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Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou

24 reviews

themelleh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.75

I need the next book now. I cannot believe it ends like that. The characters, the world building- I love it all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Stalking, Abortion, and Death of parent

everlymayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Deadnaming and Death of parent

olive_lol's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Death of parent, and War

nikki_flowers's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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? No

3.5

• Descendants of lost gods
• Mythology elements 
• Fated mates
• A prophecy 
• Mystery
• Sister dynamics
• Non-binary & queer side characters 

The I guess you’d call it “magic system” is cool, there are “other-born” people who are descendants of the Greek Fates (gods) who have special powers. Io and her sisters are Moira-born, descendants of Moirae the goddess of Fate, and can see/manipulate threads that tie every person to the things/people/places they love.

I found the world building beyond the descriptions of the other-born powers to be a little confusing or incomplete. I didn’t really get a sense for time period and there was no map or great description of the city this story takes place in. There were other cities or countries(?) that were mentioned, but it was had to understand how they all related in the larger world. And as there are some political things going on, it would’ve been helpful to understand that context. I think that’s the main struggle I had with this book.

It’s not necessarily slow to start, but I didn’t really get fully engaged in the story until the second half. It did have a strong ending and I will likely listen to the sequel.

I did do combination audio and physical. The audio was fine - nothing spectacular but not bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent

Animal cruelty/death: there is an animal fighting ring of some world specific character called chimerini. It’s about 1-2 pages and I just skipped over it

ska1224's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

love this book sm the world building. the characters. the narration in the audiobook is some of the best i've heard. lov this sm

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Deadnaming and Abortion

beucleral's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Slavery

manaledi's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

4.0

I quite liked this. It was a good twist in being Greek inspired without including any of the traditional pantheon and rather focusing on the fates and the muses and such. The magic was interesting, the post-apocalyptic setting was interesting and the book did a good job addressing the questions of fate and how much we let ourselves be guided by a fate versus free will. I appreciate books with a class divide where we don't just get everyone rich giving out alms but rather a truer look at making ends meet and gang territorial control. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

natraf_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Magic, fates, gods, and so much more! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and War

withlivjones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Such an exciting read! I really enjoyed a lot of things about this book: the worldbuilding, the effortless diversity in the characters and in the ancient religions the worldbuilding draws from, and the relationships between the characters - particularly the complex relationships between the Ora sisters. The romance was very YA, I’m really not a fan of the ‘fated mates’ trope but there were definitely some sweet moments, and I liked the depth to both Io’s and Edei’s characters. The plot twists were fantastic and I’m looking forward to seeing where the story goes next! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War