Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

5 reviews

mousmoulo's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

okay you know what. olivie blake is lowkey a genius. do NOT crucify me i will explain

first and foremost, this trilogy is not everybody's cup of tea because it's not MEANT to be everybody's cup of tea, and it's actually a shame this was mass-marketed when its target audience is so limited and specific. tap was definitely more well-written than ta6 but there was barely any plot—it's basically 400 pages of character study and exploration of various concepts in a way i genuinely think is incredibly smart. sure, majority of analysis is not groundbreaking, but she still manages to put certain things into words in a way that works if you take your time to read carefully.

i recently watched olivie's youtube video (jan 7 if i'm not wrong) where she talks about the trilogy and how it was never meant to reach the general audience, and how she kept tac as it would've been if the trilogy wasn't as popular as it is. it made me SO HAPPY but the whole section on the new book release changed the way i view this series entirely. i think i happen to be part of this extremely particular target audience these books were meant for, and i'm genuinely so happy for that.

anyway rant over, at the end of the day this is just my silly little hyperfixation and i'm endlessly grateful i gave a shot to this series, it's a good mix of character study and reality tv in book form, plus my favourite friends to lovers i've read in a while (

NICOGIDEON SWEEP BABEYYYYYYYY

) so. no complaints by me!

predictions for the atlas complex ahead:

• nico will die (i'm depressed) (he's too full of life to survive)
• gideon will probably die (i'm very depressed)
• regardless, NICOGIDEON ENDGAME i have so much faith actually
• callum will die because it's been foreshadowed like 7429 times
• libby corruption arc
• reina might also die but i'm not as dead set on her as i am on the boys
• the society will be destroyed
• belen and libby reunion, belen will probs die idk sorry queen
• probs no libbytristan endgame but let me hope

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death and Terminal illness

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

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

 

this was my multiverse of madness

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, Sexual content, Blood, and Terminal illness

Minor: Colonisation, Cancer, Death of parent, and Classism

jbabbm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

Great writing from Olivie as always! I just feel that I had to read up to more than half of the book so that it got interesting for me😕 Can't wait for the third one, though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death, Blood, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, Grief, and Terminal illness

cardanrry's review

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Sexual content