Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

54 reviews

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Alcoholism

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

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

thestarsaresad's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

After reading The Atlas Six, I was super excited to start this book. Unfortunately, I've never really enjoyed sequels or series as much as standalones, so it took a lot longer for me to finish this book than the first. There were characters that I grew to like less and less in this book, but this entire book really took me through a loop. I couldn't discern who was "good" and who was "bad" anymore, although I suppose that might be the whole point of this. Did I enjoy this book like I did the first? No. Will I read the third book when it comes out? Probably. Even if I found myself less able to connect with the characters, I still want to see what happens.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

Minor: Murder

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

anton13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.75

Reason it wasn’t a 5 star read was bc it was a bit slow to me. Now that could’ve been my fault for not being fully in the book when reading a lot of the time but still it felt a bit slow. Nonetheless the story was amazing and the twists and turns had me shook. I don’t know how I’m supposed to survive till next year before I get to read the third book but I’ll have to manage. I love this world and the idea that there’s magic and secret societies with so much knowledge. I can’t wait to see how their journeys will continue. And also the end😱😱 no way! I wanna say this: FINALLY!! And: it made me so happy and so intrigued for the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Child death

tsked_off's review against another edition

dark slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

Minor: Emotional abuse and Violence