A review by chronicallyplotting
The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What did I just read?! I could hardly get myself to put this book down! It was so creepy,  disturbing, scary and yet I had to keep reading. I had to know what happened next. The character dynamics and shifts were amazing, I love how the author changes characters personalities in ways we don’t expect at times. Not only do we feel their POVs of the storylines change but also their thought processes of telling us what is going on and their emotions. We can feel each persons connection with each character to the point we start to love Janie through Christopher but forget we hate her through Hannah’s eyes. 
This is a book I will be gladly recommending to others to read but also adding the words… “don’t judge me” after it. 
Wow. I am impressed with the suspense and creep factor. 
And I am thrilled to have found another author who is using their career to write their novels.  Lucinda Berry’s novels being blurred lines between fiction and nonfiction based on patients she has potentially studied or had, this makes reading this book even more thrilling. The fact that characters like Janie exist is scary. 
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