Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

7 reviews

cnannery19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism

cluckieduck's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The hype lead me here, but all I can say is that I think this book was trying to hard to be something grand. A lot needs to be tightened up - it just kept going in circles, filled with redundancies rather than fleshing-out the characterization or world-building that was deeply needed. That being said, it was good enough that I'll continue with the series to see where it leads.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

dani_reis's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

I enjoyed this book as a whole. The pacing was slower than I'm used to, and I don't usually enjoy such high amounts of character driven plots. All the characters are complex and utterly unlikeable in the beginning. Some go through growths, some stay the same, and some get worse. I thought I knew what was happening several times and seemed to miss the mark most of the time. I'm not very good with mystery 😅 
I'm really looking forward to the next book in this series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide

fromlindenmere's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

oliverlang's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder