Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Binding by Bridget Collins

234 reviews

kain47's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

shenelle_h's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Suicide, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

pinksparklybird's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

So well written, kept me hooked from the first moment. It’s hard to say more without spoiling the plot. I now rank it amongst my must-reads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia

misssurly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

laurenbaggy's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

adragoninspace's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense

3.25

Gros coup de cœur sur la couverture de cette édition de the borough press, j’ai dévoré le livre mais ça reste un 3 ou 3,5/5 en vrai. Je pensais qu’il y aurait plus de choses dans le récit autour des livres et de cet art du binding (en français ça parle « d’enlivreur » j’ai cru voir) qui permet d’effacer la mémoire d’une personne et l’enfermer dans un livre. En fait au cœur de ce livre c’est plutôt une histoire d’amour, une tragédie. Et même si ça arrive tard, une fois que c’est arrivé ça prend quasiment tout le livre et ne continue pas vraiment ce que le premier quart nous laissait penser que ce livre serait. J’aime bien ce genre de changement surprise mais comme je ne suis pas très romance j’étais un peu blasée. J’ai l’impression que je pourrai même spoiler en disant ça mais la plus grosse partie du roman parle de ça donc 🥲 
Quand même un bon roman qui a su me donner envie de continuer, bien écrit et prenant. Et qui prend cette idée d’extraction de mémoire et en montre les pires dérives possibles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Alcohol

goose's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Such an interesting concept, really loved it. I hope Collins keeps exploring the idea. I liked the characters alright. There  are some things that squicked me in the book, but it didn't affect my enjoyment of the story as a whole.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, and Vomit

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

full_of_ideas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

daniquevdijk_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Vomit

anyashadows's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

Tragic from start to finish. Not just the saddest book I've read all year so far but likely the saddest book I'll read the rest of the year too. This book hurt me.

Trigger warnings for violence, homophobia, animal cruelty/death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Homophobia, Suicide, and Violence