· The Betrayals by Bridget Collins review – divine encounters A disgraced politician is sent back to his shadowy alma mater in this heady, captivating novel set Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. · An original concept, beautifully written. Collins’ prose is spellbinding. Laura Purcell. The Betrayals is a beautiful dystopian romance about coming of age as an artist and the love affair artistic collaboration can be, while also being an acute political novel about the fate of spiritual values in a totalitarian system. A rich delight."Brand: HarperCollins Publishers. The Betrayals is the second novel I’ve read by Bridget Collins, and it was more disappointing than The Binding. For starters, I found the world-building incredibly lacking. The entire novel centers around something called a 'grand jeu,' though it never once explains what that means or entails. It seems like a sort of musical/interpretive dance/scholarly (?) composition/production/output, but I genuinely could /5.
"The Betrayals is a beautiful dystopian romance about coming of age as an artist and the love affair artistic collaboration can be, while also being an acute political novel about the fate of spiritual values in a totalitarian system. A rich delight."--Sandra Newman, author The Heavens and The Country of Ice Cream Star An intricate and utterly spellbinding literary epic brimming with. A highly imaginative and intricately crafted literary epic, The Betrayals confirms Bridget Collins as one of the most inventive and exquisite new voices in speculative fiction. © Bridget Collins (P) HarperCollins Publishers. Magical Realism Historical Fiction. Title: The Betrayals. Author: Bridget Collins. Genre: Ummm - I don't know? 😅 If I had to describe it, I'd probably call it a very character-driven dark academia/alternate history novel But that doesn't really do this book justice! Let's just say it has a bit of everything, and is literary fiction at its finest 😉.
The Betrayals by Bridget Collins. Bridget Collins’ first adult book, The Binding, was one of my favourite books of I loved the creativity, the uniqueness of the plot and the overarching themes. I loved the characters and the concept of the entire book, how she wove everything together into a beautiful book-themed book. The Betrayals by Bridget Collins. (). At Montverre, an exclusive academy tucked away in the mountains, the best and brightest are trained for excellence in the 'grand jeu': an arcane and mysterious contest. Léo was once a student there but lost his passion following a violent tragedy. The Betrayals. The author, Bridget Collins, said that Herman Hesse’s The Glass Bead Game influenced her book, The Betrayals. The Glass Bead Game takes place in the future where an isolated group of individuals perfect play of the Glass Bead Game.
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