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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

114 reviews

monstrouscosmos's review against another edition

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I really enjoyed the world building, and the exploration of each character as individuals as well as their group dynamics. the perspective taking of the chapters was also interesting, and the narrators all added nuance to their performances in ways I appreciated (especially during internal monologues). unfortunately Part 6 definitely got too trigger heavy for me, and I found the expositions started to get both much longer and much less believable. not the book for me, unfortunately! 

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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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marissaumble's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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

4.0


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izabelstohel's review against another edition

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

2.75


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rorireads33's review

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dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

This book dragged. Libby and Nico were interesting. I liked Reina’s powers. For so much of the book I wasn’t sure what the “point” was. 

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imageryx's review

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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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black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

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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

4.0


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noareads415's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Very complicated story and characters. This book took me over a month to read and normally I read books with this many pages in less than a week. It definitely was a very hard book for me personally to get through especially with the switching perspectives. Overall though it has a good plot and story line.

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hannahcstocks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25


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weltengaengerin's review

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

3.25

Not going to lie: the booknhad me hooked and turning page afzer page until I finished it.

BUT it also left me unsatisfied and wanting. There was a lot of potential and fun ideas but none of it was really well executed. 

There was very little grey, i. e. characters were portrayed very black-and-white. They also all were very edgy and non-conformist and still managed to lack depth and come across very tropey. Which is sad as there is very limited actual plot and mostly a character study and hence the characters remaining so flat despite us getting so much insight and information on them is frustrating. 

Alsonsome characters are just annoying in the relationships they have. Specifically the one who feels he needs to protect and solce his best friends problems all on his own. Very annoying and unbelievable. 

We also get very little in terms of actual studying. Just some pseudo philosophical stuff sprinkled throughout the pages that wants to be thought provoking but is more embarassing.

Also everyone is on and on about all the benefits and what they get from the fellowship but to me as a reader the actual motivarion / benefits are only believable / clear to me for maybe 2 of the characters. 

So yeah. Loved the idea, fell in love with the potential of the story but was disappointed by the execution.

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