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The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

46 reviews

cecilie26's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

2.0

Okay, I don’t know there is going to be spoilers so I’m just taking it on to be safe. 
Loved the book, though I didn’t fell in love with it as I did the first one. 
It was a bit boring at times, for my taste anyway. The only thing that is nagging the hell out of me, is why Nico and Tristan didn’t go to Fowler and make him take her back. Or if I have misunderstood something about them not know Fowler a powers then why not see if Fowler really were a time traveler so they then could use him to get her back instead of hoping that she would make a nuclear bomb. I don’t know if I have missed something that would explain it since I heard it on audiobook, and was doing something while listening to it. So that may explain why. Otherwise I found the book kind of unnecessary since the plot was really meh. The characters were fantastic.that was also why I read it to the end. Loved all the characters- kind of. Liked the first book much better than this one though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

ashleyreads88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

The Atlas Paradox picks up where The Atlas Six left off with

Nico, Tristan, Callum, Parisa, Reina, and Nico's friend Gideo trying to find out where Libby is.

. There were so many twists in this book that I didn't see coming and I couldn't believe the ending.  I loved this book and I'm excited to see where the story goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Murder

iloponis's review against another edition

4.0

obsessed. loved every chapter. love my magic bisexuals. 

ending the book by having gideon and nico finally kiss and then libby shows up covered in blood and ash????? wow

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.0

On a technical level, this book should probably get a 3 something rating (because there was no real plot and the writing was so overly long and complicated and should have been edited) but I really liked the characters (except for Reina tbh) and connected with a lot of the gut wrenching sentences delivered by people like Callum, so it gets a 4 instead 
 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sylvestra's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Kidnapping

Minor: Death and Murder

frantically's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

was so focused on the girlies i completely missed the gays (this was so boring)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence

thestarsaresad's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.5

After reading The Atlas Six, I was super excited to start this book. Unfortunately, I've never really enjoyed sequels or series as much as standalones, so it took a lot longer for me to finish this book than the first. There were characters that I grew to like less and less in this book, but this entire book really took me through a loop. I couldn't discern who was "good" and who was "bad" anymore, although I suppose that might be the whole point of this. Did I enjoy this book like I did the first? No. Will I read the third book when it comes out? Probably. Even if I found myself less able to connect with the characters, I still want to see what happens.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Murder

beegster16's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Xenophobia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury