A Place Called Perfect

Good books always make you feel like you are standing right there watching it all happen… and that is exactly what this book did to me!It is an awesomely written story about a girl called Violet (great name…) that moves into this superweird town caled "Perfect", and it is.The people are perfect… the streets are perfect… the houses are perfect… everything seems…. perfect.But Violet isnt easily fooled.In this wickedly awesome book Violet meets a boy called Boy (obviously my favourite character) and discovers the truth about Perfect…(i won't spoil it!).For kids/adults that like mistery and adventure, like me, this is the book for you!Happy reading!! ;)

This story is fast paced, action packed & full of wonderful messages for children & adults alike. The lead character Violet Browne is courageous, witty & most importantly accepting of all the people she meets along her way, despite them not been perfect!!!I have to say this is the first book that I've read in ages where I had no idea where the story was going from one page to the next and I loved every minute of it! Helena Duggan has a remarkable imagination that had me hanging on every word. I couldn't put the book down and I agree with the previous reviewer in recommending this book for a movie.

and the story. I loved how the characters thoughts and feelings makes you feel like your living the story.

I love this book gripping fast paced love it love it love it I am 12 and would recommend this book for 10+ and any age over even for adults. I couldn't put the book down so I finished it very fast I would definitely recommend this book to anyone no matter what style of book you like over all I LOVED IT :)

I’m reading this with my eight year old daughter and we both love it. Well written, fun, entertaining and scary.

What a great story. I found myself wanting to see this town. I found the the description of the town and its residents to be very detailed. The story was lively and fast paced. And the characters were quite enjoyable. I look forward to more from Ms Duggan.

I was brought up on good children's literature by a mother who did not tolerate second-best, and this story is as good as any I was allowed to read then. I enjoyed it, even as a very-grown-up, and am sure the kids will find it scary and funny in all the right proportions.

Great book! Highly recommend.

I love the cover of this book; it is absolutely adorable (until you notice they aren't flowers and are in fact eyeballs on stalks). I really enjoyed the concept of the story but it was missing something for me, and I think that was largely in the characters.I didn't love Violet; there was just something about her character that I couldn't warm to and I think it's because there's a lack of character development in the story. The characters stay very much who they are when the story starts, and in Violet's case actually seems to become more childish as the story goes on. Also Violet repeatedly makes reference to having her parents and how awful it would be to not have parents, in front of Boy, who she knows does not have parents. Repeatedly. Like once is an accident but more than that feels lazy writing. I enjoyed the character of Boy, but again there just wasn't enough character development for him to let me really connect with him. He also gets injured a lot or gets captured whilst Violent just stares blankly on; it felt like I was reading the same scene over and over again.I've read quite a lot of middlegrade books over the past few years, and so accept that whilst some of the plot arcs are going to be obvious, I don't expect them all to be so obvious from the first page. With this one, I feel like they were just screaming from the first pages. It was just difficult at times to engage with. It also seemed confused as whether it wanted to be middlegrade or not because as at times it felt younger and at times older. There were quite a lot of violent bits in the story that actually had me shocked; Violet hitting someone repeatedly with a torch or the eye flowers that spurt blood.... it doesn't match up and makes it confusing who the audience is supposed to be.I think my main issue is that I feel it was lacking emotion and heart; these kids and families have been seperated for months or years, and all the parents do when they find out is a little gasp and a hug - there seems to be no real impact when this happens and then it suddenly seems glossed over. I just think it was lacking that something which would make me love it.I have the next two in the series as ebooks so I will give them a go but I just didn't love this one.

REVIEW WRITTEN BY YEAR 3 CLASS IN DONCASTER. Ages 7 to 8 years.A Place Called Perfect is one of the best books in the world! It is filled with action and twists and turns.If you love adventures and reading, then you'll love this book.Without giving away the plot, this book is about a girl called Violet who moves to 'Perfect' because of her Dads new job.She meets a new friend who has a most unusual name.The pair go on to try to save her parents from a duo of brothers who basically rule the whole of Perfect!We really enjoyed this book as it was a bit scary and very mysterious.We think this book is probably more suitable for children about 10 years old, if they were reading it by themselves.If an adult is reading major parts of it, then it is fine for children about 7.We are keeping our fingers crossed for a second book.

We bought this book for my 8 year old daughter for Christmas. We started reading this together at bedtime but it soon became apparent that as soon as I had gone she was delving back into the book. In her words, 'it's so good mummy I have to know what happens'. I did worry that the creepy Archer brothers and the weird behaviour shown by Violet's parents might scare her but she is totally fixated on Violet (yippee a female lead character) and her friend boy and how they are going to solve the mystery of Perfect. As she nears the end of the book I am wondering if I might finish reading it myself .. we look forward to the next installment - would recommend.

The town of Perfect is a place where the residence have to wear glasses or risk getting blind. Violet moves to the town due to her dads job and soon realises there is something very weird going on in the town of Perfect and the adults are too blind to see it. Will Violet and the Invisible Boy be duped by the villainous brothers who rule over Perfect or will they be able to successfully save the town folk as well as her family? For me, this book had a very strong Tim Burton/Neil Gaiman-esque feel to it. It is quirky, creepy, adventurous and unforgettable in equal measures. Full of twists and turns, action and mystery, it is a must read. Highly recommended 5⭐️ Read

Spoilers**!!!!!!!! When i was looking for somthing to read i came across this book a place called perfect it did not take long for me to fall in love with the plot and many of the characters although some part where sort of scary the rest was amazing. I love violet and boys friendship violets character is so easy to love and relate to boy is funny and lovable and the fact that he has no parents is a painful topic for him and is often brought up towards the end of the book which literally riped my sole and at the last five chaper its like yas yass your going into battle and then its like yes edward Williams alive you dummy and then *sobbing* No rose why wont you remember violets your daughter! Then its oh my god wheres boy if hes he dead i am done. then your like no no no no no what did they do to her dad why is he a twig!! Ok im suing whoever did this!!!!!!! Then boy dives in front of violet to block a gun shot and its NOOOO HES IS NOT DEAD NO NONONONONON PLEASE BE OK PLEASE BE OK *cries forever*and ever and ever NO WHY DO ALL MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS DIE!!! Then ahhhhh HES OK HES IS OK!!!!! A little shaky but OK!!!!!! Then its YESSS I NEW IT MUCULAS BOYS MUM I NEW ITTT!!!!!!!!!! So its like sad happy sad angry sad soooo happy!!!!!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!