lulupaton 's review for:

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
3.5
challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
The characters and development in this book are excellent. The plot falls a bit flat for me. It is definitely a device to further the character development, but I think the “balance” was a bit off. The plot seemed to me to be somewhat irrelevant, or misleading. Perhaps this was intentional, but it didn’t land for. I think I would’ve enjoyed this book more if I had more knowledge of the era in history, OR if I could attend one of Leigh’s fabulous book talks she does where she breaks down some of her research for the book and the real-life inspirations (she did this for Ninth House and it was awesome).
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