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sandreamy's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol
takarakei's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
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
I did a combo of listening to the audiobook (full cast, a narrator for each POV) and reading a physical copy, which was fantastic!
This is definitely a predominantly character-driven novel, but the characters are so interesting and lushly written that it often feels like so much is going on anyway (even though it isn't really). It's one of those books where you feel like you can't really trust anyone as they all have ulterior motives (morally gray). It's very mysterious in their motives coming to light, and learning more about all the characters magical abilities.
I do really wonder though how much the next books will be character driven though because this book feels like a big set up for some major plot things to happen (ie: preventing the destruction of the universe?). SO I do kinda think/hope the storyline will move a bit more out of the character's heads just to really let this story unfold.
Also def everyone is queer, like there's no question in my mind that this will develop in the next books...
I cannot wait for the continuation of the series!
3/5🌶
This is definitely a predominantly character-driven novel, but the characters are so interesting and lushly written that it often feels like so much is going on anyway (even though it isn't really). It's one of those books where you feel like you can't really trust anyone as they all have ulterior motives (morally gray). It's very mysterious in their motives coming to light, and learning more about all the characters magical abilities.
Also def everyone is queer, like there's no question in my mind that this will develop in the next books...
I cannot wait for the continuation of the series!
3/5🌶
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Child death, Drug use, Terminal illness, and Alcohol
Many of the above moderate TW are described in past tense (fairly vaguely) as part of character's background stories.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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Murder
Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Death, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, 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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Incest, Rape, Terminal illness, Blood, and Grief
tmooremont's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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
4.75
I’m very bad at writing reviews for books(mainly cause it takes me months to finish them) but I fell in love with this one so I’ll try my best.
The overall reason I fell in love with this book is the writing. The way emotions are written in this book makes it one of my top five. The wording just really hit for me, the beginning chapter alone immediately made me obsessed.
The characters are so well thought out, Olivie really does a great job at portraying their desires and their personalities to the reader that you feel like you’ve met these people.
I’m a sucker for practical magic. In the world of the Atlas Six magic doesn’t just simply exist, magic uses the basic building blocks of our world and manipulates in some way. I will say I do get a bit lost when it’s explained in the book but besides the point it’s nice not having the author be like oh yea you know some people just be magical ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
One last thing, I really like you're constantly learning new information whether that be about the characters or the universe there’s always something keeping you wanting for the next page.
Overall if you’re looking for a short character driven fiction book with magic, Atlas Six has toy covered.
Just wish there was more of the boy Gideon :(
The overall reason I fell in love with this book is the writing. The way emotions are written in this book makes it one of my top five. The wording just really hit for me, the beginning chapter alone immediately made me obsessed.
The characters are so well thought out, Olivie really does a great job at portraying their desires and their personalities to the reader that you feel like you’ve met these people.
I’m a sucker for practical magic. In the world of the Atlas Six magic doesn’t just simply exist, magic uses the basic building blocks of our world and manipulates in some way. I will say I do get a bit lost when it’s explained in the book but besides the point it’s nice not having the author be like oh yea you know some people just be magical ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
One last thing, I really like you're constantly learning new information whether that be about the characters or the universe there’s always something keeping you wanting for the next page.
Overall if you’re looking for a short character driven fiction book with magic, Atlas Six has toy covered.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Drug use and Blood
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 ofabout 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
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.
I found the pacing to be great. Since the book takes place over the span of
Content Warnings
Minor: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol
mpbookreviews's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail