Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry

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

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

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

paxreads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Self harm

Moderate: Eating disorder and Pedophilia

Minor: Rape

ambers_always_reading's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

jadecorissamartin's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

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

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