Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

118 reviews

curry_bb's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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

2.0

We get it Olivia, you're woke, no need to comment on it every single chapter.

Also I'm just gonna say that for a book with such a huge focus on the characters, I think it would be better to make them interesting. Like, all of these people could die and I would just not give a shit, they're either boring, annoying, or both. I get that they're supposed to be morally grey/evil, but like, you can do that while still having them be a little interesting. I just want to have any kind of emotional reaction to them. The only one I had the slightest liking to was Callum. He was just there dicking around, slay behaviour. Also when he

"fought" with Parisa and got her to kill herself in the mind palace. Pretty cool until I realized she didn't actually die

. Absolute psychopath I wanna hear more from him.
Also the world-building is really confusing. Are the magic people and normal people migling? Do the normals know magic exists?? Can they see the fantastical creatures?? I read the etire book and still don't know. I think that magic people are seperate from normal ones, but there is still a whole ass college for magic?? What?? How does that work??

Overall, Interesting concept but poor execution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, and Alcohol

mhyland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

cnannery19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Death, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

watsontheslytherin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Beautiful prose

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Drug use

monstrouscosmos's review against another edition

I really enjoyed the world building, and the exploration of each character as individuals as well as their group dynamics. the perspective taking of the chapters was also interesting, and the narrators all added nuance to their performances in ways I appreciated (especially during internal monologues). unfortunately Part 6 definitely got too trigger heavy for me, and I found the expositions started to get both much longer and much less believable. not the book for me, unfortunately! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Infidelity, Bullying, Incest, Rape, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Physical abuse, Sexism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

I put all the triggers I remembered in "moderate", though some would definitely be better described as "minor" or "graphic".

lilygrace1639's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Suicide attempt, Cursing, and Death

marissaumble's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, Hate crime, and Suicide attempt

izabelstohel's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Blood

rorireads33's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

This book dragged. Libby and Nico were interesting. I liked Reina’s powers. For so much of the book I wasn’t sure what the “point” was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Violence

imageryx's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Car accident