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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
I loved some of Emily Giffin’s older book but this didn’t put me on an emotional roller coaster as it should.
dark
sad
slow-paced
LOLOL let’s get this out of the way. Good book, I enjoyed, blah blah.
I’m not sure why 9/11 had to be incorporated into the book, it felt very strange to use a major REAL life event for this. I had qualms with two people falling in love almost immediately, and thought cecily was an idiot to believe Grant would stay faithful on his trip abroad immediately after meeting her, but fine.
Then when she travels all the way to Londonand he calls her his friend??? Should have ended it there but she didn’t so it’s fine.
Then he “dies”. She finds out he was married. She befriends the widow… like really befriends. I can get past it I guess. I understand, in a weird way, how that might help her grieve.
What I can’t get past, is finding outgrant is alive, cecily finds him, and then grant has the absolute audacity to act like cecily is in the wrong for moving on? Like cecily is the weird one for having trouble explaining things. You faked your death bro. You had an affair. Then you have the balls to pretend cecily is in the wrong for moving on? genuinely goodbye are you insane?
It felt verytelenovela which I’m fine with, I love a good could-never-happen-in-real-life trope. I’ll get on board. But I don’t feel like it worked in this book. We had a real event like 9/11, then the crazy I’m dead but not dead plot… doesn’t mesh. It made me dislike cecily somehow
I’m not sure why 9/11 had to be incorporated into the book, it felt very strange to use a major REAL life event for this. I had qualms with two people falling in love almost immediately, and thought cecily was an idiot to believe Grant would stay faithful on his trip abroad immediately after meeting her, but fine.
Then when she travels all the way to London
What I can’t get past, is finding out
It felt very
I’ve read every one of Emily Giffin’s books and had been especially anticipating this one after learning that it took place around the events of 9/11 (the book I’m writing takes place at the same time).
In her latest, Giffin tells the story of a young woman living in NYC who begins a relationship with a guy right before he goes missing after the 9/11 attacks.
Like everything else Giffin has written, The Lies that Bind had me captivated from the first sentence, and the story kept my head in the book until I finished it.
While I love Giffin’s writing, I don’t always love the stories. But this one was a home run. Her first novel, Something Borrowed, has always been a favorite of mine. The Lies that Bind might just be the runner up.
Great, great read. Would absolutely recommend.
In her latest, Giffin tells the story of a young woman living in NYC who begins a relationship with a guy right before he goes missing after the 9/11 attacks.
Like everything else Giffin has written, The Lies that Bind had me captivated from the first sentence, and the story kept my head in the book until I finished it.
While I love Giffin’s writing, I don’t always love the stories. But this one was a home run. Her first novel, Something Borrowed, has always been a favorite of mine. The Lies that Bind might just be the runner up.
Great, great read. Would absolutely recommend.
I very much disliked the "shocker" and the ending. I would have preferred that Cecily end up a confident single mom with a totally new relationship.
This is not my usual read, but it was a good one! I received it in a blind date with a book and finished it quickly. The twist in this book were great!
two words. CHEF'S. KISS. emily girl you really did the most on this one. not enough words to explain how amazing this book is.
Hated the first half and wanted to give up but I’m glad i didn’t - the second half was great , nice ending
Listened to Audio - characters were annoying i think i would have enjoyed it more if i read it
Listened to Audio - characters were annoying i think i would have enjoyed it more if i read it
I absolutely loved this story and it got me on a few twists!