Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

105 reviews

bluerskies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Classism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

defunctfridge's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

so slay except for the love interest who’s like an immortal old man didn’t like that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Infertility, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

styxx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Infertility, Death of parent, and Abandonment

lexcellent's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

temperamentalprotagonist's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Mental illness, and Murder

queerloras's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This was gorgeous. I didn't understand it properly the first time I don't think, but I'll be rereading it again just for the beauty of the prose so that's not an issue.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Torture, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Honestly, I wasn't really sure what to expect going into this book. I knew very little, just that it was set in late 16th century Spain and a woman could do magic. And I'm glad that I didn't have any expectations going into this book.
It has a bit of a slow start. When I was reading it, it felt like it took longer than it actually did for characters to be introduced and for the plot to actually start. The overall pacing of the book is pretty slow. Maybe that's because I never felt like there were particularly highstakes for the characters. I was pretty sure that the main couple would get a happy ending even if no one else did. Although, towards the end I did begin to doubt that. 
I wouldn't say that this book was amazing. It was good and I enjoyed reading it. But it's not one that I would recommend to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Mental illness, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

shrumpscompi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Probably the most quotable book I’ve ever read. I want to read it again and write down half of it to repeat in conversation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual assault

hcgambrell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent

kristinallard's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry