Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Binding by Bridget Collins

218 reviews

jo_bee's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

An incredible read. If it starts a bit awkward, don't let that turn you away - there's reasons for it and soon enough it sucks you up and won't let you put it down. The characters are amazing, the romance is heartwrenching, there are so many hints dropped throughout the story the books come back to that are so satisfying to unravel. Some minor things are implied but never completely explained but personally I enjoy it like that. Truly enjoyed every page of it. Gets heavier in the second half so definitely check trigger warnings if you need to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Sexual assault

Minor: Incest

maria_e_p's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape

safiewafie's review

dark mysterious reflective sad

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Blood, Suicide, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

krammerjunk's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

Minor: Suicide and Incest

joonjxne's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

lucym1502's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

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

e113's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Suicide

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape

kynajayne's review

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: Suicide and Homophobia

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Minor: Rape and Murder

franoflittlespoons's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

3.0

It was not for me. Really wished I'd looked at CWs for the book before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

Content warning for animal dealth:

the pet dog is killed on page