Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

97 reviews

dev921's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Alcohol

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

theresamothinmyroom's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

avoticat's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

This book was not for me, it is not my cup of tea. I did not find the characters enjoyable and the plot was not intriguing to me. It feels as if it was written purely for the aesthetic of dark academia and not anything else, all of the topics and ideas were very surface level. It feels like it was primarily written for shipping and fanfic-ing. I am not a fan of this authors writing style and likely will not read any other books by Blake. It was not an enjoyable read, but it was a pretty quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

There's an attempted murder

endlesscreeks's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

crypticspren's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

The Atlas Six takes an international group of young adults and situates them in a pseudo-hunger-games magical 'fellowship'. Generally, I think the premise is exciting and there was a lot of 'oooh mystery' moments. However, the first 2 thirds of the book are SO much slower than the final third of the book. The last 100 pages were 10/10 for characters, plot, suspense, everything. The first 200 were a bit... 'eh, nothing special'. 

Although it was a bit of a slog to begin with, the conclusion to the book definitely left nothing to be desired and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think it's overall done a good job of setting up the world and the sequel should (hopefully) have much better pacing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

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

watsontheslytherin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

Beautiful prose

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Content Warnings

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

hjb_128's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

gpichard's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Kidnapping