diff --git a/aiohttp_pydantic/__init__.py b/aiohttp_pydantic/__init__.py
index e4c4db7..0524b62 100644
--- a/aiohttp_pydantic/__init__.py
+++ b/aiohttp_pydantic/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from .view import PydanticView
 
-__version__ = "1.7.2"
+__version__ = "1.8.0"
 
 __all__ = ("PydanticView", "__version__")
diff --git a/aiohttp_pydantic/injectors.py b/aiohttp_pydantic/injectors.py
index 75284ae..2c65b81 100644
--- a/aiohttp_pydantic/injectors.py
+++ b/aiohttp_pydantic/injectors.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class BodyGetter(AbstractInjector):
 
     def __init__(self, args_spec: dict, default_values: dict):
         self.arg_name, self.model = next(iter(args_spec.items()))
+        self._expect_object = self.model.schema()["type"] == "object"
 
     async def inject(self, request: BaseRequest, args_view: list, kwargs_view: dict):
         try:
@@ -70,7 +71,16 @@ class BodyGetter(AbstractInjector):
                 text='{"error": "Malformed JSON"}', content_type="application/json"
             ) from None
 
-        kwargs_view[self.arg_name] = self.model(**body)
+        # Pydantic tries to cast certain structures, such as a list of 2-tuples,
+        # to a dict. Prevent this by requiring the body to be a dict for object models.
+        if self._expect_object and not isinstance(body, dict):
+            raise HTTPBadRequest(
+                text='[{"in": "body", "loc": ["__root__"], "msg": "value is not a '
+                'valid dict", "type": "type_error.dict"}]',
+                content_type="application/json",
+            ) from None
+
+        kwargs_view[self.arg_name] = self.model.parse_obj(body)
 
 
 class QueryGetter(AbstractInjector):
diff --git a/tests/test_validation_body.py b/tests/test_validation_body.py
index 424f136..6a7fdd7 100644
--- a/tests/test_validation_body.py
+++ b/tests/test_validation_body.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Iterator, List, Optional
 
 from aiohttp import web
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -11,10 +11,20 @@ class ArticleModel(BaseModel):
     nb_page: Optional[int]
 
 
+class ArticleModels(BaseModel):
+    __root__: List[ArticleModel]
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[ArticleModel]:
+        return iter(self.__root__)
+
+
 class ArticleView(PydanticView):
     async def post(self, article: ArticleModel):
         return web.json_response(article.dict())
 
+    async def put(self, articles: ArticleModels):
+        return web.json_response([article.dict() for article in articles])
+
 
 async def test_post_an_article_without_required_field_should_return_an_error_message(
     aiohttp_client, loop
@@ -56,6 +66,58 @@ async def test_post_an_article_with_wrong_type_field_should_return_an_error_mess
     ]
 
 
+async def test_post_an_array_json_is_supported(aiohttp_client, loop):
+    app = web.Application()
+    app.router.add_view("/article", ArticleView)
+
+    client = await aiohttp_client(app)
+    body = [{"name": "foo", "nb_page": 3}] * 2
+    resp = await client.put("/article", json=body)
+    assert resp.status == 200
+    assert resp.content_type == "application/json"
+    assert await resp.json() == body
+
+
+async def test_post_an_array_json_to_an_object_model_should_return_an_error(
+    aiohttp_client, loop
+):
+    app = web.Application()
+    app.router.add_view("/article", ArticleView)
+
+    client = await aiohttp_client(app)
+    resp = await client.post("/article", json=[{"name": "foo", "nb_page": 3}])
+    assert resp.status == 400
+    assert resp.content_type == "application/json"
+    assert await resp.json() == [
+        {
+            "in": "body",
+            "loc": ["__root__"],
+            "msg": "value is not a valid dict",
+            "type": "type_error.dict",
+        }
+    ]
+
+
+async def test_post_an_object_json_to_a_list_model_should_return_an_error(
+    aiohttp_client, loop
+):
+    app = web.Application()
+    app.router.add_view("/article", ArticleView)
+
+    client = await aiohttp_client(app)
+    resp = await client.put("/article", json={"name": "foo", "nb_page": 3})
+    assert resp.status == 400
+    assert resp.content_type == "application/json"
+    assert await resp.json() == [
+        {
+            "in": "body",
+            "loc": ["__root__"],
+            "msg": "value is not a valid list",
+            "type": "type_error.list",
+        }
+    ]
+
+
 async def test_post_a_valid_article_should_return_the_parsed_type(aiohttp_client, loop):
     app = web.Application()
     app.router.add_view("/article", ArticleView)