Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

60 reviews

boglord's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Suicide, Gun violence, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Death, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? N/A

5.0

I went into this with high hopes, and in the beginning i was worried those hopes were too high. I felt like I had hyped myself up too much to enjoy what was in front of me. However, after some time with it I realized I hadn’t necessarily hyped myself up too much, I was just far too impatient to let the story unfold. The way that the characters each had their own perspective added so much depth and life to the story. The fact that I could hate and love these characters added an element of me being there with them. I loved that these characters weren’t two dimensional what so ever, even the side characters had dimension and purpose. The way that the story unfolded and came together at the end was a perfect mystery answered with a slight cliffhanger for what’s to come. I enjoyed every moment of this book, from the dark academia aesthetic, to the moral ambiguity each character had. I felt like I related so much to libby and reina, and loved parisa and nico. I couldn’t stand callum the whole time but his character still added so much to the story. The questions my mind was going over of “Is he wrong because I think he’s wrong or is he actually morally wrong?” was a constant on the forefront of my mind. People say that they hated the “pretentious” language used, like it wasn’t the entire point. It’s a secret society. Of course it’s pretentious. Anyway, I am so excited for book 2 and I am finding myself feeling so impatient for it! I highly recommend this book if you’re in the mood for secret society, rivals to lovers, and hot people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexism, Alcohol, Death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Gore, Infidelity, Child death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Addiction

Minor: Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Violence, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Gore

leahrosiee's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

3.5

Ok I finally finished this with the audiobook. It is good, the ending surprised me and the sexy academia vibes were excellent. 
Full cast audiobook could really redeem any book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

rbuhrke's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

The world building the book contained was vast in its attempt to mix the modern and ancient, magic systems with quantum science, competition, and the ramifications of those combinations. It perfectly lays out building blocks for the characters to work with, but instead of exploring these depths the book and the characters only briefly touch its surface to focus on each other. Each character is attempting to one up each other physically and cerebrally in the life and death competition. Which accomplished the books goal of creating never ending anxiety and tense around who would go and who would stay, but everyone’s incessant need to  get the upper hand left me unsurprised by inevitable betrayals. For a book driven by character development it seemed to lack any meaningful change in character and emotion. Instead, the book harshly veers away from Chekhov’s gun and is unable to complete its promise and instead it hurriedly adds a new layer of what must be an intellectual attempt at intrigue to previously irrelevant players in the last 20 pages. This left the ending to feel less like a cliffhanger and more like finishing a chapter in the middle of a book afraid of itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

lesenilpferd'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Suicide

leahpardon's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.75

1.75 ( and that’s generous ) 
It was…disappointing to say the least. The characters had so much potential, yet fell short, underdeveloped and boring. Most of them were recycled copies of “edgy” stereotypes and were somewhat 2D. The plot as an idea was great, though it wasn’t put into action the way it could’ve. It was dull, for the majority of the book. The last 25% or so when it gets interesting.
The ending was a cop out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism and Classism

Minor: Chronic illness

miszne99's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Magical dark academia setting? Marvellous.

If you want intelligent, charming, mysterious and interesting characters. This book has it. The complexity of the characters are so intrigued and fascinating. 

Since it's the first part of a duology/trilogy, it's pretty character-driven. We have only been exposed to the society and the characters. It's not as action-packed but I still love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting

tinyelfarcanist's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

I didn't hesitate to get this book after reading the synopsis. It is heavily character-centered, just the kind that I love. I expected a fun and quick read but found myself quickly immersed in the intricate characters and their motivations. 

I was disappointed to see some of my favorite characters put aside when the central pieces for the overarching scheme became evident.

I anticipated some cliché characters and drama but was pleasantly surprised. I can't wait for the next installment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Violence, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Murder, Kidnapping, Gore, Gaslighting, Drug use, Blood, and Alcohol

kyliejos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

i got bored after the first 50 pages, but decided to see it through. after 385 pages of suffering, the last 5 pages culminated in one of the words endings i’ve ever read in a book. that’s not to say it wasn’t well written; the author seems incredibly talented. this book just did not do it for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, and Toxic relationship