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Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry

23 reviews

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Mental illness, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Gore, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Body horror, Dysphoria, Excrement, Medical content, Sexual content, Car accident, Drug use, and Vomit

anna_fyodorovna's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Abandonment, Mental illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Eating disorder, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

nicole_cob_reads's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Body shaming, Confinement, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, and Vomit

cdace8's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

court_greenwell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Blood, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Rape

kyra_joy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This is a really dark book and I highly suggest that you check content warnings before continuing to read this book. 

The writing itself was really good , the main character though not really “loveable” seemed to be highly relatable to those with mental illness and who have had extreme trauma until the end. The twists aren’t really ground breaking and the end was kinda meh. 

I know the author has a background in clinical psychology but this book is not an accurate look at mental health, the characters are all caricatures of mental illness. And the hospital setting was wild, all the therapists in this book needed to be fired. This needs to be made more clear somewhere, people shouldn’t go into this thinking it is realistic but due to her credentials being included anyone could get the wrong idea.

And the one thing I can’t really get over is the depiction of people with BPD, again I know the author has a background in clinical psychology but she should have known better. They are shown as being cruel, dramatic liars, and I don’t care if some of them are this is incredibly stigmatizing to people with BPD as a whole. I don’t have BPD however I have close friends and family that do and this very much so missed the mark. And even though I enjoyed the other parts of this book I don’t know if I’ll be able to read her other work as I greatly worry about she might depict other mental illnesses. 

I want to make it clear that my opinions come from being someone with mental illness, who comes from a background of severe childhood trauma, and adoption, who has not only been in hospital but who have close family that has, and on top of this has a grandmother with a PhD in psychology.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Eating disorder, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Sexual assault

snapeygan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Should definitely come with a trigger warning! Except that, I adored the book, but was less attached to the story/characters than with Saving Noah, but couldn’t tell u why. Once again, Berry’s writting is flawless and totally on point. I love the fact that she was actually a therapist, and love to think she was a bit like Lisa. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Death, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

monstersinspace's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Outside of the two main plot points nothing really happened and even those were quickly bypassed. If you like books where people just talk and talk and talk you'll like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Car accident, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

fkshg8465's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was fascinating. I was initially confused, but as the situation got clearer, I started feeling illuminated.  However, it got harder and harder for me to feel compassion for the protagonist as the story unfolded and especially after the big reveal. But I also realize that the author is writing about real people fictionally based on her expertise as a former psychologist. That jarred me a little - to think that the whole story actually has happened to multiple people, that this is all natural to the darker forces of human nature, and that at any point in my life, with any unfair twist of fate, something I could’ve undergone a similar darkness. The self-reflection in itself was a point of mental and emotional freedom for me. Ask that said, I hated the twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Grief, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Death, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

ambers_always_reading's review

dark fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Car accident