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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

70 reviews

leahrosiee's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Ok I finally finished this with the audiobook. It is good, the ending surprised me and the sexy academia vibes were excellent. 
Full cast audiobook could really redeem any book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

oliviafendrich's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was quite interesting. The characters' interpersonal relations largely drive the narrative but are skillfully easy to keep track of. Get ready for lots of dialogue! This book could almost be described as a long string of conversations. It's well-written, though repetitive on occasion. I'd recommend this book to anyone who's a bit afraid of fantasy, as it's not overcomplicated. Some good romance, and well-paced. Hoping to check out the rest of this series, and Blake's other works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Antisemitism, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Vomit

clovelatte'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: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

ashleighsbooks'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

4.5

i immensely loves this book and the only reason it is 4.5 and not 5 stars is because i wanted to see a bit more plot development in the school setting and more scenes of characters learning new information and growing academically instead of it being behind the scenes. the language of this book was so intricate that in some scenes i lost myself in the world but at other times i was struggling to understand what was happening. the characters in this tho are incredible and i felt so connected to them. i wish their stories were more developed tho. my biggest complaint about this book is that i wanted more!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Violence and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail

lainiereads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Okay, this book is confusing. But, in a good way, I think? Like I really enjoyed reading it, and I can't wait for the second one, but man I had no idea what was going on the whole time. The writing has the perfect dark academia fanciness, which created a large amount of confusion- but it's also what made me still enjoy reading even when I was completely lost. Olivie Blake's writing makes it so easy for the readers to feel like they are also in some mysterious private "school" and are learning about some crazy complicated magic. 
Speaking about magic, that was also very hard for me to understand- but once again, in an enjoyable way. It felt a lot like reading about philosophy, but instead of being all theoretical, it was about the magical abilities that they had. It was very interesting to learn about, although I absolutely understood none of it (like actual philosophy). If anyone enjoys that kind of abstract thinking, then this book is 100% for you. If you don't like that kind of thing though, don't worry, it's still enjoyable when you don't understand it.
Now for the best part of the book: the characters! They were all so complex! And their dynamic with each other?? Also complex! It was so hard to figure out what was going to happen next because there were so many layers to each person. It felt like every chapter, my perception of each character was completely changed! My personal favorites would probably be Nico and Libby, who I can't wait to see more of in the next book (psssst Olivie Blake, please give me more Libby and Nick content in the next one, that's all I want). They both try to be morally good but find themselves struggling with doing the right thing at times. Libby especially questions her beliefs a lot, which made me connect to her a lot more than others who just did crazy things for fun (though I also love those characters too). 
This book includes many morally gray characters, fancy dark academia vibes, and a complex storyline- what's not to like? Everyone go read it so we can all discuss the ending and wait patiently for the next one :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Violence, and Grief

nicole_m's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

This was a good book. The theme was dark academia. Wonderful read for the fall. <Spoiler> I would have like for their to have been more action. For instance, at the end I was like that’s it, but in almost a good way

. Overall, nice book and I recommend to those who like what is stated above. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, and Terminal illness

If the warnings above trigger you then i don’t recommend this book. If not give it a try if you like and enjoy!

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

eddine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-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? No

5.0

the way i transitioned from reading a couple of spicy books to this sksksksk

my brain literally melted w all the science and philosophy and magic system

BUT the way this was written was just sooo good, it left me empty and thinking about it after i finished it

ALSO LIBBY AND NICO OMFFFF

SOULMATES. BINARY STARS. I NEED THE BOOK 2 NOW PSL

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexism, and Violence

miszne99's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Magical dark academia setting? Marvellous.

If you want intelligent, charming, mysterious and interesting characters. This book has it. The complexity of the characters are so intrigued and fascinating. 

Since it's the first part of a duology/trilogy, it's pretty character-driven. We have only been exposed to the society and the characters. It's not as action-packed but I still love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting

aliasbooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

no words. still trying to process. i love them all. 
somehow gave me dark (netflix) vibes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Kidnapping