Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

77 reviews

kimtazo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

taryn_g's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

sydapel's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

Look, I'm not here to be a hater. Olive Blake clearly has talent and I'm happy to continue reading her books. But this was a slog to get through. The first half was alright, once I got used to Blake's writing style (reads very like fanfic, which makes sense), but when you get to the second half and barely anything has actually happened?? While I'm not going to pretend I don't love the aesthetic and the character dynamics she employs, the lack of on page action and stagnant characters (only two of them actually get to do something in this book) is really really frustrating. She also has so many different plot threads going that I used to think she knows how to tie up, but I'm not so sure anymore. Here's hoping for a robust editor in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny and Physical abuse

lozziereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

to the untrained eye, i am sitting in my bed with this book shut next to me after finishing it, but if you look really closely, i am actually rioting and screaming at a pitch unavailable to human ears (positive) . please finish this trilogy olivie blake my life… depends on it.

like i have some other things to say but i’m going mad rn so i’m going to keep them inside for right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

lokes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

abbypeekreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

I enjoyed this installment of The Atlas series so much more than the first book! Not to say that the first book was necessarily bad, but I felt like I had no idea what was going on in the first book, while I had a much easier time following the plot in this one. It helped that I knew what I was getting into this time and chose to slow down and take my time with the story. Can't wait to see what happens in the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

sunnyblue's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

japanasi's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

I will need to read this again because if anything, it got even more confusing and complex - but I loved it! there were some very interesting dynamics in this book; I love blake’s imagination and writing style; but it can be a bit exhausting (worldbuilding is still quite a mystery too).

nevertheless I can’t wait for the sequel, it’s going to be very very interesting!

side notes

libbs in her unhinged era>>

nico has my heart !!!
I love them both very much 😚😚

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

 

this was my multiverse of madness

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism