Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

65 reviews

ctidwell03's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Animal death

juliaaa02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abandonment

missbeetle's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

Be sure to check the content warnings before reading. This book is not for the faint of heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Infertility, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Violence, and Animal cruelty

lostinpaperbacks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

this started off good. the whole book was a wild ride. naughty children in thrillers is one of the tropes i love. "the push" is actually one of my favorite books i've read this year. this had more disturbing scenes in my opinion, as in there was more descriptive scenes and it was soo good until the ending. like what was that ending? nothing was answered. also i was so frustrated with the male main character he was always in denial and it was so frustrating and made me want to literally punch him and maybe make him actually look at the truth in front of him, but overall i enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

eggplantia5's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, and Child abuse

emmagrace012's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Violence and Animal death

dannybrown59's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This reminded me of The orphan which is one of my favorite movies. It was really interesting to see things from both perspectives. Hannah's slow descent into madness was extremely sad. I also felt bad for Janie despite also being terrified of children after reading this. You never really got an answer as to what caused her behavior. Overall this was a good book but the ending wasn't great and the husband was annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, and Excrement

femiamarisa's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Child abuse

tatereads's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Torture, Drug use, Death, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Blood, Animal cruelty, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, and Physical abuse

peytonliveslife's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Blood, and Confinement