Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

62 reviews

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

I quite liked The Atlas Six. The characters are mostly just the right level of “everyone believes themselves the smartest in the room but are they really,” for me. The character backstories and their behaviors, both in the Atlas Six and those overseeing them and/or friends/associates of theirs are all quite well executed. The personality contrasts between the characters and the way their abilities interact with each other creates so much intrigue throughout the plot. That said, at least one character gets the short straw in characterization. Also, the plot for this first book in a series of three doesn’t truly conclude itself. It worked well for me but I can see why some would really dislike these characters and dislike how this book concludes. I’m definitely continuing into book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Much of the intrigue and conflict of this book is about idealogical differences, theoretically and in practice. There is questions about the morality of their abilities. There’s questions about what access to/denial of access to knowledge means. Is it right or not for a privileged few to have access to certain types of knowledge over others. Things are not always binaries too. If this doesn’t sound appealing, no harm in skipping this.

abrataydabra's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I can’t tell if I like this book or hate it. It was well-written, and  I was not expecting the plot twist with Ezra. Will probably give the rest of the series a try. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Drug use, Grief, and Murder

ashleybwells's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

aino_maria23's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Death of parent

saretta02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, and Grief

rubys100's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

aaambi17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

I didn’t like this book as much as I wanted to. The concept is genius & Blake’s prose is incredible, but half the book got stuck in exposition - every chapter seemed to want to introduce some new concept of dilemma that needed so much explaining that it felt like nothing much happened at all until the end. 

Still good enough to want to see what happens next but all in all was a little long winded for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Death

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

kitkatkatdog's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.75

I loved this book. I really thought I knew what would happen and even when it surprised me, it surprised me again. Every page turn was fun, mysterious, and heart dropping. The writing is so visual and descriptive to me. I love the way it all talks and shows you what’s going on. I’ve never really jumped ship for a new ship and back to an old ship on to a new ship, but boy do I just love every character with anyone, even in weird pseudo relationships that they don’t even realize is love. Great book. Great story. Wtf is gonna happen next. I really don’t know… there’s so many areas to explore here and so many questions, I can’t wait to read the other two books in the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.75

I really enjoyed The Atlas Six and am dying to get my hands on the next installment. I think for me, the part I most appreciated was how this novel explored the inequalities and corruption inside academia, through the lens of characters experiencing it in completely different ways.
I will say, this might not be for readers who favor plot heavy novels. It is engaging, but focuses primarily on character development and psychological ponderings, with a majority of the higher stakes occurring during the last 15% of the book.
Nevertheless, I am excited to see how the series progresses:)

Also can we talk about Libby, Reina, and Parisa, because the women of the atlas six carried the story on their backs.  Libby especially, I am a sucker for characters I related to (she is 100% the archer by Taylor Swift personified). I also have a soft spot for Gideon, and hope that he gets more page time in the Atlas Paradox.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship