I have enjoyed every single one of Emily Giffin's books since I read Something Borrowed. She has a way of making the reader root for all the characters, even the ones you don't really like. The same is true for The Lies that Bind. This story is about Cecily, who is recently broken up from Matthew, when she has a chance encounter with a stranger (Grant) in a bar who quickly becomes all she can think about. They somewhat slowly get to know each other while he is nursing his twin brother who has ALS. Grant goes overseas with his brother for a medical trial and Cecily and her best friend fly out for a long weekend and a chance to see Grant. It is there that they profess their love for one another before she flies back home (NYC). When Grant gets back to the states, NYC in particular, he shows up at Cecliy's door in the middle of the night and she is more than happy to see him. He leaves early the next morning, September 11, 2001, and a few hours later the tragedy of 9/11 occurs. Cecily can't reach Grant. As the days go by and she is still searching, she sees a missing poster with his face on it, and she starts to learn all the secrets about who Grant really is.
The first chapter in this book was phenomenal and the book itself was written in a way that made me want to keep reading long long into the night. This book is a love triangle of multiple proportions with several key players and keeps you guessing just who is the good guy, and is there a bad guy really? At the end, I wasn't sure I would have gone the direction that Cecily did, but I also could not fault her for her decisions.
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I loved this book. It was was hard to read at some points - I knew a few people who were down in the Cuty during 9/11 and brought back their stories. The book made me angry at some points...so Giffin did her job :).

I really wanted to like this book. The main character seemed ridiculous . She made poor choices throughout the book. The ending was predictable.

Reeling from the end of a long term relationship, Cecily heads to a bar late one night, which is totally out of character for her. There she meets a handsome stranger with whom she has an instant connection. Knowing nothing about him, she forges a relationship with him that quickly becomes a whirlwind romance. But as the summer quickly turns to fall, Cecily’s romance, and life, begin to unravel as one lie becomes two, which becomes three, and suddenly she has lied to more people than she realizes. She becomes so entrenched in lies that she’s not sure who will suffer more from the truth, herself or the ones around her.

I usually love this author’s books. I struggled to get through this one though. I’ll definitely give her another chance though. I will say she did a fantastic job developing the characters in this one.

This is the first book I've read by this author and I found the first half of the book to be extremely slow. I didn't feel a real connection to the characters but I was interested enough to keep going and then the second half was full of overly contrived coincidences, far too many to be even vaguely believable. In many ways the writing was engaging and I might give the author another try as I've seen glowing reviews of her other books.

This is the story of a Midwestern girl in NYC who breaks up with her boyfriend in the summer of 2001 and meets another guy in a bar late one night. They seem to have an immediate connection but then 9/11 happens and he worked in one of the towers. She realizes that she never really knew him,

The love story was not that believable in the beginning but as time went on, the book and the characters grew on me. By the end of the book, I was caught up in the story.

Thank you so much NetGalley and the publisher for my complimentary eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. I have loved all of Emily Giffins books previously except this one I just did not like it. I wasn't crazy about the book as a whole.

Start by saying Emily is my girl and I love most of what I read from her. This one, wasn’t up my alley. I had a tough time kicking it into gear from the get, and then I just struggled. It didn’t captivate me, didn’t really do much for me on the whole. Some folks may have a better time with it, but as this is my review and I am asked to be honest, well there you have it. Wasn’t remotely high on my list of favorites and I give it a three.......

Love and life are the stories of how we live, both the truths and the lies. “The Lies that Bind” by Emily Giffin tells the story of how these truths and lies bring us together when one love ends and another begins. A fast paced easy read, I couldn’t put it down and finished in less than 24 hours.

This was a page-turner, but I didn’t love how it all turned out. The whole story just felt a bit too unrealistic and far fetched for me to really fall into. Not to mention I found I wasn’t really rooting for any of the characters.

Thanks to Netgalley and Ballantine Books for an advanced copy of this book.

Okay - this book has baseless tie to 9/11 that I don't particularly care for. I had a hard time getting into this one and the story seemed fake and unbelievable. I just wasn't invested in the character and I'm usually an Emily Giffin fan who loved her work but this book was not it.

After reading other books by this author I was excited to read her new novel. This one just didn't work for me. It was a crazy, mixed up, unbelievable story. Cecily is very immature with little common sense. The ending was hard to believe. Hopefully, the next book will be a little more coherent.

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

This felt like the literary equivalent of a telenovela. The need to tie-in 9/11 seemed forced and unnecessary, as did the cameo from some of her previous novel characters.

All that being said, I will read any book she writes because they're always so easy and unputdownable. This wasn't my favorite, but it was the fictional escape I was hoping for.

This light and fluffy read was a throwback to the author’s earlier books. And since I loved those books that was fine. No heavy stuff to read here. Just about perfect for a pandemic read. I appreciated that Cecily finally got a wonderful life. Overall, a four star read. This book was provided by NetGalley and the publishers for an honest review.

This book definitely kept my attention throughout, but it's mainly because I felt like there was a bit of a bait-and-switch. The first half and second half of the book read like two entirely different books, and it was slightly off-putting.

Gave this one a try, and could not finish it. Found the writing to be poor quality and a lackluster story line.

This was a rather interesting book---had some ties to 9/11, and some twists I didn't see coming. After a break up one night at 2am Cecily is a restless and winds up walking to a dive bar. There she meets Grant and the story has us on a roller coaster ride from there. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it. I've ready a few of her other books and will continue to read them if she keeps putting out books like this. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I received this book several months ago and have decided not to read it. I disagree with the author's personal behavior and bullying mentality on social media and choose to no longer use my platform to support her.

Wow! I could not put this book down. I needed to see how it was going to end. There are lots of twists & turns that I don’t want to ruin for you, so I will just say this one is well worth reading. It is a fascinating concept with how 9/11 affected people & might have connected people in ways that wouldn’t have happened otherwise. Highly recommend this book!