A Place Called Perfect: A Tom Fletcher Book Club 2017 title

This book is very interesting and amusing and you will easily get hooked! As I received the book, it was neat and in good condition, the delivery was on time.

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.

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.

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

A wonderfully compelling read for 8+ children, probably one to read with them as there are a couple of parts with a little bit of blood & gore involving eye balls. The main character Violet is bright and brace and her friendship with Boy is one of the many beautiful parts of this novel. I loved the creepy 'blinded' residents of Perfect - the mindlessly following orders and lack of free thought is as hilarious as it is heart-breaking. The messages of the story are brilliant for young bright minds - it's the type of read where you need to keep your wits about you! I thoroughly enjoyed the book and look forward to Helena Duggan's next instalment.