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Imagine you could erase grief.Imagine you could remove pain.Imagine you could hide the darkest, most horrifying secret.Forever.Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family He is to begin an apprenticeship as a Bookbinder a vocation that arouses fear, superstition, and prejudice among their small community but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse.For as long as he can recall, Emmett has been drawn to books, even though they are strictly forbidden Bookbinding is a sacred calling, Seredith informs her new apprentice, and he is a binder born Under the old woman s watchful eye, Emmett learns to hand craft the elegant leather bound volumes Within each one they will capture something unique and extraordinary a memory If there s something you want to forget, a binder can help If there s something you need to erase, they can assist Within the pages of the books they create, secrets are concealed and the past is locked away In a vault under his mentor s workshop, rows upon rows of books are meticulously stored.But while Seredith is an artisan, there are others of their kind, avaricious and amoral tradesman who use their talents for dark ends and just as Emmett begins to settle into his new circumstances, he makes an astonishing discovery one of the books has his name on it Soon, everything he thought he understood about his life will be dramatically rewritten. Download The Binding – kino-fada.fr Bridget Collins has written a beautifully imagined piece of fantasy historical fiction, a sumptuous love story, of poor farmer s son, Emmet Farmer, and the wealthy, privileged Lucian Darnay, doomed to be star crossed lovers In this world, books are not what we would recognise them to be, books are for all those things that people feel destroyed by and cannot live with in their lives They are extraordinary hand crafted, leather bound repositories of actual peoples memories, their secrets, grief Bridget Collins has written a beautifully imagined piece of fantasy historical fiction, a sumptuous love story, of poor farmer s son, Emmet Farmer, and the wealthy, privileged Lucian Darnay, doomed to be star crossed lovers In this world, books are not what we would recognise them to be, books...We ve been called witches since the beginning of time Word cunning, they used to call it of a piece with invoking demons We were burned for it too The Crusade wasn t new, we ve always been scapegoats Well, knowledge is always a kind of magic, I suppose Emmett Farmer is a young man with issues He used to think that he would inherit his family s farm It was the life he was used to and the road he expected to follow to, and beyond, the horizon But he has not been himself lately His abiliti We ve been called witches since the beginning of time Word cunning, they used to call it of a piece with invoking demons We were burned for it too The Crusade wasn t new, we ve always been scapegoats Well, knowledge is always a kind of magic, I suppose Emmett Farmer is a young man with issues He used to think that he would inherit his family s farm It was the life he was used to and the road he expected to follow to, and beyond, the horizon But he has not been himself lately His abilities have deteriorated He loses himself, in time, suffering dizziness, nausea, and weakness Some say he was cursed by a witch When he is offered an apprenticeship with a bookbinder, it offers a way out, however frightening the career and his mentor might be Bridget Collins image from United Agents, UKDespite some raw similarities, bookbinding in Bridget Collins s world is not quite the same as it is in our...This is a difficult one to review I think I expected this book to befantasy than it currently is It started very slow for my liking, and I think if it wasn t all the PR campaign and the interest that s built on Social media, if this was a book I ve myself picked, I d probably give up around 20% But I continued reading because I was really intrigued, also the reviews are really good for this book Sadly I will not join the fan base, this time I confess, I stopped proper reading at 40% t This is a difficult one to review I think I expected this book to befantasy than it currently is It started very slow for my liking, and I think if it wasn t all the PR campaign and the interest that s built on Social media, if this was a book I ve myself picked, I d probably give up around 20% But I continued reading because I was really intrigued, also the reviews...The premise of The Binding in one sentence terrible people are terrible, and when I say terrible what I really mean is everyone. It s terribly gruesome and disturbing at times and portrays abuse in many shapes, yet I couldn t look away For the past few days, I ve been wondering why I was so damn affected by a novel that many of my friends found lacking Yet I m pretty sure that the sense of dread I felt came from how very realistic the horrors pictured were you can wrap up abuse with a fan The premise of The Binding in one sentence terrible people are terrible, and when I say terrible what I really mean is everyone. It s terribl...4 This book was spellbinding and included an original concept about books that I had never read before it completely ensnared me into its pages.The tale starts of with Emmett, a farmer from a small house in the country, plagued by nightmares which in turn effect his work Suddenly one afternoon, he receives a letter, telling him that he must go to be a binder, a job that promotes fear, prejudice and superstition among communities.Emmett goes to be an apprentice as a binder so that one day 4 This book was spellbinding and included an original concept about books that I had never read before it completely ensnared me into its pages.The tale starts of with Emmett, a farmer from a small house in the country, plagued by nightmares which in turn effect his work Suddenly one afternoon, he receives a letter, telling him that he must go to be a binder, a job that promotes f...I m starting to become a little disillusioned with upcoming releases by unknown or new to me authors THE BINDING has an excellent marketing campaign, a gorgeous cover, and was a book I wanted to get into my hands, desperately, due to a inaccurate comparison to a book I love However, for this reader, the insides don t match the outsides.This book has three parts to it The first act is slow, plodding, and mired in the familiar other characters know things but cannot tell the protagonist for I m starting to become a little disillusioned with upcoming releases by unknown or new to me authors THE BINDING has an excellent marketing campaign, a gorgeous cover, and was a book I wanted ...2.5 stars I had high hopes for this book, really loved the premise, but I think it s one of those cases that it delivered something else than promised The idea sounded very original people s bad memories binded in a book, so that they don t remember them any It sounded like it has fantasy elements, some magic with interesting characters The book is divided in 3 parts I loved the first part, but things went into a completely different direction starting from the second part The rest of 2.5 stars I had high hopes for this book, really loved the premise, but I think it s one of those cases that it delivered something else than promised The idea sounded very original people s bad memories binded in a book, so that they don t remember them any It sounded like it has fantasy elements, some magic with interesting characters The book is divided in 3 parts I loved the first part, but things went into a completely different direction starting from the second part The rest of the book is just a romance story It s remotely related to the overarching idea, but in my opinion it was too much, too predictable, too slow Also, there are lots of trigger warnings in this book, rape, sexual abuse, murder This darkness and the amount of pages spent on it took me by surprise So, I think that original idea is lost in between attempts of a bit of LGBTQ content and too much darkness In addition, there are characters we spent a lot of time on in the first part, that were not touched upon ...I FREAKING LOVED THIS Historical fiction mixed with folklore and magical realism, and a love story that gave me all of the feels YASSSSSS Do yourself a favour and read it Perfect for people who liked The Thirteenth Tale or The Shadow of the WindONE FAULT THOUGH The freaking blurb on the back cover gave away a plot line that didn t occur until page 161 Like I get that I pr...NO SPOILERS In this surprisingly emotional fantasy literary fiction blend, books are sordid things, definitely not read, and locked away in vaults at reputable companies with names such as Lyon Sons Each book in this world contains the wiped memories, most often horrible, of one person Destroy that book by fire, and restore the horrible memory Or, in rarer instances, destroy that book and restore destroyed lives On the simplest level, The Binding is about same age characters Emmet NO SPOILERS In this surprisingly emotional fantasy literary fiction blend, books are sordid things, definitely not read, and locked away in vaults at reputable companies with names such as Lyon Sons Each book in this world contains the wiped memories, most often horrible, of one person Destroy that book by fire, and restore the horrible memory Or, in rarer instances, destroy that book and restore destroyed lives On the simplest level, The Binding is about same age characters Emmett Farmer and Lucian Darnay, one an unassuming farmer s son turned binder s apprentice the other the self assured nephew of a wealthy aristocrat Despite coming from these different worlds, they cross paths as teenagers The way books and binding the act of wiping memories and binding them into a book complic...ugh tell me this technology is available and sign me up, please.also, sign me up for the book, double please.

The Binding
  • English
  • 26 June 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 448 pages
  • 0008272115
  • Bridget Collins
  • The Binding