Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Binding by Bridget Collins

16 reviews

adelll's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Abortion, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pregnancy, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

himangi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Outing

tamsynh's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

emilykn92's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

This one took me by surprise, I suppose I should have read some reviews first. I wasn't expecting MlM, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was reminiscent of The Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. The mystery and tension was built well. However, I felt that the story fell short a bit toward the end with some important plot points occurring by pure chance. I also think some of the character choices toward the end were out of character and constructed to take the story where the writer wanted it to go, rather than allowing it to go where the characters would have taken it. Overall though, I enjoyed the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Rape, Suicide, Murder, Violence, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence

gjalvi's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? N/A

2.75

The Binding would be an interesting read if I were someone into this kind of story. I picked this up hoping the magic and romance would be more centre stage but I was really bogged down by the overly descriptive writing style. Part 1 honestly felt like an extra long prologue that would have benefitted from some editing, but part 2 was excellent. Part 3 seemed to turn some people off but I didn't mind it for what it tried to do.

Emmett was a great character and I enjoyed his arc throughout the book; Lucian was cheeky though kind of annoying toward the end, but he's supposed to be; and Seredith was the best part of the entire thing.

Overall, my interest came and went throughout the novel and I'd have probably DNF'd it (again) if I weren't buddy reading it with a friend. Don't get me wrong, I know there is a market for people who would like this book (think fans of Erin Morgenstern and Neil Gaiman) but I quickly realised I wasn't one of them. I liked it enough to be interested in Collins' next novel (The Betrayal) but I'd have to be in a very specific mood to pick it up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Cursing