Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Binding by Bridget Collins

56 reviews

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

sternfrl613's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

2.75

This was a tough read that opened a couple of wounds I didn't need opening. I only read it till the end because I needed a happy end, and thankfully received one that I can make peace with. 
LGBTQIA*, SA survivors and children of abusive families: check the content warnings before reading to make sure you're up to what you're getting here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Sexual violence, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual assault, Animal death, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Excrement

animaniac17's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Incest, Violence, Sexual content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Rape, Vomit, Cursing, and Pedophilia

Minor: Alcoholism, Abortion, and Classism

louisallama's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

It's a little bit hard for me to review because 1. the blurb doesn't tell you what the story is about and 2. it's not the type of book I usually gravitate towards, due in part to the somewhat misleading blurb (the blurb purposefully did 't including main plot points for story reasons). I was expecting exciting magical memory stuff, but instead this was an extremely character driven novel that was far more focused on the experiences of the main characters and the evil ways that memory binding could be used. Despite this, the story was lovely, and I definitely cried through the end of Part Two when Emmett and Lucien get found out. The prose was very nice, although it got a little flowery for me at times. None of these things are really criticisms of the book itself (except maybe the blurb I guess) and I can definitely see other people loving this book more than me, but I still definitely enjoyed it overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Suicide, Murder, Animal death, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Vomit, Physical abuse, Incest, Alcoholism, and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

looking4thedr's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Bridget Collins writes wonderful descriptions that border on poetry, I could always perfectly picture the scene and moment I was reading.

This story is a tragedy with  painful moments, which makes the happier moments precious and important. I was absorbed in the story right at the first line, which was helped, in part, to the narrator Carl Prekopp, whose voice breathed life into these characters who felt like real people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Minor: Rape

sannesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

2.75

This book was darker than I thought. Would recommemd to check trigger warnings before reading. This book was very atmospheric and perfect for autumn/winter. This book is also heavy on the (gay) romance side, so you might like this if you are into those romantacy stories.

I was so excited about the premise of this book! Unfortunately, i ended skim reading a large portion of this book, especially the last part. It was just too slow and I didn't care anymore. I also didn't know this would be so romance heavy. It doesn't say clearly in the synopsis. However, I do enjoy some romantacies and part 2 was cute, but overall this was not the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, Sexual content, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Violence

dananana's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective

• 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

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Outing, Suicide, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Homophobia, Animal death, and Rape

Moderate: Classism, Sexism, Alcoholism, and Fire/Fire injury

marleywrites's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This book took awhile to grow on me, but by the end of part one I was very invested. Seeing all the pieces fall together was extremely satisfying. I loved the angst and the intense emotions. This is one I would consider rereading, especially in the fall/winter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Suicide, Death, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Classism, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Cursing

stormmorgan's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

lauramcc7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Sexual content, Homophobia, Suicide, and Blood