Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

134 reviews

lqvekanej's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I really wish we had gotten to see more of Reina’s backstory (haven’t seen any spoilers for TAP so I don’t know if they go more into her in that book). All of the characters are so interesting, and I’m OBSESSED with how everyone has such good chemistry with one another. It’s such a good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

minttus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

vic127's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

japanasi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

it was even better reading it for the second time, loved the audiobook! olivie blake has such a way with words.. multiple pov, the story is soo good.. I love this book 

let’s goooo nicolibby brainrot ✌🏻

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

shalia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

3.75

I found it difficult to get into the story, its very academic-based magic. I started to really enjoy it once the plot picked-up (about halfway through). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide

Minor: Death and Blood

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I was initially drawn in by the premise, a group of magicians brought to the Library of Alexandria have a year to decide which one of them will be eliminated and which five get to stay for another year. The cast of characters is pretty diverse (though a bit of that initial feeling of diversity was dampened when I realized all of them seemed to have English as their first language, which instantly shrunk the practical candidate pool. Part of the story questions the validity and methods of the entire enterprise, so that leaves some wiggle room for explaining why the candidates aren't actually very diverse (only six total, and two are from the same school in the USA?). Additionally, this could have been the library of Atlantis or Boston and it would have had just as much relevance to the plot. The latest incarnation of the "Library of Alexandria" is physically located in London, in the UK. It became clear pretty quickly that "Alexandria" is just a name, and an indication of thousands of years of whatever this thing is (or at least a claim to that long legacy). There are vague descriptions of the category of study and experiments which the candidates are pursuing, but most of the story is actually a very intense and complicated web of power plays and personal dynamics between the six candidates and the two Alexandrians who oversee them (mostly one of them). There's a pretty intense sex scene about halfway through which I actually didn't mind, but it felt like a sudden shift in tone from the rest of the book. 

The characters seemed initially pretty interesting, but there's very little description of how their powers actually work. There are discussions of magical theory which I enjoyed, but they were usually couched in ways where the magic is actually secondary, which made them feel unmoored from the world being built. 

It's six (sometimes eight) people in a house, talking to each other and slowly changing how they feel about one another, which is not what I was expecting in a book about "magicians living in the Library of Alexandria".

Ultimately I stopped because it became clearly stated that the whole thing is a slow burn trolley problem, and I don't like trolley problem situations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Fire/Fire injury

lokiwii's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Gun violence and Murder

kaylamoran's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

From the moment I heard that a self published book had exploded and was going to be traditionally published, I knew I had to read it.  I saw so many good reviews that it became a 5 star prediction for me.  I do think my crazy expectations did it no favours, but I loved it nonetheless.  A few things about the writing style or pacing irked me at times, but the story and the characters kept me going.  Multi POV is one of my absolute favourite fantasy tropes, so I loved that part of it as well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Confinement, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Alcohol

jasmind496's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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

4.75

I honestly loved this book! The characters were so interesting and their motives and attitudes so different, that they were the best part of the book! I am excited to read the next one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Kidnapping