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taterturnspages 's review for:
The Lies That Bind
by Emily Giffin
3.5 ⭐️
cecily and grant meet on an unexpected whim after cecily has parted ways with her ex, matthew. grant absolutely takes cecily by storm (read: lovebombs her) and cecily is infatuated and head over heels for grant (read: a victim of manipulation). or that’s what it felt like anyway. since this isn’t a romance genre book, i won’t be so hard on the toxic love dynamic between cecily and grant, but i think their relationship was glamorized and misrepresented.
the overarching meaning of this book seems to be about how we truly decide who ‘the one’ is, and what basis that really means for all of us. another integral part of the plot is how much we lose ourselves in strong emotions such as love and grief.
i enjoyed most of the story but i really hate that the two love interests (that the lesson kind of relies on) are 1) a liar and a cheater, and 2) one that never prioritizes cecily and treats her as a backup plan. maybe that was part of the point of the story, that cecily felt the need to settle for the lesser of the two evils. but it’s not lost on me that often women feel the need to choose the lesser of evils amongst men in real life, rather than men just being better people. i digress
cecily and grant meet on an unexpected whim after cecily has parted ways with her ex, matthew. grant absolutely takes cecily by storm (read: lovebombs her) and cecily is infatuated and head over heels for grant (read: a victim of manipulation). or that’s what it felt like anyway. since this isn’t a romance genre book, i won’t be so hard on the toxic love dynamic between cecily and grant, but i think their relationship was glamorized and misrepresented.
the overarching meaning of this book seems to be about how we truly decide who ‘the one’ is, and what basis that really means for all of us. another integral part of the plot is how much we lose ourselves in strong emotions such as love and grief.
i enjoyed most of the story but i really hate that the two love interests (that the lesson kind of relies on) are 1) a liar and a cheater, and 2) one that never prioritizes cecily and treats her as a backup plan. maybe that was part of the point of the story, that cecily felt the need to settle for the lesser of the two evils. but it’s not lost on me that often women feel the need to choose the lesser of evils amongst men in real life, rather than men just being better people. i digress