Reviews with content warning for Death - The Atlas Six

Oh my lord!! What a book to start the year off with! This book was wild to say the least. I felt like every time I thought knew what was happening there was another twist that left me dumbfounded. I absolutely fell in love with the characters and their little relationships between them. The different POVs from all the characters were written beautifully! There were a few parts in the middle of book seemed to drag a bit, but they were pretty easy to navigate quickly. Overall, definitely a 5 star read for me and I don’t know what took me so long to read it!

Nico and Gideon better end up together in the second book! Also Erza!!! You snake!!! Also the almost 3some… 👀

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aimeemg155's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.0

The pretentiousness that runs through the entirety of this book ruins what is an interesting premise. It started out strong but has long bursts of stagnant character development and the sense of waiting for the other shoe to drop, which, when it does, is rushed and not as satisfying as one would hope. It tries too hard to be clever but fails to hit, and comes off as a pick-me novel.

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challenging dark 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

4.25

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bradiesbookshelf's review against another edition

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adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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

“Really, there was nothing more dangerous than a woman who knew her own worth.”

“Knowledge is carnage. You can’t have it without sacrifice.”

5/5⭐️

This was an incredible book full of magic and mystery.

I loved the dark academia vibes & the secrets behind every door.

The multiple POV’s read very well and were fun being in every persons head (like Parisa😂).

I loved the diversity of the characters & the big twist at the end had me gasping out loud!!!!

Olivie Blake has an excellent writing style that I already ordered the next two books after this because I’m dying for more. (And 2 of Blake’s other books 😂)

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emmgracebuch's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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gcot's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

2.5

Oof.

My 15 year old, dark academia aesthetic, tumblr addict self would have eaten this up. Unfortunately, reading it now it’s just too pretentious and self-important for me. This book uses so many words to say not that much, and doesn’t make a whole ton of sense in the end.

Not much actually happens in this book, which I’m generally fine with. The point seems more to slowly unravel our characters and how we got to this point. However I didn’t even begin to remotely care about any character until well past halfway. They all just seem kind of the same, except in the ways we are explicitly told they are different.

I get it, I really do. I understand why people love this book but I was let down after all the hype

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archiveofrasa's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

all the reviews I watched were spot on when describing this book. overall, it was really entertaining and I did in fact buy the sequel purely because I want to see where this story goes, even if the way events here were executed pretty poorly.

there's much to be desired in this magic system, as every reviewer mentioned. I quickly realised the story wouldn't really explain anything at all. I just started going along with it as if it was a fanfiction, which this book definitely gives me that vibe. it's as if it's from a source material that has a more thought-out world to which if you were a fan of, you'd understand what the fanfic was trying to do and think it was actually quite intelligent.

the themes of moral dilemma were very interesting. I wish we spent more time on exploring why some feel as if this world, which is mostly similar to our own minus the magic (yes I know it doesn't really make sense), is not doing very well and why the Society needs these academics. I feel like if that was built up properly, then I feel like it would've come into fruition near the end much more smoothly. the plot twist was kind of just thrown at us? It was interesting enough that it didn't piss me off but I wish it was done better.

the characters were probably my favourite and I am biased to say it was mainly because of the messy dynamics between all of them. you can literally ship anyone, it's so much fun. I do wish we got more out of Nico and Reina as characters; the scenes they chose for each of their POV chapters didn't really say much about them? I really liked Nico's relationship with Gideon and how that developed, even though I think the author was trying to go for an "academic rivals to lovers" with Libby (I see it but I am a queer friends to lovers guy at heart). I liked all the characters and am curious to see where they end up in the second (and final) book.

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sarahl92's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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