Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

14 reviews

crypticspren's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

It pains me to give such a low rating, but this book was the slowest and slumpiest book I have ever read. 

The entire book is a back and forth of "should we/shouldn't we" conduct the experiment about multiple universes. It is written in continuous pretentious prose and not a single thing can happen without several pages of a character's introspective BS.

I also think much of the plot was added as an afterthought or for shock. It seems like Blake

just started killing off characters to end the book sooner. Why did Libby do the experiment that she didn't want to do, then go "oh no, I didn't want to do this" and kill Nico, arguably the best character in the series? Why would Tristan be kidnapped by his murderous father only to... NOT be killed right away. Instead, it's Calum who is shot on sight, after he realises he is in love with Tristan. Belen would only be in her 50s so why did she have dementia and no meaningful interaction with Libby? Atlas was killed at the beginning of the book like an afterthought, and just ignored for the majority of it. So much so that I was waiting for a twist but when it got to the "big reveal"... it just said Libby stopped his heart. So anticlimactic and disappointing./spoiler>

Honestly, for a book with so much potential, it was a devastating read. It was slow with poor characterisation and plot points that didn't make a great deal of sense. The pacing was also completely off. It took 400 pages to do nothing then everything happens in the last 100. 

I wish I could get the last month of my life back, but unlike Ezra, I do not have time travel. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Alcohol, Dementia, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

refrejarator's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Honestly, it's really well written, but very depressing. Very futile and honestly I wish I didn't read it so everyone stayed happy in my mind.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Violence, War, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Drug use, Police brutality, Child death, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Cancer, Classism, Colonisation, and Grief

this book buries gays - especially Nico and Callum

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Misogyny, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

Everything that was possibly annoying in the first two books, was somehow 1000% worse. The sentences just waffled on, there was no plot underneath all the garbage sentences. The ending was what? Nothing, hated everything about this, only finished it because I owned the book 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Cursing, Alcohol, Murder, and Suicide attempt

pensandpicks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Toxic relationship

emilywemily6's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

2.5

This book was so confusing to read. So much philosophy that was trying to sound smarter than it was. While all the characters were intriguing, I felt like the characters’ motivations were inconsistent and unclear, especially considering people changed their minds throughout the book. Reina was disconnected from everything else happening in the book.

Why did Libby kill Nico??? Why didn’t she kill Dalton when she realized how much power he had? She definitely labeled him as the villain. And I was bummed when Tristan chose the not change anything in the many scenarios and he let Callum die instead of choosing a different scenario where they ended up together.

There were too many perspectives throughout the book and I feel like nothing happened in this book even though it was super long. I guess I also don’t really understand the whole idea that these kind of bad people all want to both kill and have sex with every other character. The writing style is interesting and the characters are intriguing, but this book was very unsatisfying.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Classism, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness and Medical content

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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'm actually an elite member of a secret society"

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Chronic illness, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gun violence, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Cancer, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Rape, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Genocide, Dementia, and Xenophobia

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

I’m shocked that the Atlas Complex had the reception that it did. It’s by far the most thought-provoking of the series, and the build up of its predecessors was necessary for this one. I cannot remember crying as much for characters in a long time.

How Callum became my favorite character I’ll never know, but the ending broke me. I think it was so beautiful to see that although he had every reason to become evil or commit wrongdoings, he never did.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Blood, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Death of parent, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Cancer, Cursing, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Police brutality, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous 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

1.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Abandonment