Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry

12 reviews

cdace8's review against another edition

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

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

katyannreads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Self harm, Blood, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Car accident, Death, Grief, Confinement, Mental illness, and Child abuse

justkeyreads's review

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

jnc20's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit

emzee93's review

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