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The Binding
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Saar The Book owl
Mar 28, 2020 rated it did not like it
Shelves: step-back
Well, what can I say about this one? Reviews, opinions, etc. are subjective, but I rarely give 1* to a book, so if other readers liked this one, no problem! This is only my opinion on this one. Aside from that, I like LGBT - romance, so that's not the problem.
The first problem is the Dutch translation: translations are alwasys a bit tricky, but there were many mistakes, spelling mistakes, sentences that made no sense...So, that's a bit of a bumper.
But about the story itself: the story was divide
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Ashleigh
After recovering from a mysterious illness, the last thing Emmett Farmer expects is for his parents to send him away on an apprenticeship. To a book binder of all people! Every since Emmett bought a book at a fair at a young age and was chastised by his parents, books have been banned in the Farmer house, and Emmett knows no-one else who has actually read a book. What is so dangerous about books?

That's all I'm gonna say in the summary because I went into this book knowing almost nothing, and I'm
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Yvette
Sep 06, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
This book took me by surprise. I wasn’t anticipating the turn of events that developed half way through the story that focused on the two major characters, Emmet and Lucian. It’s a love story.

Binding is about erasing memories as a way to either willingly forget a painful memory or be used against someone to continue a cycle of abuse. People’s memories are “binded” into books, and then kept by the binder. To sell a binded book of a person who is still alive is considered illegal.

The task of bin
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Kate
Nov 01, 2020 rated it it was amazing
It took a while to get me hooked but when it did I couldn't put it down! ...more
Debbie M
Sep 11, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Colleen
Dec 27, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Linda C
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Pam
Jan 09, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Christina Browne
May 07, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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May 25, 2019 marked it as to-read
Vikki
Mar 30, 2022 rated it it was amazing
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Brid
Jun 09, 2019 rated it really liked it
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Jan 13, 2020 marked it as to-read
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Feb 20, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Nov 17, 2021 marked it as to-read
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Nicole Perkins
Nov 24, 2024 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
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