Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

96 reviews

caitlin_123a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Grief

elskede's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

atamano's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

imogenlj's review against another edition

4.5

Even though Bardugo’s branched out into a new genre, her style is unmistakable- her smooth writing and steady pacing make this book easy to devour, alongside her trademark final 100 pages of tense revelations and plot twists. If at times the narrative distances itself from the story it doesn’t suffer for it, and you’ll fall in love with Luzia and Santángel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Torture, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent

skillyillian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

The only thing I didn't love was how insta-lovey it felt, but considering the situations that they were in when they met, well. It makes sense they'd cling to any form of escape. I did enjoy the ending, and the redemption of someone who starts the book off as a shitty miserable person was very good. I fucking loved this book and if you have the chance then you NEED to go for the audiobook, the narrator did such a wildly phenomenal job. Without a doubt the best audiobook I've ever heard

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

clrouse's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Death of parent, and Classism

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

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

amachonis's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide and Sexual content

Minor: Islamophobia

adriana21's review against another edition

The book was painfully slow at times. I love how Bardugo writes, but the writing can come across as trying to be edgy. For example; they mention men’s genitalia almost every chapter at a random point, and almost everyone discuses sleeping with someone for power  or “freedom”, but it does not do much to enhance the story. In my opinion, since these stories or lines are repeated so much, it loses the conversation surrounding each characters unique level of desperation for craving a better life for themselves. The story got more interesting once they reached the castle at about 30% of the way into the book, but it got slow again. I didn’t care for any of the characters, so that might be why I was not enjoying the story. The world building is good, and I thought she executed this historical era well. Lastly, I did not like the romance because you could tell that they had crushes on each other, but I think it needed more tension building that led into a slow burn romance story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content