Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

47 reviews

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Alcoholism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Death, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

On a technical level, this book should probably get a 3 something rating (because there was no real plot and the writing was so overly long and complicated and should have been edited) but I really liked the characters (except for Reina tbh) and connected with a lot of the gut wrenching sentences delivered by people like Callum, so it gets a 4 instead 
 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Murder, and Sexual harassment

carefulfearanddeaddevotion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.75

OMG!! This series shot to the top of my favorite book series ever, it's only second to TRC. Love love love the writing, love love love the characters. I say this with nothing but love, I'm not sure there really is a plot here lol. But, as we know, I am a characters over plot ass bitch and I didn't even realize that I'm not sure anything much happened until I started writing this review.

I loooooved Belen (and her and Libby <3), so I  am a little disappointed she (Olivie Blake) killed her. She was just felt like a plot device and a waste of a good character.

Also, I know I said I love the characters, but I do not like Reina. Or at least, I feel like we didn't spend as much time with her, her motivations, her feelings, as we did for the other characters. And then when started spending more time with her, I did not really like what I saw. I guess really my only criticism of the series is that she doesn't feel as 3(4)D as the other characters. I don't even think she's 2D. Even when she started her whole "I'm a god" thing, I was like "oh alright, i guess...when is the POV gonna switch?" She just feels very bland, especially compared to the others. Unhappy about how the thing with her and Nico went? Like it was just so frustrating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Gun violence, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexism, Stalking, and Terminal illness

lucymt92's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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? Yes

2.75

This was a difficult listen. It was very slow and tedious at times. Way too long winded and I don't really know what was going on most of the time. The last 3-4hrs of the audiobook are the only reason it's not a 2* review for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Alcoholism

sylvestra's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Kidnapping

Minor: Death and Murder

frantically's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-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? Yes

2.75

was so focused on the girlies i completely missed the gays (this was so boring)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcoholism, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Gun violence

sophiesmallhands's review

emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Violence, Sexism, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Death

beegster16's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Classism, Toxic friendship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Death

nicoledelairs's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.25

Absolutely loved it! I listened to the audiobook this time (read a physical copy of the first book) and the narrators did a phenomenal job. 
Blake does a good job balancing the different POVs, and each character has a distinct voice that stands out. These characters just bounce off each other so well! Every combination of partnerships and collaboration brings an interesting new vibe to the story and gives the reader new insights into the charaters' minds.
There were definitely a few aspects that I found really funny (like

Reyna telling Callum that she's a God, or Tristan asking Nico to kill him

).
There are some amazing things that are done with the magic system and I think it might be one of my favourite magic systems of any media.
The short story afterward is a fun little extra too :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content