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The First Binding by R.R. Virdi

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elsecallerreads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

This was a really enjoyable read. Its very slow but the world building makes it worth it. I will admit it shares a lot of similarities with Name of the Wind but I personally don't care for name of the wind and I thought this was much better done.
I have hopes that the next book will be slightly faster paced as this book had to spend a lot of time setting up the world. I especially loved that even though it had a framing story, both timelines were equally engaging.

osc234's review

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Failure to properly introduce characters prior to veering off into unwarranted and unnecessary tangential characters and 'tales'

birte's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

romanrose's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

momoj8's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

The bad: it was so much like The Name of the Wind

The good: it was so much like The Name of the Wind

Final Verdict: the diversity rep was nice, the writing was good, the similarities between The Name of the Wind kept me invested but it was hard to not compare the two while reading the book. I will probably read the sequel, and I could appreciate it as it's own story.

aminakara's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

That was an amazing read!

I admit that the book started a bit slow, and I wasn't sure if was going to continue, but gosh, I'm so glad I stuck with it! And that ending? It's totally got me impatient for Book 2!

Ari and Elione were such interesting characters, especially Ari with his uncanny ability to find trouble no matter where he went! Or was it trouble that found to him?

The story was really well written, and the writing was really beautiful at times.

It's a slow burn and a chonker, but the time spent on reading it is so well worth it!

If you haven't read it yet, read it! Don't be put off by the size or the fact that it's a slow burn.