Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry

18 reviews

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

a_coop's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Child abuse, Blood, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fatphobia, Suicide, Car accident, and Confinement

monstersinspace's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

justkeyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow…this was an unexpected psychological thriller that had a centered around twins who went through so much trauma than children should ever go through. One day, Elizabeth is happy in love 🥰 and the next she finds herself waking up in a psychiatric ward and finding out that her twin sister, Emily has died. She doesn’t remember how she got there and needs to find out why. 

I was pleasantly shocked & surprised when I realized what happened and how everything unfolded. This won’t be the last time I’ll be reading from this author.

CW; TW: There are so many; please be warned, ya’ll!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Rape, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Grief

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, War, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

greenclovers75's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Abandonment, and Child abuse

emzee93's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Vomit, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Violence

nabaraditi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, Confinement, Blood, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Child abuse, and Forced institutionalization