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A review by novelnerd23
The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
5.0
This was my first lucinda berry novel. She did not disappoint. I felt all the angst and stress and ick that I was supposed to feel as I read.
Past tense dual perspective between two adoptive parents who are each having a uniquely different experience raising their emotionally damaged adopted daughter. Present tense perspective from the social worker who handled the adoption as she is being interviewed by detectives over child abuse allegations against the parents. This book was fast paced, unsettling, and in some ways downright scary.
TW: mental illness, animal death, child abuse
Past tense dual perspective between two adoptive parents who are each having a uniquely different experience raising their emotionally damaged adopted daughter. Present tense perspective from the social worker who handled the adoption as she is being interviewed by detectives over child abuse allegations against the parents. This book was fast paced, unsettling, and in some ways downright scary.
TW: mental illness, animal death, child abuse
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Murder