Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

33 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. 

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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.

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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

kwthor's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, Murder, Gun violence, and Violence

marissaumble's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

torij2000's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts

bessadams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Cancer, Dementia, and Confinement

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

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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 

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Content Warnings

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

cha_len_novels's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

 “Beginnings and endings, stardust and stars.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex

It was bittersweet, profoundly so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

I enjoyed this one, but the last 77 pages felt very drawn out to me, it felt like it could’ve been wrapped up much sooner, but, I did like the ending! And the first half and middle of the book were great too, it was just the drawn out dialogue to the end that got me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer and Dementia