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Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry

4 reviews

khowick24's review against another edition

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

4.5

I would buy every book this author releases! She writes absolutely brilliantly 
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astoriareader's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

SYNOPSIS
  • Elizabeth and Emily are identical twins. Their childhood is horrific. Eventually, they were finally adopted by a good family, but not before suffering imaginable things.
  • Eventually, one of the twins finds herself in an inpatient psych unit at a hospital. She is very confused by what people are telling her, and it’s not in line with her memories of the last few years. 

MY THOUGHTS
  • Very dark! Be sure to check out trigger warnings because there’s a lot of potentially triggering topics.
  • I love Lucinda Berry, and I think she’s a phenomenal writer.
  • This is her 4th book that I’ve read. I gave 4 stars to “The Best of Friends”, 5 stars to “When She Returned”, and 3 stars to “If You Tell A Lie.”
  • Complex characters with excellent character development. I enjoyed the side characters, like Rose & Lisa, too.
  • Berry writes a lot about mental health and trauma in this one, and I enjoyed how she presented the DSM and the look into the diagnoses. 
  • The whole story is told from the perspective of the twin, who is hospitalized. I loved learning from her eyes. Through conversations with others, she gains a lot of insight. There are flashbacks and memories as well. And, there’s a small portion of the book at the beginning that is prior to the hospitalization.
  • I felt really connected to the main character, and I felt like I was right there with her trying to understand what exactly happened to her. The pacing was great. I was satisfied with the ending.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Lucinda, girrrrrl, you’ve done it again! I would definitely recommend this one, but I highly suggest checking out trigger warnings. Some heavy topics in this book.
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fkshg8465's review against another edition

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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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jadecorissamartin's review against another edition

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

3.25

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