Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

76 reviews

angela005's review against another edition

adventurous 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death and Terminal illness

cosmodeus_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this is a must read!!! it has a beautifully complex magic system, and it's a world you will be absorbed into. there are so many unexpected turns and twists, and it is a wonderfully constructed story. the writing is amazing and the multiple povs for chapters really helps you understand each character. this story is amazing, and i cannot wait for the release of the second book. this story definitely lived up to the booktok hype. if you're thinking about it, go buy it and read it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Suicide attempt

jfield351's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Right off the bat I was really drawn to the characters. They are very original, very well written and very interesting. Especially their backgrounds and motivations. The drawings in this edition were also insanely good! The book was quite dense with so much happening on each page and i wasn’t really pulled to this book, but it was still interesting. The way time was written - it kind of jumped a bit - was a little confusing, as was the constantly switching perspectives. I was a bit confused about who was who at the start but i could tell it would be a good read! I LOVED the bluntness of it, how topics were not skated over but given in just enough detail. I think though, some parts were a little too confusing to read when tired as there was a lot of process. The last 100 pages

were a whirlwind of ‘oh this person is dead! Oh not actually now this person is dead! Oh wait that’s not right either! The whole issue with Ezra was very neatly done, I really enjoyed that. The ending was definitely unexpected for me , I had an idea Ezra would be involved but did not expect that.

solid!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

deliriah's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, and Car accident

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Thanks to Tor Books for the free copy of this book.

 - THE ATLAS SIX shouldn't work, but it does. Does it? It does. I liked it. I was sometimes bored? But I kept going? Yeah, I have no idea how I feel about this book.
- It's definitely very clever and keeps you hooked, unspooling plot twists and major actions slowly, between all the long conversations about the nature of time and whatnot.
- I think my main reaction is that this is what THE MAGICIANS should have been.
- Also, that Parisa realllllly verges on the trope of the insatiable bisexual (yet also unclear if she's actually queer or just slept with some women for power reasons? Why is this book hailed as full of queer characters?), though the reasons why she is who she is are laid out in the text, it still felt weird.
- I dunno, I'll probably read the sequel? Have you read this? Tell me what you think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Classism

haleyatucker's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

love this book, a little too crude at times though. plot is very unique and surprising.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity and Alcohol

Minor: Murder

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing and Drug use

tlycomfort's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Alcohol