Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

7 reviews

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

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

I’m shocked that the Atlas Complex had the reception that it did. It’s by far the most thought-provoking of the series, and the build up of its predecessors was necessary for this one. I cannot remember crying as much for characters in a long time.

How Callum became my favorite character I’ll never know, but the ending broke me. I think it was so beautiful to see that although he had every reason to become evil or commit wrongdoings, he never did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Blood, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Death of parent, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Cancer, Cursing, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Police brutality, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

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

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

risemini's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Cancer, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Grief, Alcohol, Child death, Murder, Police brutality, and Dementia

mousmoulo's review against another edition

3.5

okay. so. hm.

i don't know what to say. i'm not rating this book because i have no fucking idea what to do with a single emotion that i'm feeling towards it.

(update: it's been a month but i finally settled on a rating lol)

saying that i finished this book would be a stretch, because the last 25% or so was mostly skimming. after

nico's death

i just sort of lost it. i can't believe i'm saying this but i sobbed for a solid half hour straight and then cried again and then again. so it's safe to say this book finished me. big rip. and then

callum died too

and

gideon's epilogue happened

and just when i thought it couldn't make me cry any more, boom. more tears.

anyway. i have no coherent thoughts and this is not a review whatsoever. i'm honestly just sad. i can't say i enjoyed it but i can't give it a low rating because it made me sob and, if anything, some of these characters will stay with me for a while. so there's that.

on another note, i waited an entire fucking year for the worst sadness i've felt in a while, so there's that as well.

anyway. as far as my predictions are concerned:

✅ nico will die: he did, and i want to die too
✅ gideon will probably die: unclear if he did, but i'll take it because i was smart enough to say probably
✅ regardless, NICOGIDEON ENDGAME: it's endgame to me. also they were the only unquestionably good thing about this book and they're eternally happy in my heart
✅ callum will die because it's been foreshadowed like 7429 times: rip to the funniest fictional character ever
❌ libby corruption arc: that wasn't corruption, that was libby being the absolute fucking worst
❌ reina might also die but i'm not as dead set on her as i am on the boys: good for me tbh. reina lives!
❌ the society will be destroyed: i skimmed through that bit but i don't think it did
✅ belen and libby reunion: well that was a given
❌ belen will probs die idk sorry queen: she didn't. slay queen or whatever 
✅ probs no libbytristan endgame but let me hope: the way i was never big on novacaine but this book changed me lmfao libbytristan WHOMST i only know novacaine !

anyway. this is where i say goodbye to this series. i mean this in the most normal, least mentally ill but also most neurodivergent way possible: it feels like someone's ripping my heart out of me.

cheers, and thank you for the emotions or something 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Minor: Death of parent