Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

7 reviews

aseel_reads'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? It's complicated

1.0

Everything that was possibly annoying in the first two books, was somehow 1000% worse. The sentences just waffled on, there was no plot underneath all the garbage sentences. The ending was what? Nothing, hated everything about this, only finished it because I owned the book 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Cursing, Alcohol, Murder, and Suicide attempt

emilywemily6's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

2.5

This book was so confusing to read. So much philosophy that was trying to sound smarter than it was. While all the characters were intriguing, I felt like the characters’ motivations were inconsistent and unclear, especially considering people changed their minds throughout the book. Reina was disconnected from everything else happening in the book.

Why did Libby kill Nico??? Why didn’t she kill Dalton when she realized how much power he had? She definitely labeled him as the villain. And I was bummed when Tristan chose the not change anything in the many scenarios and he let Callum die instead of choosing a different scenario where they ended up together.

There were too many perspectives throughout the book and I feel like nothing happened in this book even though it was super long. I guess I also don’t really understand the whole idea that these kind of bad people all want to both kill and have sex with every other character. The writing style is interesting and the characters are intriguing, but this book was very unsatisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Classism, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness and Medical content

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

"I'm actually an elite member of a secret society"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Chronic illness, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gun violence, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Cancer, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Rape, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Genocide, Dementia, and Xenophobia

stormeno's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Medical content, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Classism, Blood, Cancer, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

kimzeyk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

I should have re-read the first two books before starting this one - I had to go back to the last few chapters of book 2.  Be sure you’re clear on who’s dead and who’s alive, and do read the dramatis personae at the beginning.  

The bulk of the “story” happens inside the characters’ heads - as others have said, there’s very little plot.   But I do love her writing; this is a series I could see picking up and re-reading all in a row at some point, and maybe I’d enjoy it more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Gore

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, Ableism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Racism, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Addiction, Classism, Gore, Infertility, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, War, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, Suicide, Terminal illness, Confinement, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and Violence