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The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

60 reviews

naluminum's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Torture, Sexual content, and Antisemitism

Minor: Blood

kristins3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I typically prefer books set in the present or the future over the past, but Leigh Bardugo has a strong ability to pick non-standard fantasy settings and bring them to life with her creativity and world building

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Violence

oz2021's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Murder

chronicacademia's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Antisemitism, Death, Hate crime, Body horror, Child abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Classism, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Blood, and Murder

cedence's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Sexual content

eeds20's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, and Violence

This book takes place during the Spanish Inquisition so antisemitism and islamaphobia is a plot-driver

_likethefruit's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was extremely slow-moving. I can't believe I actually finished it because I wanted to DNF so many times. The ending was 100% not worth it. There are so many nuggets of information that aren't explained or connected to the central plot - I'm really disappointed because this has potential, but falls so short of expectations for this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Torture

theespressoedition's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Murder, Religious bigotry, Blood, Infidelity, Antisemitism, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual content, Gore, Excrement, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

the_incredible_writing_snail's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

A must read for historical fantasy lovers.  The uniqueness of the setting (Spain during the Inquisition) is worth reading this book for alone.  The MC’s position is also a bit unique in genre of YA fantasy, as she is actively and self-admittedly greedy for wealth and power.  A fun, interesting read that does an excellent job of managing multiple POVs of morally gray/ likably unlikable characters.  My only complaints are that the romance feels a tiny bit tacky/tired and that some of the political intrigue elements remain unexplored in favor of focusing on relationships between characters..

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I don't really know how I feel about this? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Torture

Moderate: Antisemitism, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder