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Perfect
- Narrated by: Aya Cash, Heather Lind, Aaron Tveit, Tristan Wilds
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 09-13-11
- Language: English
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $20.99
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Publisher's Summary
New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins makes her Simon & Schuster Audio debut with the young adult novel, Perfect.
Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there.
Cara’s parents’ unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother spiraling toward suicide. For her, “perfect” means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body - no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. Sean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back in order to score his perfect home run - on the field and off. And Andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he’ll be living a life his ancestors would never understand.
A riveting and startling companion to the best-selling Impulse, Ellen Hopkins’s Perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up - and grow into our own selves. Because everyone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go?
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- Remi Rosado III
- 01-29-16
Omg
This ending really made my jaw drop. If you've read her previous books you need to read this one
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Excellent all the way around
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Great book
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- Anonymous User
- 07-05-18
Emotional
this is the first book in a long time to actually make me cry. The very end scene where it tied in Vanessa and Tony, and to hear their final words about Connor, really hit me hard. They were built very well as characters in the book prior to this, "Impulse", and then to tie them into this, with all the other very well built characters, it's emotional. Ellen Hopkins is an amazing auther and I recommend all the other books she has written, as she knows how to A.) Make characters real and B.) how to really give a deep insight to the human mind. I know personally how depression is, and my mind felt very similar to how Vanessa explained in Impulse. All in all, a great author if you can handle a graphic nature and touchy subjects.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-16-17
Impulse for the win
Not as good as Impulse (You could never top that), but an amzing book in its own way. Loved it!
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- Katherine
- 05-11-17
Amazing! Moving!
Would you consider the audio edition of Perfect to be better than the print version?
Both are great!
Who was your favorite character and why?
Jenna and Kendra- I feel I can relate to them the most!
What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
It brings the story to life!
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Perfect, Whose Perfect?
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- Christina
- 12-12-16
BEAUTIFUL
One of my favorites
I loved the multiple characters, voices are amazing. Wasn't hard to finish, it all connected the different stories, with an amazing truth at the end
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- Paige Manor
- 12-03-16
"Perfect"
This book was "perfect" I could relate to every character. Ellen... you did wonderful. I look forward to reading every other book you've written and in the future.
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- Briana
- 09-25-12
Ehh... it wasn't the best
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of the narrators?
I'd get rid of the music before the book starts and get someone with more personality to read it.
Any additional comments?
Ellen hopkins is still my favorite but not too crazy about other asset
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- Jamie
- 04-09-12
Not Great
I am familiar with Ellen Hopkins writing style as I have read Crank, Glass and Impulse. So, I thought this book would have been equally enjoyable. I found it difficult on audio specifically because there are multiple characters with all different narrators....this style of writing is like a diary and so it cuts from one person to the next to the next and you have to go through like 5 different stories all at the same time. It was definately challenging to keep up. Also, I felt the story was quite boring; felt like same stuff going on forever.
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