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The Atlas Paradox

Olivie Blake

3.61 AVERAGE

adventurous 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
challenging dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Well, all the characters are still morally grey. I guess that's expected when all you have in life is power and no purpose except to seek more power
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-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
adventurous dark reflective 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: No
adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The sequel to The Atlas Six, this book feels like it is: a stopping point to the finishing of the trilogy. The books existence is to fulfill the promise of the third book. 

The first book as better, they usually are, but this installment was okay. I enjoyed following Libby's story. Parisa was a tiresome bore. I enjoyed the growth of Nico and Tristans growth was promising. I suppose I'll read the third! 
funny 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: No

 Me starting this book: oh she found an editor!

Me ending this book: oh she found an editor on TikTok!

Listen, the reason I'm not giving this one star is because I didn't read this seriously. I mean, why would you, when it's so much more rewarding to read it to laugh at it? Why would you try to analyze this book when you can instead come across the phrase "he was the Anthropocene incarnate" written down on paper without a shred of irony attached to it and laugh out loud on public transit? Why would you try to actually figure out what any of these idiots are doing when instead you can spend ten minutes giggling like a toddler about how the author seems to think that electromagnetism is some sort of magical ectoplasm and not, y'know, literally just the light spectrum? Ooooh, the electromagnetism is so strong here!!! So strong maybe we can even see it with our eyeballs!!!

Like come on y'all, it takes work for an author to put this many science words they don't understand together in the same book. Word vomit is labor and I support labor rights!!! Godawful fiction written by women is feminism!!!