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Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah

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sans_soleil87's review against another edition

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slow-paced

2.0

sweetheart1194's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes

4.5

abbygarcia's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

this felt like eating a cake that looks extremely good on the outside but tastes like a forkful of disappointment. the plot hooked me in immediately and 30% into this, i expected the story to do so as well but unfortunately the most entertaining parts about this were the scenes where beth’s daughter zannah, tries to help her figure out what the hell is going on because her quips and theories were really funny.

on the subject of what the hell was going on, i expected something way bigger, outside of the really sad georgina event, and all that running back and forth and huge coverup to lead to a very ott ending that didn’t quite fit the development made me feel like someone had popped my balloon.

kaceyp14's review against another edition

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2.0

It had potential, but too much of it was unrealistic. Why were the 2 sets of kids identical clones of each other? That makes no sense. And Flora just ignores the new set of kids? I think the author had an interesting plot idea, but didn’t know what to do with it.

anovelobsession's review

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2.0

I don’t really like writing reviews of books that aren’t exactly my favorite. The talent to write a book is something I definitely don’t have so I have to give credit to those that have the creativity to do it. But this particular story just wasn’t my thing. The plot sounds exciting and that’s what drew me in. Beth hasn’t seen a former friend in 12 years and when she gets the opportunity to do a little stalking and drive past her house she sees something that couldn’t possibly be real. She sees her friend taking her children out of the car and they look exactly the same as they did 12 years earlier. They haven’t aged at all. This starts Beth on a mission to find out what is going on. The set-up sounds amazing and it did keep me reading because I wanted to find out what was happening but the reveal was too unbelievable for me. It just did not seem plausible. The writing was great and I know many people who love Sophie Hannah thrillers. This just wasn’t my favorite.