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The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

69 reviews

lish02's review

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: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Death, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Animal cruelty, and Addiction

lazulisky's review

challenging dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Vomit, and Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Confinement, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Medical content

bekahzabel's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

The Perfect Child is told in alternating points of view. Focusing on a couple who’s struggled with infertility, a social worker assigned to a strange child abuse case, and a seemingly innocent mysterious child.  

All the Bauer’s ever wanted was a baby. When a mysterious young girl shows up at the hospital with terrible injuries, she wins over Christopher Bauer’s heart. The Bauer’s decide to take Janie into temporary foster care, with the intentions of helping her transition and adjust to a better life. As Janie’s behaviors and past begin to unfold, things seem to get darker at every turn and crossroads. 

Boy oh boy, things got pretty dark between these two covers. Very hefty child abuse and violence trigger warnings. 

For me, The Perfect Child had me white knuckling my kindle, and salivating for the next page. Even though I guessed some of the twists, this dark tale was a great read for me. My only qualm is how abruptly it wrapped up. 4/5 stars! 🌟

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Infertility, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Murder, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Self harm, Miscarriage, Death, and Medical trauma

laurenellisx's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Infertility, Grief, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

katiesovik's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

2.5

This book was confusing to me. I don’t understand why Christopher and Hannah were written as medical professionals when:
A. It contributed nothing valuable to the story
B. It’s obvious the writer has no concept of how any of these medical situations would actually happen. 
Getting past the beginning was somewhat worth it. The book did get better. Everything builds and builds and builds and then it just feels like it ends in the middle??????? Are they just leaving Janie in the rehab house? Are they having her rehomed? What is going to happen with the lawsuits for Allison??? 
This book was entertaining like a bad horror movie. It felt surface level and insincere. Really bummed because I wanted a good thriller and this was just stupid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Death, Vomit, and Animal cruelty

It’s cringe.

flaviadeer's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Vomit, and Eating disorder

amaranth_wytch's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Self harm, Torture, Violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Ableism

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

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

jordanamoxin's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Vomit