Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

63 reviews

thebookishgamerr's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Infertility

laurenellisx's review against another edition

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

alreinwarth's review

Just no. This feels like it is demonizing mental illness and childhood trauma survivors. And then the brutal animal cruelty was just too much for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Self harm, Abandonment, Excrement, Murder, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Medical content, Miscarriage, Confinement, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Violence

averageawkwardasian's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Version: audiobook narrated by Christine Williams, Erin Bennett and Dan John Miller

 

Start slow and warm then gets rather upsetting towards the end. The contrast paired with the rush towards the stark ending makes the whole experience more unsettling. 

The 3-person narrative brings different perspective to the same events and added more suspense and mystery.

Certain triggers in the later part of story might be hard to stomach.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Infertility

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Mental illness

Minor: Blood, Confinement, Murder, and Medical content

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

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

agapemanning's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death, Infertility, Abandonment, Animal death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Mental illness, 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

theinstabookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

I started this on audio but switched to my Kindle because even though there were two narrators, they alternated voices every chapter, not character. And hearing a female voice read a male character's perspective when I had just heard the male character read his perspective, was jarring and created a disorienting reading experience. I wish the narrators had alternated based on characters because I was enjoying the audiobook other than that. 

I wouldn't call this a thriller or even a suspense, but rather a psychological fiction. Janie drove me nuts and just acted like a spoiled brat. If her behavior had been more sinister I probably would have liked this more. There was nothing particularly shocking - just a child with a lot of psychological trauma and issues that acted out and needed professional help. I wouldn't recommend this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Death, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Abandonment

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

annie_1330's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Excellent  book a page turner. I couldn't  put it down. Everything  was expertly written keeping you on the edge of your seat till the end.  This book leaves you going what maybe a sequel?? So good drop what your doing  and go read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Animal cruelty