BOOK REVIEWā 
BOOK: The Lies That Bind
AUTHOR: Emily Giffin
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Published: June 2, 2020
Based on the summary and the early works I have read from this author, I really felt compelled to read this book, especially since it was set involving the 9/11 attacks. I was prepared to be emotional and heartbroken.
But now, having read the book, I just donāt know how to feel. The ending was one I felt coming, sort of. Maybe I should say that I felt the penultimate ending coming, the big reveal. But what comes next, left me feeling on the fence about the whole reading experience. I liked the journey, yes, and I liked the inherent message. But frankly the characters just left me wanting to like them more. I felt for them, at least enough to want to finish the book. But I didnāt love them and didnāt necessarily think they were making the best decisions.
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Small Summary:
Itās 2 a.m. in a dive bar on the Lower East Side, May 2001. Cecily figures itās the perfect place to order a beer and try to forget that sheās just been dumped by the man she suspects sheāll always think of as The One Who Got Away. Her best friend warned her to hunker down and avoid any risk of late-night drunk dialing, and she should have listened, because sheās so tempted. . . .
āDonāt do it,ā says the guy on the barstool next to her. āDonāt call him.ā
He talks her off the ledge, and they have another beer. Then at last call, they toast to āmoving onā before going their separate ways. Except as sheās about to say goodbye, she decides to ask his name instead. And just like that, her life is changed forever.
But has she found her soulmate only to lose him a few months later?
*****
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.