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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Wow, this book was absolutely fascinating and gripping! I am a huge fan of psychology and books about children with psychological and/or mental health issues (does that make me strange?) so I was definitely invested and hooked by The Perfect Daughter! I have read DJ Palmer before and I am always impressed by his talented ability to write such intriguing books. I learned so much while reading this book and gobbled up every word not only for the knowledge about a mysterious yet alluring illness, but also because I did not want to stop reading about Penny and her life. I couldn’t stop guessing and kept getting completely thrown off track repeatedly. My brain, my heart, and my mind had extensive aerobic workouts while reading this book!
The author either performed extensive research or has had personal experiences to write this because there was so much detail and so many facts and pieces of data from the medical, legal, and every day living it sides of it. I was incredibly impressed by all of it!
Thrilling, fascinating, and surprising throughout THE ENTIRE BOOK!
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The author either performed extensive research or has had personal experiences to write this because there was so much detail and so many facts and pieces of data from the medical, legal, and every day living it sides of it. I was incredibly impressed by all of it!
Thrilling, fascinating, and surprising throughout THE ENTIRE BOOK!
#netgalley #theperfectdaughter @stmartinspress @djpalmerauthor
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Ahhh this was a wild one!
Multiple Personality Disorder or DID is super fascinating to me. It was interesting to read a thriller that incorporated that and I think it was done respectfully, but of course I'm not a professional and it's totally fiction so who even knows how heightened or exaggerated it was .... but it was a FUN imagining of how it could translate to a wild story of secrets, twisted puzzle pieces, and lots of lies.
When Penny is found covered in blood holding a knife over a dead woman it's pretty obvious she killed her. Her mom thinks not. Not her sweet Penny. She would never. But here's the thing.. there are other little girls living inside Penny... who might have. Will the psychiatrists help her to convince the police her diagnosis is real or is Penny really, truly the murderer?
This was a slow burn for me - it captivated from the start, but there was definitely a lot of repetition that made it a bit sluggish to get through, and the ending wasn't exactly a shocker. But still a fast, easy read that kept me entertained and held my interest.
Multiple Personality Disorder or DID is super fascinating to me. It was interesting to read a thriller that incorporated that and I think it was done respectfully, but of course I'm not a professional and it's totally fiction so who even knows how heightened or exaggerated it was .... but it was a FUN imagining of how it could translate to a wild story of secrets, twisted puzzle pieces, and lots of lies.
When Penny is found covered in blood holding a knife over a dead woman it's pretty obvious she killed her. Her mom thinks not. Not her sweet Penny. She would never. But here's the thing.. there are other little girls living inside Penny... who might have. Will the psychiatrists help her to convince the police her diagnosis is real or is Penny really, truly the murderer?
This was a slow burn for me - it captivated from the start, but there was definitely a lot of repetition that made it a bit sluggish to get through, and the ending wasn't exactly a shocker. But still a fast, easy read that kept me entertained and held my interest.
If you’re a usual reader of thrillers you’d probably be able to guess the twist. This book honestly didn’t have much going for it except for the writing style, which was languid and easy to read. Otherwise, it was boring and kind of a snooze-fest in the middle.
I won’t go into detail as it’s a pretty standard book but a couple of points I’d like to point out are:
- I thought having a backstory for the Doctor character was not necessary. This is a thriller not a family saga, so we don’t need to be focused on everyone’s issue. I thought if we had found out about the doctor’s history and life while he was speaking to Penny and her avatars, this book would’ve stayed truer to the genre.
- I didn’t understand why we needed Jack’s perspectives in first person? Those chapters are sprayed at random throughout the book and barely help with anything.
- Lead up and final reveal are just out of nowhere. There are no breadcrumbs that actually lead up to the main twist.
- Finally, Grace. As readers, we spend most of the time inside grace’s head and yet she remained one dimensional till the very end.
I won’t go into detail as it’s a pretty standard book but a couple of points I’d like to point out are:
- I thought having a backstory for the Doctor character was not necessary. This is a thriller not a family saga, so we don’t need to be focused on everyone’s issue. I thought if we had found out about the doctor’s history and life while he was speaking to Penny and her avatars, this book would’ve stayed truer to the genre.
- I didn’t understand why we needed Jack’s perspectives in first person? Those chapters are sprayed at random throughout the book and barely help with anything.
- Lead up and final reveal are just out of nowhere. There are no breadcrumbs that actually lead up to the main twist.
- Finally, Grace. As readers, we spend most of the time inside grace’s head and yet she remained one dimensional till the very end.
This is a great book, quite possibly the best I’ve read from DJ Palmer so far. It’s an in-depth look at dissociative identity disorder, from multiple perspectives, while still staying true to the genre of the book. Not every aspect was shocking, but the author does a great job keeping you questioning what really happened the night Penny was arrested, as well as what happened to her as a child. It’s the kind of story you don’t want to stop reading, desperate to find out the next piece. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys a suspense, particularly with a medical aspect thrown in. Thanks for the chance to read this. So well done!
This book did a great job discussing the very real controversy surround the DID diagnosis, and portraying substance abuse. But it did get pretty long and repetitive and took me quite a while to get through. I thought overall that it was well written and relatively psychiatrically accurate, until the ending. I do love when authors can distinguish between psychopathy and psychosis, obviously with my job I think that is so important! 3.5⭐️
I have been a fan of DJ Palmer since absolutely loving The New Husband, which I picked up after reading great reviews.
Now he's done it again! In The Perfect Daughter, 16-year-old Penny had been accused of murdering her birth mother. Found and adopted as a toddler by Grace Francone and her husband, Grace immediately felt a connection to this child and refuses to believe she is capable of such a thing. With the help of Dr. Mitchell McHugh, a psychiatrist at the facility Penny is being held at, she is determined to prove her daughter is innocent even though all the evidence points to otherwise. Found covered in blood, with the weapon...
Once again I was hooked from the start. I've always been intrigued by multiple personality disorders, or disassociative identity disorder (aka DID), so I was interested in this one immediately. Once again I left on the edge of my seat and as one would hope, never saw that ending coming!? Will absolutely be back for more!
Now he's done it again! In The Perfect Daughter, 16-year-old Penny had been accused of murdering her birth mother. Found and adopted as a toddler by Grace Francone and her husband, Grace immediately felt a connection to this child and refuses to believe she is capable of such a thing. With the help of Dr. Mitchell McHugh, a psychiatrist at the facility Penny is being held at, she is determined to prove her daughter is innocent even though all the evidence points to otherwise. Found covered in blood, with the weapon...
Once again I was hooked from the start. I've always been intrigued by multiple personality disorders, or disassociative identity disorder (aka DID), so I was interested in this one immediately. Once again I left on the edge of my seat and as one would hope, never saw that ending coming!? Will absolutely be back for more!
Your daughter is accused of a horrific murder but you are determined she did not do it. This is what faces Grace and her daughter Penny.
As with all of DJ. Palmer's books, mental health is central to the plot. Penny has multiple personalities and Eve is the most destructive. Mental health stories can be a trigger so be aware before you read Palmer's books. I have read all of his books and loved this one as much as his others. Eve/Penny/others are very interesting part of the book and is essential to the story. As we learn more about Penny and her past, you understand her more. Grace has faith in her daughter and is not willing to accept her daughter committed the crime.
The ending of this book is truly shocking and I did not see it coming. I loved this book and read it in two days!
As with all of DJ. Palmer's books, mental health is central to the plot. Penny has multiple personalities and Eve is the most destructive. Mental health stories can be a trigger so be aware before you read Palmer's books. I have read all of his books and loved this one as much as his others. Eve/Penny/others are very interesting part of the book and is essential to the story. As we learn more about Penny and her past, you understand her more. Grace has faith in her daughter and is not willing to accept her daughter committed the crime.
The ending of this book is truly shocking and I did not see it coming. I loved this book and read it in two days!
3.5 stars - Decent read, knew from the fender bender that something was amiss. Gave me the creeps. Just too many ‘coincidences’. And as for the missing alter? Seemed obvious to me that it might be/was the little girl who experienced the trauma; I mean, if each alter had a function to protect the ‘host’, where was the host? Not Penny, she was never traumatized, not when they found her, nor at any time. ‘Nuff said. Find it. Read it. You decide.