The Binding is a little hard to categorize. If you have worries about that, seek a review that reveals more of the subject matter. A few warnings though: The subject matter is mature and could be triggering to some readers. I really, really hate reviews that reveal too much about a book, so I won't get into more of the plot than is revealed in the book summary.
The Binding is best book I have read and listened to so far this year. Soon, everything he thought he understood about his life will be dramatically rewritten.Īn unforgettable novel of enchantment, mystery, memory, and forbidden love, The Binding is a beautiful homage to the allure and life-changing power of books - and a reminder to us all that knowledge can be its own kind of magic. In a vault under his mentor’s workshop, rows upon rows of books are meticulously stored.īut 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. Within the pages of the books they create, secrets are concealed and the past is locked away. If there’s something you need to erase, they can assist. If there’s something you want to forget, a binder can help. Within each one, they will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. Under the old woman’s watchful eye, Emmett learns to handcraft the elegant leather-bound volumes.
Bookbinding is a sacred calling, Seredith informs her new apprentice, and he is a binder born.
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.įor as long as he can recall, Emmett has been drawn to books, even though they are strictly forbidden. Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family. Imagine you could hide the darkest, most horrifying secret. "A rich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped inside them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Proclaimed as “truly spellbinding", a “great fable” that “functions as transporting romance” by The Guardian, the runaway number one international best seller arrives in America.
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