Janie is fiercely devoted to Christopher, but she acts out in increasingly disturbing ways, directing all her rage at Hannah. When Janie, an abandoned six-year-old, turns up at their hospital, Christopher forms an instant connection with her, and he convinces Hannah they should take her home as their own.īut Janie is no ordinary child, and her damaged psyche proves to be more than her new parents were expecting. “ A page-turning debut of suspense about a young couple desperate to have a child of their own-and the unsettling consequences of getting what they always wanted.Ĭhristopher and Hannah are a happily married surgeon and nurse with picture-perfect lives. Maybe we’ll start seeing new books compared to The Perfect Child for a change? Anyway… The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry Synopsis If you’ve already beat me to it, you will also notice that other people actually liked this book! It is rated 4.09 which is a better rating than Gone Girl at the time of this review. Let me start with a summary from Goodreads. The Perfect Child is a great book, offering a unique story that cannot be compared to anything else. However, the only thing in common is the parent-child dynamic. This may sound familiar to a book recently reviewed, Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage. The child comes in between the couple because the father fails to see her shortcomings including her treatment of the mother. The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry: Janie is a young child who loves and manipulates her father but fails to bond with her mother. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting. Such advertising cookies may enable such third-party vendors to serve ads to our readers. Some third-party vendors such as Google use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this and other websites. BookGorilla is published independently by Stephen Windwalker and Windwalker Media and is not endorsed by, Inc. This content is provided 'as is' and is subject to change or removal at any time. Certain content that appears on this website is provided by Amazon Services LLC.

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