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The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
2.0

disappointing. 

bardugo is such a hit or miss author for me (six of crows - BANGER, ninth house - banger, shadow and bone - mediocre). and now i add the familiar into her list as mediocre. 

the plot, characters, and writing were flimsy and uninteresting. there was absolutely nothing in this book that truly felt entertaining. i find that bardugo’s strength as a writer (in her books/series that i loved) are in her characters. this novel fell so short, as i simply did not care about the characters. so much of it felt cobbled together and rushed, yet it also somehow dragged. 

overall, not a fan.