Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Familiars by Stacey Halls

17 reviews

deliriah's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit

andrea_carroll123's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Pedophilia, Confinement, and Gore

buckinghambattleship's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

3.0

Would not recommend but I kept reading to know the end

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Infertility

laurenparham's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Hate a husband redemption story but I did still enjoy this book!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, and Pregnancy

bybookandbone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad slow-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

4.5

I don't think I have the words to describe everything I loved about The Familiars. Fleetwood is an incredibly sympathetic character. Just as I was getting irritated with her inaction, we discover that she is only 17, been married for four years and is pregnant with four miscarriages behind her. That's just so much for a young person to take. Plus the childhood neglect and abuse... absolutely horrific. 

Throughout the book, Fleetwood has to deal with being seen as nothing more as an interactive uterus in an expensive dress. 
I don't want to say much more than that without spoiling the story, though I wish it had ended with the violent murder of her husband, Richard, and his friend Rodger.

Alice is one of the women accused of witchcraft and Fleetwood's only friend, as well as the only midwife who has actually helped her with her difficult pregnancy. 
Don't be fooled into thinking this book is about the Pendle trials, it's set around them but at the end of the day, it's Fleetwood and Alice's story.

I still wish they ran off together

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Infertility

Minor: Abandonment, Body horror, and Confinement

rinnfoskey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I read this book in 2 days, very enjoyable. It was atmospheric, and while it was historical fiction the characters and dialogue felt contemporary in a good way. 

This books greats wrapped up in a very neat and complete way which I'm sure some will enjoy but I actually felt a little disappointed by it, as it seemed to undermine the drama and tension of the plot. The last chapter in particular I felt was unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Miscarriage

btrz7's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault