Reviews with content warning for Suicide attempt - The Atlas Six

Very complicated story and characters. This book took me over a month to read and normally I read books with this many pages in less than a week. It definitely was a very hard book for me personally to get through especially with the switching perspectives. Overall though it has a good plot and story line.

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hannahcstocks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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weltengaengerin's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Not going to lie: the booknhad me hooked and turning page afzer page until I finished it.

BUT it also left me unsatisfied and wanting. There was a lot of potential and fun ideas but none of it was really well executed.

There was very little grey, i. e. characters were portrayed very black-and-white. They also all were very edgy and non-conformist and still managed to lack depth and come across very tropey. Which is sad as there is very limited actual plot and mostly a character study and hence the characters remaining so flat despite us getting so much insight and information on them is frustrating.

Alsonsome characters are just annoying in the relationships they have. Specifically the one who feels he needs to protect and solce his best friends problems all on his own. Very annoying and unbelievable.

We also get very little in terms of actual studying. Just some pseudo philosophical stuff sprinkled throughout the pages that wants to be thought provoking but is more embarassing.

Also everyone is on and on about all the benefits and what they get from the fellowship but to me as a reader the actual motivarion / benefits are only believable / clear to me for maybe 2 of the characters.

So yeah. Loved the idea, fell in love with the potential of the story but was disappointed by the execution.

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ahgauci's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.0

I really enjoyed the book until the end. It started off as grounded and very character driven before diving into a completely different story as the book was coming to a close. It’s a shame as I found the characters compelling.

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bookcasey's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The audiobook has multiple narrators, one for each POV represented, split chapter-by-chapter.

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cham721's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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