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The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

10 reviews

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

gigi43's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Death, Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, and Torture

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

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

3.5

I liked a lot about this one and hybrid reading it (audio and on kindle) really added to the experience and made me feel more immersed in the story. I don't think the writing was the best ever but the story in general kept me wanting to know what happened. The very end did me very dirty though. if you know you know. Now I'm gonna start the companion novella to this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Miscarriage, Self harm, Confinement, Physical abuse, Ableism, Body horror, Abandonment, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Excrement, Medical content, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual content, Addiction, and Alcohol

bmitch21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Bullying, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Torture, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Animal death, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Self harm

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

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

Minor: Alcohol

uchihas's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

A fairly predictable story but the writing style, while a little flat in the beginning, was easy to read and flowed well. The story kept me interested regardless! Most of the characters were likable but Christopher was INFURIATING most of the time, and I wasn’t a fan of the ending even though it was the logical turn of events - just felt like things could’ve been tied up a bit more neatly. 

Please be aware there’s a somewhat graphic depiction of animal cruelty at one point! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Drug use

lapluie8'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: Infertility, Murder, Animal death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Vomit, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Torture

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

silver_lining125's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, and Death

Minor: Drug abuse and Grief

amina2002's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

I knew that the child within this book was going to be something else but Janie was way worse than I expected her to be. She disrespected Hannah on a daily basis and drove her to a psychotic break.

She tried to kill Janie for all of the crazy things that she has been doing such as urinating everywhere, throwing feces on the walls, killing animals and bullying other children.

I honestly did not understand why Christopher always took the side of Janie even after it has been proved how manipulative she is. This book just threw me into a world wind and I can’t wait until the next book comes out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Violence, and Vomit