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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

88 reviews

snowy05's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Infidelity, Death of parent, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

whailey's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Chronic illness, and Gaslighting

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

marareading's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This scratched the dark academia itch for me. 6 people with various forms of magic ability all in the library of Alexandria for 1 year. Knowing that at the end of that time only five will be able to stay. Yet, what does that mean? How is it that one will leave?.... Some of them catch the deeper, and more volitile, dealings faster than others. The society has some deep and long kept secrets. 

These characters are all intensely written, and amazing flawed. I do wish there was more time spent on certain characters, and less time spent on side plots that in the end I felt were distracting more than helpful. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

bthrds's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Suicide, Death, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

cardanrry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Body horror and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

5.0

No one is more surprised than me how much I loved this. 
The magic is vague, which I was totally fine with. But the plot is also very vague, and I didn't care. And the characters are also vague most of the time. What they think, what their intentions are. And some of them are truly annoying. But I still loved all of them in the end, even the one's that I disliked?
I just really really enjoyed the character dynamics and their interactions. It was just a lot of fun. And it was enough to make me fly through the book. I couldn't put it down. The narrative structure, the dialogues, all the vague mysteries made the pacing work really well for me. 
I have to say that I read the e-book while listening to the audiobook, and I think the narrators are fantastic. I very much enjoyed listening to the different point of views, and it was easier to ignore some of the more pretentious lines and dialogues this way. 
I'm happy I don't need to wait for the sequel all too long now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Grief

tays_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, and Terminal illness

nicoledelairs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

What a great read! I love a good multiple POV story and this did not dissapoint. I fell in love with some of these characters and have complicated feelings about the others. The relationships between everyone is unique and there are some interesting developments that I would not have guessed from when we are introduced to them. 

Blake has done a wonderful job writing these characters as complex people who each have a distinct voice. The characters' abilities and how those effect the way each of them thinks adds depth and a creative twist to their POVs that I really enjoyed. 

Parisa's chapters were especially interesting to me because they give us some small insights into the other characters' minds from a different mindset. Her scenes in Dalton's mind were some that left me with the most questions and some of what I am most excited to see play out in the second book.

I found the pacing to be great. Since the book takes place over the span of

about one year, there's bound to be time skips. I thought that the time in between the events we get to read felt natural, like the reader is given enough information to understand that some amout of time has passed but it doesn't feel rushed or skipped over. The reader knows that the characters have been busy during these times, but it doesn't feel like we are missing out on anything

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, and Terminal illness

taryn_g's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Sexual content

lrn22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Bullying, Gun violence, and Murder