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The Binding by Bridget Collins

113 reviews

mari_books's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

Wow this is the most unique concept for a book I’ve ever read, and so uniquely dark and disturbing. I was very unsatisfied with the ending and felt there were way too many loose ends. The descriptive writing is amazing but I wish the author pulled it in a little, in some places it felt more confusing than helpful when scenes were over described. The first part of the book was very slow and then super fast at the end, I think maybe we could have

heard from Lucian’s pov much earlier so it could be like back and forth?

Huge trigger warning for self harm/suicide, sexual assault, and manipulation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

halellery's review

Intriguing premise, sloppy execution.

This seems to be my main trouble lately with the books I pick up. I'm developing a phobia of beginning new books, for having been so underwhelmed so often. And my 'dropped' list keeps growing. 

Like seriously, binding up your bad memories in books so that you don't have to remember, and the people who practice that craft. That could have gone places. I was sold two sentences into the book summary. 

And then, it flopped.

Flowery prose and a rambling, whiny narrator is a particularly unattractive combination for me, I'm finding. To top it off here it comes coupled with first person POV, which more often puts me off, rather than help toward further immersion. 

Not to mention that very alluring premise, which remains forevermore undeveloped. 

I'm told the book gets notably better in the second part. It might, at that. 

But I'm past the point in my life where I was generous enough to plough through watery mush to get to the supposed 'good parts'. 

Kudos to Carl Prekopp for lending his voice to the audiobook version. He's cool. He made the hours I wasted on this at least bearable. 

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ALSO, I just discovered through a random review that there is a particularly brutal murder of a puppy in the second half of the book. 
That's a trigger for me, which I would have appreciated being warned about in some manner, thanks a lot, Collins.
You now go straight to my blacklist for that.* 
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Rape

Moderate: Vomit

freyajhugroo's review against another edition

slow-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

3.5

Gay love story, intricate and creative world building meets capitalism and heteronormativity. 

Incredible concept, complex characters but a somewhat dissatisfying ending. 
I enjoyed the way the book was structured too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

serena_hien's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Vomit

valerian_honeybee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Self harm

Minor: Child death, Incest, and Deportation

sheilaghs_wheels's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Violence, and Vomit

estelletrn's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

mooncraftbujo's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kynajayne's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed the structure of this book, with the three distinct parts/acts. The concept of binding memories into books is an interesting one, and the world building around that was explored well, especially around the ethics of binding. I will say towards the end I was nearly driven to distraction with annoyance of the narrator’s inability to put two and two together, it was so obvious I was raging! But it is a good love story in an interesting world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Suicide

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Rape and Murder

rxbynelena's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-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

2.0

The structure of this book really threw me off - our characters only really came to life half way through in Part 2. 

Personally, I think part 1 and part 2 could have been structured differently, or perhaps swapped. 

Such a good concept, and fantastic characterisation. People really stayed true to themselves. 

Huuuuge trigger warning for sexual violence. Some really grim content in here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Vomit