Reviews with content warning for Child abuse - Perfect Match

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asourceoffiction's review

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Oh my goodness this book was a punch to the gut. From so early on it's incredibly difficult to read, and incredibly difficult to put down; particularly if you have children. The fact that I have a child of this age was never far from my mind while reading.

What I found really compelling is the way Nina's parenting is so very far from perfect, even in the face of tragedy. With Nathaniel at his lowest, she still can't muster the energy to always have patience with her child, and the way all parents can identify so clearly with that idea just makes the whole thing more relatable and more heartbreaking.

Picoult's writing from the perspective of the child is so clever, and although we can only imagine how a five year old would feel in the situations she describes, the way she has imagined Nathaniel's perspective feels real and so devastating. She captures how a completely innocent, blameless child interprets the world around him and reaches his own conclusions about the consequences of his actions.

I knew from the start that, as with all of Picoult's books, this would not wrap up nicely for everyone with rainbows and bunnies. But it was still in the back of my mind throughout, wishing for the happy ending life so rarely provides. Another emotional whirlwind that doesn't so much tug at the heartstrings as tie them into knots.

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catreadbook's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. Just wow.

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regalreads's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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rae_bookmarkchronicles's review

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

Would not recommend if sexual assault it a trigger.

Queen Jodi does it again. So much happened in just the first four chapters and I loved that. I knew there would be a twist because I've read so much of her work but I still did not see it coming and could not have predicted it.

I did not like how Caleb initially reacted to finding out what Nina had done. But finding out that he

killed the priest had me shook.

I'm glad Patrick is leaving, I hate that they slept together because it was so fucking stupid

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