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The Atlas Paradox

Olivie Blake

3.61 AVERAGE


The definition of morally gray characters, cool magic system, I had fun
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Dit boek voelde trager dan het eerste deel, waarschijnlijk omdat er nu minder mysterie was rondom de personages, Atlas en The Society. Ik vond het daardoor zwaarder lezen. Richting het einde ontstond er meer actie, zowel in de letterlijke zin als in interactie tussen de personages, waardoor ik de laatste 20% makkelijker in één ruk uit heb kunnen lezen. Nog steeds een tof concept, maar ik vraag me af of het te veel wordt uitgerekt in een serie van drie boeken...?
dark tense medium-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 inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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: No
dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I absolutely LOVED the first book so I was very disappointed with how boring this one was. I feel as if it has middle book syndrome where nothing exactly important or interesting happens. It took my forever to finish simply because the beginning offered nothing. It’s definitely an investment though, and will pay off once you get to the later half.
adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

JAIL
dark emotional medium-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

This picks up pretty much immediately where the atlas six ended which I appreciated a lot because that ending was intense! I had high hopes that things would continue to progress quickly but that was definitely not the case. I feel like this book could have been 150 pages shorter - every scene and conversation took way too long. I felt like nothing important to the plot actually happened until around 75% through the book. As soon as everything picked up I was right back into the story and so invested in what was happening... It just took a while to get there.

I'm so conflicted with this series because there's so many aspects I like ( the characters, the magic system, the dynamics) but the pacing is just all over the place. I'm planning on reading the next book because I rly wanna see how everything unfolds. I just hope it's more action packed than the first two books.