Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Binding by Bridget Collins

204 reviews

kal517'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Homophobia, Suicide, and Outing

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ellinlolis's review against another edition

4.0

Part 1 is quite slow but it’s worth sticking with. Part 3 is a bit dark, so perhaps check the TWs before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual violence

jsims9095's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Beautifully written book. Heart wrenchingly sad in places. Nearly DNF in part 1 due to it being beyond slow to start. 

Would have given it a 4* if 50 pages of unnecessary environment description was taken out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Blood and Vomit

sho73's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

This ticked a lot of my favourites 
☑️ creepy (ish) and creative magic 
☑️ Queer
☑️ Dealing with Homophobia 
☑️ Dimensional characters (ish) 

Could have been a bit better with a bit more plot, let’s go a bit deeper, but a very enjoyable read 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

partymccarty30's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

lisa_hin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

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 against another edition

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