, and Child abuse

charp162's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug abuse, Blood, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

bookdeviant86's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Infertility, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Vomit