Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

95 reviews

damianwayne's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

‘Atlas wants to destroy the world’ Ok? Well he also marked Callum for death so shut up he’s right

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Emotional abuse

tomas_lw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

Fun premise, exceptional characters, pretty good execution.

The plot is simple and fun. Six magicians with exceptionally powerful specialities are selected to join a secret society. But only five can actually join at the end. Cue intrigue, sex, betrayal, magic weirdness, love, hate, death and other fun things.

Over all the book was a great read.

I do have som complaints though.

First of all the author seemed to almost forgot entierly about Reina for almost the entire book which was disapointing since her opening chapter made me really attached to her. I really hope she gets more to do in the next book.

And the ending of the book is very out of left field and exposition heavy. It felt like the author at the last time decided to turn the book into a trilogy and rewrote the ending to set up the sequels. It's a bit heavy handed and not entirely satifying. So lets hope it pays of in the next books!

Also, the book could have had a bit more things happening as most of the book is either characters talking with or thinking about the other characters. Don't get me wrong, I love all these characters and the talking and plotting is terrific, but the pacing of the book could probably have been better with some more action in the middle.

Overall, a great read as I said above and I'm definitely getting the rest of the series ASAP.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and Death

Minor: Pedophilia

danaegg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Emotional abuse

caseymac's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, and Confinement

cody_crumley's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol

nylte's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse

chanceuxcat's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

Atlas Six was a well written novel with unique characters and an incredibly interesting world. However, as the book progressed, magic and quantum physics were combined more than I expected, so some parts do take longer to understand than others. Overall, I enjoyed the twists throughout the book and look forward to reading the next one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide

Suicide is mentioned a few times throughout but not graphically. Also, just a note,, some sciencey theories/concepts are described in extensive detail and take a bit more thinking/effort to understand so not a super relaxing easy read.

jadorelecafe's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Death, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Addiction

eule's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

A book that I surprisingly enjoyed even though it was heavily focused on the character dynamics (multiple povs). If you love a scientifically based magic system, diverse characters and a mysterious plotline this book is for you. Sometimes it seems slow-moving but it is all worth it for the cliffhanger in the end. All in all, we can agree that all of the characters are extremely hot (Parisa!!!) and we need to support Nico x Gideon. I cannot wait to read the sequel (sadly my friend will have to read it first :()

Ps: Thank you to my friend Tyler for recommending and lending me this book. Love you ^^

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Child death, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

megannoelle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Violence