1.44k reviews for:

The Bookbinder

Pip Williams

4.03 AVERAGE

jdejong's review against another edition

4.5

informative inspiring reflective 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: No

s_oph1e's review against another edition

3.0

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Picked it up 100 pages in and slightly confused. Writing was good tho

jomat's review

4.0

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Not actually a sequel but a link to Dictionary of Lost Words, this novel is set around the first world war. Twin sisters destined to work in the bindery section - one is autistic and the other takes on the responsibility of looking after her once their mother has died. The story shows the strengths in both of them, the horrors of war and the everlasting effects it has on people who survived.

hayleyclaire03's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

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I loved this book and the way Pip Williams encourages you to think about the nature of writing, authorship and literature on a broader scale. Set in the backdrop of WWI Britain, the novel touches upon important themes of women's suffrage and its questions transcend time and space. Really loved it.

pfogg's review

3.75

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

savaw2006's review against another edition

3.0

challenging hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

lizzy303d's review against another edition

3.0

reflective slow-paced

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

5.0

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I love pip williams. She builds characters that feel like real people and stories that make absolute sense. Amazing portrayel of complex topics woven together into what i can only call a work of art.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

kateb310's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

aihposknil's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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