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watsontheslytherin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Minor: Chronic illness, Drug use, Blood, and Alcohol
thaliareads's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder
Minor: Alcohol
The main plot does involve the six initiates protecting the society which does involve fairly detailed fighting with enemies who try to break inmidnacine's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
The writing style of this book makes me wanna change the writing style of my reviews. That's how you know a book is good- when it undeniably influences your day-to-day decisions and ultimately leaves you consumed.
I'll be honest: I didn't expect to love this as much as I did. At moments, it was really hard for me to concentrate on the prose, as it's very much in the style of all those classics you're forced to read in high school. However, once I got attached to the characters, I was hooked.
I love the integration of magic with science, philosophy, and morality. Though challenging for me at times, I did find myself lingering on quite a few of the existential questions and really thinking about myself in the situations the Six are shown to be in. Namely: would I be willing to do whatever necessary, no matter the cost, if it meant accessing knowledge and power forbidden to the majority of human existence? Honestly, I'll never know.
And just to get it out of my system, here's the more academic portion of my review:
Reading Atlas Six was like looking at scrambled pieces of a puzzle: you know they'll all come together to make a cohesive picture, but until you have all of the pieces it's impossible to know in what orientation, exactly, the picture will be. Olivie Blake does an impeccable job of casting her very own magic over the reader to keep them on a proverbial seat, never revealing too much information at once to let them piece together the puzzle on their own.
I think the writing is absolutely gorgeous and has an amazing balance of seriousness and humor. It definitely took ~~big brain~~ to read it but I can't wait to see what happens in the second book!
Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Terminal illness, and Grief
lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It took me a LONG time to get into this story (like 65% of the way through the story). The writing and story progressed incredibly slowly in the beginning and even when things of interest started to happen, I was not invested in the story enough to enjoy them. I really enjoy the idea that everyone has different magical abilities, but it is a very ambitious thing to write about. I felt like we only got a visceral understanding of each person's abilities, and it often times made the story boring and unbelievable (unbelievable in the sense that anyone could resolve issues with their own abilities because it felt like someone could fix any hurdle thrown at the group). I wish the magic system was more concrete and maybe everyone had a concentrated portion of it that they were better at or just more interested in.
I will probably pick up the sequel at some point, purely because "The Atlas Six" ends in such a major cliffhanger, but I do not have high expectations.
Graphic: Torture and Violence
muriel_r's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Torture and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War
bookishgoob's review against another edition
- 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? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Infidelity, Torture, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, and Kidnapping
ajthequeen's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Drug use