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Phantom Limbs by Paula Garner

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emotional reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

"But damage doesn't necessarily mean broken."

This book touched on some heavy subjects and I applaud how the author broached the subject of grief. You never stop grieving, you just learn how to live with it better as time goes on.

Dara was an interesting side character with a main character role. To the point where I began wondering, whether it was her story or Otis/Megs' story.

What I didn't particularly like was Meg, I get that she went through a lot and has her own demons but Otis lost his brother and I found myself being annoyed because she came across pretty selfish.

Also, I didn't like that it took basically the whole book to find out about Mason and by the time we were told more, I wasn't really too affected by it. 

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