A Place Called Perfect: 1

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A lot of kids may just be happy without parents, but she saw their love, she longed for them to hold her, for her to just be a kid a bit longer. Imagine living in a perfect town where everything is neat and tidy, the kids are polite and well behaved and the tea tastes like the best thing you can imagine. Ich fand es richtig spannend und wollte ab einem bestimmten Punkt das Buch nur noch sehr ungern aus der Hand legen. The plot and idea itself felt original to me and yet had traits similar to Coraline and The Uncommoners. It’s a fun book with a dark side and a rather frightening premise that we can all see things through a different lens and lose our own power of thought – alarming similarities to our media driven world that sways public opinion on a single tweet.

When she meets Boy she realizes that her dad is not the only person to have been stolen away… and that the mysterious Watchers are guarding a perfectly creepy secret! I would DEFINITELY recommend this to someone else especially if they are into crime and mystery as this is my favourite book that I've read so far. Mr Archer and Mr Archer explain the curious predicament that results in every single inhabitant in the town wearing identical rose-tinted glasses due to the blurred vision and eventual blindness that is caused by virtue of being too close to the sun.L’ambiance me fait un peu penser à un huit clos dans le sens où tout se passe dans une seule et même petite ville de laquelle on a vite fait le tour, mais ce qui permet de très vite entrevoir tous les tenants et aboutissants avec un world building simple pour un roman de moins de 400 pages.

At one point, violet saves Boy’s life and we’re treated to Boy getting really pissed off that a girl (ugh!One of the biggest charm points would be the fact that this takes place in a time without cellphones, with wifi/internet. After her dad’s disappearance, Violet will not sit and do nothing when she knows something is wrong with this town and it’s creators. She’s supposed to be the primary heroine (I assume) but defers constantly to being told what to do by Boy. I loved how things progressed to that perfect ending, and I loved seeing that a sequel is in the works already!

As we are following Violet through moving into her new home in Perfect with her parents, we gradually find out more about the town along with her. Everyone wears rose-tinted glasses to stop going blind and promptly lose themselves in being perfect – including Violet’s mum. Full of clever insights and pithy sound bites that will resonate with younger readers, such as eyes being the window to the soul and fighting fears which are products of their own imagination such as ghosts and monsters. When Violet’s father disappears, she uncovers the truth about Perfect with Boy, who comes from No-Man’s-Land where the rejects of Perfect live. I would recommend it to someone else because I loved reading it and Violet finds out lots of interesting things.

middle grade,pretty cover and a delightfully pretty story-it was supposed to be a Perfect read (see,what i did there teehe) but if just wasn’t. With echoes of Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman's Coraline, the Wizard of Oz and the films of Tim Burton, this is a charming, whimsical tale sure to appeal to those who enjoy quirky, imaginative stories. She is unique because she doesn’t come from perfect and the tea and glasses don’t work on her meaning she still has full imagination. All is good and dandy and everyone is happy but there is a bit of a catch, no one thinks for themselves; they just believe whatever they are being told by the Archer twins who are not as nice as they may seem. Under federal law, if you knowingly misrepresent that online material is infringing, you may be subject to criminal prosecution for perjury and civil penalties, including monetary damages, court costs, and attorneys’ fees.