An interesting and well-crafted character piece about broken people who can't let go of the past, I liked Phantom Limbs. But, I didn't love it.

I found Otis, the main character, to be kind of unlikeable and a bit obnoxious. He was pretty possessive of the girl he was sweet on, Meg, and got very friendzoney with her. Meg herself never really came together for me as a character either. Dara, the one armed, possibly lesbian, former champion swimmer was definitely the scene-stealer here. Her relationship with Otis was what I found most compelling--their somewhat unhealthy codependence being used to distract themselves from their other problems.

The writing was good, the pacing was fine and the admittedly tragic subject matter was handled with a gentle hand. I just wasn't a huge fan of the central romance, or either of the characters attached to it.