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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

70 reviews

kitkatkatdog's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

I loved this book. I really thought I knew what would happen and even when it surprised me, it surprised me again. Every page turn was fun, mysterious, and heart dropping. The writing is so visual and descriptive to me. I love the way it all talks and shows you what’s going on. I’ve never really jumped ship for a new ship and back to an old ship on to a new ship, but boy do I just love every character with anyone, even in weird pseudo relationships that they don’t even realize is love. Great book. Great story. Wtf is gonna happen next. I really don’t know… there’s so many areas to explore here and so many questions, I can’t wait to read the other two books in the series

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lilygrace1639's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0


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nclausel25's review

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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? Yes

3.5


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emmgracebuch's review

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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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yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

I thought this book was good. I found it a bit slow and dense at times making it a bit difficult to get through.

I didn’t find the plot twist super surprising but I like the way it was explained. I found Libby to oftentimes be annoying and I wasn’t a huge fan of Tristan’s audiobook narrator. I liked Nico and Parisa’s characterizations. I also liked the rivalry between Nico and Libby. 

All in all it was a bit confusing at times but I was able to catch up and get on the same page. Not a bad book

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mvem_jsunp's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25


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cecinamo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-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

Great read! The story was so intricately written, with loads of mysteries and interesting subplots. All the characters were so unique and facetted. They were so well written! The magic was a little confusing sometimes, I think I only understood towards the end of the book what ‘wards’ were. Sometimes the book also dragged a bit, but I didn’t mind that. I definitely look forward to the next book! 

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mad_ds's review

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4.0

wow! okay overall, i enjoyed this read!! a fun, dark academia feel. i definitely found it making me think (philosophical stuff, science things, and all about and around the characters). i also really enjoyed the author’s style! i will be investing in the next installment hehe~ 
on the characters end, for the most part i enjoyed all of them. these are some messy, fascinating people. i found all of them intriguing except reina, (who i hope will have some growth in the next book and redeem herself to me). i think the hard part is there was not a lot of character growth… we learned about them but their was very little change considering everything going down in the house?? (if you’ve read the book you know.) side note: sexual tension is not character growth okay? grr. i understood parisa’s piece but other times/people i was just like… what? i feel like the author definitely tried to show growth/the changing thought process but libby was the only one that i saw internal shift in. for everyone else, their thought process was very repetitive as we reached the end of the book. that was disappointing because i think the set up for characters like callum, nico, parisa, tristan ect. have so much potential! because i DID like learning about them and reading their thoughts!! they just needed as a character to develop more. again the problem with reina: she was so one dimensional!! i wanted to like her, but we did not get to know her? and i was confused why she stayed with the alexandrian society… like ‘knowledge you can’t get anywhere else’, yes, but WHY. for WHAT PURPOSE FOR HER SPECIFICALLY. as i see it, her power is plot relevant and so the author just tied her in but didn’t give her dimension, motive, ect. idk… sad :( don’t get me wrong: i still enjoyed them!! just felt there could have been so much more. 
plot! while it starts out simple enough, as the story progresses you find yourself trying to unravel the pieces and the plot builds and draws in some side plots i personally found fascinating. there were  twists and turns and a couple times i almost SCREAMED cause i was like, “what! wait! ah! how!”  which i always think is a good sign hehe. in all honesty, reading through i was engrossed in the story and just enjoying it. looking back and reading through some helpful reviews, i can now say there were a lot of plot holes which are *now* bothering me but whilst i read were primarily not an issue.  so do with that what you will. 
in the end i enjoyed the atlas six and am excited to see where the next installment takes both the characters and the plot! 

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staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • 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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joshtheman's review

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emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

This book…

I almost can’t even. The characters are obnoxious, the plot almost trivial, and the pace is incredibly slow for what you get.

Not only do the characters never learn anything, they always seem to be sleeping with each other. No real rhyme or reason either. Often, they are not even attracted to each other, but still it continues.

This book was quite the disappointment for me. I’m sure it’s someone’s cup of tea, but not for me. 

This book is for people more interested in reading about sex than having it. If that is you, power to you!

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