Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

303 reviews

aisleyreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Sexual content

Three sex scenes

aaambi17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

I didn’t like this book as much as I wanted to. The concept is genius & Blake’s prose is incredible, but half the book got stuck in exposition - every chapter seemed to want to introduce some new concept of dilemma that needed so much explaining that it felt like nothing much happened at all until the end. 

Still good enough to want to see what happens next but all in all was a little long winded for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Death

sinkitten's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Body horror

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.75

This took me way too long to find motivation to read it, and the only reason I finally did was because the audiobook was created and made available. The audiobook didn't perfectly sync with this version of the book but overall it was close enough. I did buy this book initially but I don't think I'll keep it, probably will donate it to a local library or put it in a little free library.
I think the beginning was overall sort of slow and eventually picked up as things really started to happen. For me, there was a bit that could've been cut to make the story move along faster. 
I like the characters a lot and generally like the premise. Probs one of my favorite dark academia books I've read so far (I've read a few and don't usually really like them that much with an exception or two). I will def continue the series because I'd like to know what happens to the characters. Honestly I don't think I would continue the series without audio assistance tho 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

cnannery19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Death, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

moonysraccoons's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, Death, and Suicide

watsontheslytherin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Beautiful prose

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Drug use

hollowistheworld's review

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

0.5

I should have a taken the description of being popular on tiktok as a warning. Not only were the characters flat, unbelievable, boring, and obnoxious all at once, but the writing style was the most pretentious pile of slop I've been exposed to since my early college writing classes. The only part with a shred of potential was the very end as the sequel was set up, but it didn't come even close to making the 14 hour slog worth it. The plot twists were unearned, the whole thing was a dull info dump, everyone kept saying they weren't who they were at the start, but they sure didn't look like they'd changed to me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

monstrouscosmos's review

I really enjoyed the world building, and the exploration of each character as individuals as well as their group dynamics. the perspective taking of the chapters was also interesting, and the narrators all added nuance to their performances in ways I appreciated (especially during internal monologues). unfortunately Part 6 definitely got too trigger heavy for me, and I found the expositions started to get both much longer and much less believable. not the book for me, unfortunately! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Infidelity, Bullying, Incest, Rape, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Physical abuse, Sexism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

I put all the triggers I remembered in "moderate", though some would definitely be better described as "minor" or "graphic".

faephoenix's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Characters were fun but didn’t love the reveal. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence