The Binding

[Trisha]

This thread is to discuss The Binding by Bridget Collins.

Pages: 437 pages

Length: 1 Month (July)

Participants: Rachel, Michelle, Lorraine.

Everyone reads at their own pace during a Buddy Read. Because participants can be at different parts of the book at different times, it is extremely important to mark spoilers so that the book is not ruined for someone who is not as far along as others!!!

Mark spoilers by placing {spoiler} before the text and {/spoiler} after the text but use the < and > instead of the { and }.


Happy Buddy Reading!

[Michelle]

I've already gotten this book in ebook-form from the library, so I'm excited to start reading it next month!

[Shari]

Hello, I would like to join this buddy read if I may. Thanks!

[Michelle]

Yes of course! I think you can just leave your comments when you read the book and we can discuss :)

[Shari]

Michelle wrote: "Yes of course! I think you can just leave your comments when you read the book and we can discuss :)"

Thanks Michelle!

[Michelle]

I've started this book yesterday evening! :)

[Michelle]

I am currently about halfway through the book, ready to start chapter 15.

(view spoiler)[ The first part felt slower then the second part for me. Though I was intrigued, it took me some time to fully get into the story. I am very curious about part 2, since this is probably the forgotten memory that was in emmets book. So we'll see about his history with Darnay. I am also curious about what he is going to do after reliving this memory. I don't think he'll be able to stay where he is OR go home, but I also think those two place wouldn't be the best for him... (hide spoiler)]

[Michelle]

I just finished this book and need to think about it for a moment. From part 2 onwards, I got sucked into the story and could barely put the book down! :)

[Lorraine]

I also finished the book and I am curious on why you rated it 5 stars while for me it was a 3 stars. Looking forward reading you.

[Michelle]

I don't really have criteria for giving stars, but this book just captured my attention and in the last parts I couldn't put it down. I would recommend the book to other people and it was just something different from what I normally read I guess. All in all, that made it very pleasant for me to read. I would probably read it again and that's why it is five stars for me :) Why was is three stars for you (and not more or less)? :)

[Lorraine]

My own ratings is very subjective. I have some books that were 5 stars for me and from there I compare my other readings. I was excited to begin this book and I was not disappointed at first. But I found the author did not really explored "the book binding" elements and focused more on the relationship between the 2 main characters. By doing that, I felt the book lost its "fantasy" genre which was the reason I wanted to read the book at first. But it was well written and interesting. Because of that I gave it a 3. Hope I make sense, English not being my first language. :-)

[Michelle]

Aah yeah, that is true. It didn't really go into the aspects of binding, which I think would have been fun too. But it would have been in a totally different story and because it did not go into it, for me it felt like something that I haven't really read before. So that's why I liked it so much :) Do you often read fantasy?

English also isn't my first language, so it's fine ;)

[Lorraine]

Michelle wrote: "Aah yeah, that is true. It didn't really go into the aspects of binding, which I think would have been fun too. But it would have been in a totally different story and because it did not go into it..."

Not as much as I used to. But these buddy read are getting me back into it. I now read mostly thrillers.