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The Binding Room by Nadine Matheson

7 reviews

reno_percival's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Minor: Hate crime

pulpandprose's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

tanuandbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

It's a solid page-turner! We don't know who the killer is till the very last page! 

Henley quickly became a fave character and I wanna read more books from the series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Murder, Racism, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Rape, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

allthebookssheloved's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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? No

4.75

I hate not giving mama Nadine 5 stars but she left me slightly unsatisfied in the ending; it was a bit rushed and not as detailed as I needed for closure. 

Dalisay and Niall’s backstories, who are these people? What are their motivations?

But I can not deny the impactful descriptions, the social commentary and the strong connection I felt  toward  Anjelica Henley and my investment in her professional and personal journeys. 
Nadine Matheson has become an auto-buy author for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

locpressedbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Murder, and Confinement

Moderate: Dementia, Violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

soobooksalot's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Crime procedural with a dark edge? Nadine Matheson is 100% your author!
 Thank you to HarperCollins Canada and Netgalley for my eARC for review!
 The Binding Room is one of my most-anticipated books of the year, as it's the second in the series featuring DI Angelica Henley from The Jigsaw Man.
 Friends, this sequel does NOT disappoint. 
 The same gritty, fast-paced storytelling that hooked us in The Jigsaw Man is here again, and possibly even more, in The Binding Room.
 Pastor Caleb Annan has been stabbed to death in his church, which oddly isn't the most disturbing thing found in the building. A barely-alive young man is found in a hidden room in the church, with injuries chronicling torture and neglect.
 This sets off a series of finding further victims with similar abuse, and investigations of who is behind it and why.
 This is a relentlessly readable book, with not one extraneous scene. It all flows and fits and pertains.
 Henley, Ramouter, Pellacia et al are back, and even more fascinating in the second installment - these are characters I can't wait to follow the stories of through the rest of the series.
 For fans of Criminal Minds/CSI-style thrillers, highly recommended!
 Released on July 12.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture