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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
The Perfect Daughter was a great murder mystery with a twist, Penny, the daughter of main character Grace, has dissociative identity disorder (multiple personalities). Grace now has to fight tooth and nail in order to prove her innocence, all though all signs point to her being guilty. Psychiatrist Mitch Mchugh will have try to provoke each of Penny's personalities in order to first, prove the controversial diagnosis, but also find out what happened the night of the murder.
I thoroughly enjoyed the suspense that this book sets, and even I couldn't figure out who did it, so this is a great thriller book to recommend.
I thoroughly enjoyed the suspense that this book sets, and even I couldn't figure out who did it, so this is a great thriller book to recommend.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was fascinating it was a psychological thriller and it kept me guessing the entire time.
Thirteen years ago Grace had promised her son Jack a quick stop at the park before the rain would start. They had no idea that this day would change their lives forever. Standing alone at the park and crying in the rain stood a little four year old girl with no parents in sight. Grace called the police and four months later Grace and her family have now adopted the little girl and they named her Penny.
They soon begin to see changes in Penny like hiding in the box spring of her mattress, and whats disturbing is she appears to create different personalities with different names, she’s diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID
Penny is now sixteen and she’s found covered in blood and holding the murder weapon and she’s being charged with killing her birth mother, the mother that left her at the park all those years ago. She can’t remembers thing and she’s no longer Penny she’s one of her other identities Eve. Grace doesn’t believe she did it but it’s hard when Penny keeps changing identities. Her only hope is Dr. Mitchell McHugh at the state mental hospital, a Penny is being held there until her trial. Grace and the doctor are determined to uncover what happened that night, did Penny commit murder or is there someone lurking in the background?
The whole story intrigued me the different identities just added to the story and had me eagerly turning e pages! I loved it five stars!
Thirteen years ago Grace had promised her son Jack a quick stop at the park before the rain would start. They had no idea that this day would change their lives forever. Standing alone at the park and crying in the rain stood a little four year old girl with no parents in sight. Grace called the police and four months later Grace and her family have now adopted the little girl and they named her Penny.
They soon begin to see changes in Penny like hiding in the box spring of her mattress, and whats disturbing is she appears to create different personalities with different names, she’s diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID
Penny is now sixteen and she’s found covered in blood and holding the murder weapon and she’s being charged with killing her birth mother, the mother that left her at the park all those years ago. She can’t remembers thing and she’s no longer Penny she’s one of her other identities Eve. Grace doesn’t believe she did it but it’s hard when Penny keeps changing identities. Her only hope is Dr. Mitchell McHugh at the state mental hospital, a Penny is being held there until her trial. Grace and the doctor are determined to uncover what happened that night, did Penny commit murder or is there someone lurking in the background?
The whole story intrigued me the different identities just added to the story and had me eagerly turning e pages! I loved it five stars!
THE PERFECT DAUGHTER by D. J. Palmer is an alright thriller. It’s about a teenage girl accused of murder but she has a multiple personality disorder so it’s never clear if she did or didn’t do it. I liked the concept but the execution felt a bit lacking to me. I felt the pacing kind of slow with this one and it took me a while to read when I usually fly through thrillers. The point of view would switch between the mother and brother which usually would keep things interesting but the brother would use second person narration speaking directly to his sister and recounted the events that took place. It seemed quite redundant and not a natural voice at all. I liked his other books better. I’d still be interested to read his next book.
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press via NetGalley for my advance review copy!
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Thank you to St. Martin’s Press via NetGalley for my advance review copy!
Bookstagram: @tinamayreads
D.J. Palmer put together a great story! I was immediately hooked and wanting more. I did not see that ending coming.
One night Grace receives an unexpected visit from the Lynn Police department. They have her daughter Penny in custody for murder. There is little question of her guilt, she was found covered in the victim’s blood with no one else around. But Penny is not like other girls. She has severe Disassociative Identity Disorder. As Penny, her family, and her psychiatrist start to build their case, their only hope is to try to figure out if one of her alters knows more than they are letting on. But as Grace and Mitch dig deeper into Penny’s past, the more secrets they discover.
The Perfect Daughter is a truly, twisty psychological thriller. The story is told from three alternating POVs: Grace, Penny’s adoptive mother, Mitch, Penny’s psychiatrist, and Jackson, Penny’s adoptive brother. I learned so much about Disassociate Identity Disorder (formerly referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder). The amount of research done by D.J. Palmer was incredible. There were so many nuances to the disorder and so many interesting facets. I loved how we got to meet Penny’s alters and how unique they each were.
The pacing started a bit slow for a thriller, with lots of character building, and discussions about Penny’s diagnosis and defense plan. But once Penny starts switching between her various alters, the story quickly picks up pace. I read the majority of the book in an afternoon. I felt like I held my breath right up until the very end. The ending twist absolutely blew my mind.
Thank you to St Martin’s Press and Netgalley for the review copy! All opinions are my own.
The Perfect Daughter is a truly, twisty psychological thriller. The story is told from three alternating POVs: Grace, Penny’s adoptive mother, Mitch, Penny’s psychiatrist, and Jackson, Penny’s adoptive brother. I learned so much about Disassociate Identity Disorder (formerly referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder). The amount of research done by D.J. Palmer was incredible. There were so many nuances to the disorder and so many interesting facets. I loved how we got to meet Penny’s alters and how unique they each were.
The pacing started a bit slow for a thriller, with lots of character building, and discussions about Penny’s diagnosis and defense plan. But once Penny starts switching between her various alters, the story quickly picks up pace. I read the majority of the book in an afternoon. I felt like I held my breath right up until the very end. The ending twist absolutely blew my mind.
Thank you to St Martin’s Press and Netgalley for the review copy! All opinions are my own.
This was a brave move by the author to take on DID, the dissasociative identity disorder, a condition that fascinates me!
While an interesting premise, a girl gets found next to a body with a knife in her hand. Slam dunk, one might think?
Maybe not!
This was executed pretty well, but I had higher hopes from reading the blurb, and the second half fell rather flat and I wasn't as excited to pick the book up again.
While an interesting premise, a girl gets found next to a body with a knife in her hand. Slam dunk, one might think?
Maybe not!
This was executed pretty well, but I had higher hopes from reading the blurb, and the second half fell rather flat and I wasn't as excited to pick the book up again.
3.5 stars rounded down. All in all, this is a solid thriller in a crowded genre, and it probably won't be one that sticks with me for long. But it does manage to be unique in its storyline, as it follows a young girl with split personalities as she prepares for trial for the death of her birth mother. Does she truly have a disassociative identity disorder? Or is she faking it? It's genuinely fun waiting to find out, and while I had a couple guesses, I was wrong. It's always fun to be surprised. I might have given it four stars but I really found the character of the mother, Grace, unappealing and it was hard to want to root for her.
Thank you netgalley and publisher for the opportunity to read this arc and provide my honest review.
I’ll start with, I love the cover of this book. It’s different than the common ones we normally see (the back of a woman or something similar), while still being relevant to the story, though not completely obvious the first 2/3rds of the book. I love books that center on psychological issues or mental health issues, especially when researched and presented accurately, and this one delivers one of my “favorite” disorders (favorite in that it’s interesting and intriguing, not favorite in that I’m glad people suffer from it). Nonetheless, I felt mostly connected to the handful of main characters, enough to care about the outcome and how the story would end. There was also misdirection of course, which is to be expected of this genre but it didn’t go out of its way nor did it ruin the story in trying to be far fetched like some stories have been. Overall, I would recommend this book to family and friends that are interested in psychological thrillers.
I’ll start with, I love the cover of this book. It’s different than the common ones we normally see (the back of a woman or something similar), while still being relevant to the story, though not completely obvious the first 2/3rds of the book. I love books that center on psychological issues or mental health issues, especially when researched and presented accurately, and this one delivers one of my “favorite” disorders (favorite in that it’s interesting and intriguing, not favorite in that I’m glad people suffer from it). Nonetheless, I felt mostly connected to the handful of main characters, enough to care about the outcome and how the story would end. There was also misdirection of course, which is to be expected of this genre but it didn’t go out of its way nor did it ruin the story in trying to be far fetched like some stories have been. Overall, I would recommend this book to family and friends that are interested in psychological thrillers.
Thank you netgalley and publisher for the opportunity to read this arc and provide my honest review. I’ll start with, I love the cover of this book. It’s different than the common ones we normally see (the back of a woman or something similar), while still being relevant to the story, though not completely obvious the first 2/3rds of the book. I love books that center on psychological issues or mental health issues, especially when researched and presented accurately, and this one delivers one of my “favorite” disorders (favorite in that it’s interesting and intriguing, not favorite in that I’m glad people suffer from it). Nonetheless, I felt mostly connected to the handful of main characters, enough to care about the outcome and how the story would end. There was also misdirection of course, which is to be expected of this genre but it didn’t go out of its way nor did it ruin the story in trying to be far fetched like some stories have been. Overall, I would recommend this book to family and friends that are interested in psychological thrillers.