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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

36 reviews

lrn22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Bullying, Gun violence, and Murder

cluckieduck's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

The hype lead me here, but all I can say is that I think this book was trying to hard to be something grand. A lot needs to be tightened up - it just kept going in circles, filled with redundancies rather than fleshing-out the characterization or world-building that was deeply needed. That being said, it was good enough that I'll continue with the series to see where it leads.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide attempt, Violence, Bullying, Cursing, Murder, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Abandonment, Cursing, Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, and Death

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Classism, War, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

starsandscarsbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Violence, Bullying, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

lynnannwalsh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

hanarama's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

Book at a Glance: 
• Dark academia
• Diverse, ensemble cast
• Multiple POVs
• CWs: murder, psychological abuse, suicide

Atlas Blakely taps six talented magicians for admission to the prestigious and secret Alexandrian Society. The Society has continued to care for the Library of Alexandria in seclusion across the centuries, and drawing from its vast well of knowledge to shape the world. The newest cohort will learn the price that such knowledge carries, for only five out of the six will gain full membership. 

This is the book that A Deadly Education wishes it was. 

While in retrospect, very little happens through most of the book, it did not feel slow. This is due to cycling through six opposing points of view. The characters are different enough from each other, and driven by different motivations that moving between them keeps things interesting. Because the reader is constantly learning new things about the characters and uncovering information through each, its possible to uncover the full picture ahead of the characters. 

The characters are complicated morally gray, and messy. Because they know that one of them will not move to the next level, there’s a lot of politicking between the characters. It feels like a political intrigue on a small scale. This may not be to everyone’s taste, but I enjoyed it a lot. 

The final reveal is predictable in some ways. Information in early chapters gives some hint, but Blake performs an excellent sleight of hand, drawing the reader’s attention away to the characters over the background. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Murder, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

apmerri's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, and Bullying

muriel_r's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicide, War, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Death, and Violence

lilacy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

It was good, I just wouldn’t read it again or recommend it to anyone. It wasn’t plot driven because there’s no plot, and it wasn’t character driven because only 1/6 characters develops. However, I was able to finish it and it wasn’t the worst book I read… I think it just got overhyped. Like many series, I think the second book will be better because the author has gotten some reviews and can actually get out of the exposition. This plot read like the entire book was exposition and the very last 20 pages were the inciting incident. This book never got to the rising action and the “climax,” missed the mark for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Alcohol

kayladaila's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Bullying, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Mass/school shootings, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, and Classism