Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

55 reviews

secretlybatman4's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Knocked a star off because Christopher really annoyed me and the ending was just…. Abrupt. I was hoping for more just to tie up the end of the Baurs story. The beginning was boring af too so I almost stopped reading but then I pushed through and I consumed to book very quickly. Definitely will read more books by Dr Berry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol

allielippe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

The authors epilogue was cut on the editing floor, but she reads it on YouTube, it makes a much more satisfying ending than the book. Wish it had stayed in! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Vomit, and Pregnancy

haleyp898's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death of parent

silverheartbookclub's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

allieinthepages's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Murder

katiereadsbooks23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, and Death of parent

queerbookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.25

I enjoyed it overall but there were some specific parts that were really hard to listen to. A good story if you want to listen to (or read but i listened) something incredibly distracting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

lilsweetpea's review against another edition

dark medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

raine83's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

ashleywrites's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy