Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

4 reviews

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, and Stalking

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

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