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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

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praaliine's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.0

i hate them. i hate all the characters, they vex me so much. what annoys me even more is that i can’t stop thinking about them?? all i know is, i need to know more.

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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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nnylelocin's review

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

4.0


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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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ashxiio's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

It was quite slow but the author would slowly reveal small plot twists throughout which 
aims to mislead you because the big key plot twist warps everything you’ve read so it’s totally unpredictable because you see each character’s perspective apart from the ones who are truly the masterminds behind these particular initiates being chosen so you are seeing it through their lens and are even more confused and creating personal theories which makes what really happens at the end more surprising than anything else because we now finally know what’s happening but the characters still don’t know the real reason why they’re there. I’m definitely reading the other books in this trilogy! I have a feeling everything I just wrote made no sense I was aiming to not spoil so it’s a book you need to read if you want to understand what I wrote 😭 it’s also got such a diverse set of characters and it’s such refreshing representation in all honesty :’)

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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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asims723's review

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challenging slow-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? N/A

3.5

This is hard to rate, so I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt with a round up. The characters were interesting. The plot was a bit meandering though, and the theories were hard to follow even within the world created. As if there was too much theory without enough context. I will read the next in the series because the characters are intriguing, even the ones that the author doesn't even seem to like very much.

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lindseyhall44's review

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dark reflective 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

3.75

I really enjoyed The Atlas Six and am dying to get my hands on the next installment. I think for me, the part I most appreciated was how this novel explored the inequalities and corruption inside academia, through the lens of characters experiencing it in completely different ways.
I will say, this might not be for readers who favor plot heavy novels. It is engaging, but focuses primarily on character development and psychological ponderings, with a majority of the higher stakes occurring during the last 15% of the book.
Nevertheless, I am excited to see how the series progresses:)

Also can we talk about Libby, Reina, and Parisa, because the women of the atlas six carried the story on their backs.  Libby especially, I am a sucker for characters I related to (she is 100% the archer by Taylor Swift personified). I also have a soft spot for Gideon, and hope that he gets more page time in the Atlas Paradox.

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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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blessjessmess's review

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dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I understand the mixed reviews on this book. Its definitely not for everyone. This book is dark academia and an alternate universe where magic users are a normal part of society and society reflects magic in all aspects of the world. 

OF COURSE, if magic were commonplace, it would find itself being used corruptly in finance, politics, and crime. 

But what I really loved about this book is that this books main theme revolves around information. How information is weaponized against those without the means to access it. How the more information you know you realize theres so much you don't know. How easily information can be altered and how that can have dire consequences. How censorship hurts the entire population. And how information is power and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

  •  I held off on a 5 simply because the first book (the intro book, if you will) of a series should never be its best, which means I have high expectations for the upcoming 3rd in the series.
    • I, personally, loved this book. It's a bit meta in the most original way I've seen any genre meta book written before, so I really enjoyed that.
    • I liked that each character was well rounded, and time was spent on developing the entire cast in the novel. 
    • This book is incredibly cerebral, but I love cerebral fiction so that's a win for me. 
  • This book basically said F*** the Hero's Journey and took its on path....and I really respect that. 

You will like this book if you like: 
  • alternating povs
  • science theory
  • coming of age books
  • grounded magic
  • time travel
  • dimensional travel
  • Dream travel
  • found family
  • if you want the feel of Harry Potter but want adult themes and modernized for the environment we currently live in
  • If you are in a reading rut this is a good book to break it

You will NOT like this book if:
  • unlikable characters.
  • meta reading
  • advanced science jargon



******I half read/half listened to this book on audio. I found I preferred the audio because of the voice actors. 


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