Review by kdickerson38 - Perfect Match

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Tropes/themes:
- Legal thriller/police procedural
- Multiple POVs
- Flashbacks
- Justice
- Morality
- Motherhood
Emotional, moving, and thought-provoking.
Heart-breaking, gut-wrenching, and unsettling at times, while also heartwarming and inspiring at others.
Very well-written; great storytelling.
Compelling and gripping.
As always, Picoult tackles a very challenging and heavy topic expertly and with sensitivity and grace.
Great twists thrown in, even if some were slightly predictable.
Some cons that I ultimately didn’t mind: A lot of it was pretty unrealistic, the MC was a little annoying, and the ending was kind of a little too perfect but I feel like any other ending would have made me mad.
Content warnings:
- Child SA
- Graphic detail of child SA
- Pedophelia/rape
- Adult/minor relationship
- Murder
- Gun violence
- Sexual violence
- Blood
- Mental illness
- Infidelity