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The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

26 reviews

risaleel's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, Bullying, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexism, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Classism, Murder, Death of parent, and Mental illness

danicakvcs's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Sexism, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Body horror

lateromantic's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Could've been a 5* book if it had fewer twists, strands, characters. I liked the voice, it was kind of Arthur Koestler x Dan Brown. as a bridge player, I'm obsessed with the idea of grand jeu now. wish it had been queerer tbh.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Blood, Abandonment, Sexism, Suicide, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Mental illness

added a trigger warning for antisemitism because the persecution of

christians

reminded me of

nazis

as well as

soviet gulags

milly33's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I didn’t love The Betrayals as much as I loved The Binding, but still a good read.

I only gave 4 stars not 5 because characters and the plot did become very confusing and difficult to differentiate, and there seemed to be quite an irrelevant storyline of The Rat which became boring.

I also wish the Grand Jeu was explained properly because I spent so much of the book trying to understand what it was and just ended up more confused. 

But I did love the portrayal and development of Carfax and Leo’s relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Sexism

rowanrelph's review against another edition

challenging hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Bullying, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Suicide, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Classism, Death of parent, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Murder

litliz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Grief, Bullying, Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Vomit, Alcohol, and Classism

angry_tortoise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Moderate: Sexism, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

merenguita's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

It's not that it wasn't good but I just didn't care for any of the characters enough
Also, I don't mind that the author doesn't really explain what the grand jeu is but I do mind that she didn't explain what it's place in this society is (very light spoiler)

why are there people being persecuted? especially why christians? why does the grand jeu exist and why does the goverment finance it? why does it want to control it so much? what's the belief system in this society? I could go on...

 
Also, this book could've been absolutley queer and the fact that it isn't annoys me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexism, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault and Slavery

lindseyant's review against another edition

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

Man, I struggled with this one. I found it difficult to invest in the story after a certain point. I kept reading because the author has a writing style that I find really easy to get through, and I kept hoping I would get some explanations for certain things that kept popping up. Weirdly, in the end, not fully understanding what the grand jeu was wasn't even the most frustrating thing about this book.

I have a lot of thoughts about this book and not many of them are positive!! Sorry! 

updating my rating months later after I spoke to someone about this book. I really didn't like it! It still leaves a bad taste months later and it irks me. Something is cursed about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Sexism

the_bees_books's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

If you like dark academia, rivals to lovers and low fantasy, look no further than here! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Forced institutionalization