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The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

55 reviews

edamamebean's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book so much, I don’t even know what to do with myself. It was perfect from start to finish, genuinely the best I’ve read from Leigh Bardugo. I’ll be hard pressed to read a book that tops this one all year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Familiar is a beautifully told dark historical fantasy set in the Spanish Golden Age. Leigh Bardugo is a remarkable storyteller who proves with every release why she’s not only one of my favorite authors, but an auto-buy author as well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content

Minor: War

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ljp817's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and War

quiet_reader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Islamophobia, and Colonisation

ohennui's review

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Physical abuse and Death of parent

aliyahoff's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Torture

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, and Antisemitism

sxndaze's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

A thousand stories. A thousand 
meanings. But in the end, it belongs to no one, except the woman who holds it in her hand.

a little slow in the beginning, but it’s an addicting read. the amount of names and characters that are thrown at you can be overwhelming at times too, but that’s the nature of fantasy i think. luzia is a wonderful character and her drive and ambition is something you can’t help but root for. santángel is dark and broody and everything i love in a character and the two of them together are chefs kiss. 

the plot is intriguing and the magic system is fascinating. the development of the side characters is wonderful too and i enjoyed my time with them. it’s definitely something i want to revisit again in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol

allyareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

soniajoy98's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Biphobia, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and War