Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

4 reviews

gneumann's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

this was a really tough read. i should not have read this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Confinement, Grief, Child abuse, Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, and Excrement

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

clairebonney's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Animal death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Child abuse

Animal cruelty and animal death involve a kitten

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.75

Finished this listen feeling ultimately pretty disappointed, which is unfortunate because this book had the potential for some good, freaky shit. But the ending was just so bland and lackluster. The third act was so fun to speculate about

was Janie really a devil child? traumatized and misunderstood? was Hannah right or delusional?

So much potential to really play with that, which made the ending a bust for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Murder, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Vomit, and Miscarriage

silverheartbookclub's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Abandonment, Excrement, Death, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Gaslighting and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts