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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
The concept was cool, but the dark academia writing style fell kind of flat from me. I also wish the ending was more of an ending because there was no resolution or response to the climax - it just kind of kept going at the same slow pace. Now I feel like I need to continue on and I’m kind of grumpy about it.
The characters had the potential to be interesting, but they kind of did a whole lot of nothing (and sometimes opened worm holes or went into each other’s head to maybe kill each other, but even that was kind of boring).
The characters had the potential to be interesting, but they kind of did a whole lot of nothing (and sometimes opened worm holes or went into each other’s head to maybe kill each other, but even that was kind of boring).
DNF. I just couldn't get into this one. I like the premise. I almost started liking some of the characters. And then I just couldn't do it anymore. I know a lot of people are big fans of this book but it just didn't hit the spot for me. The characters were either venomous horn dogs or manipulative assholes. I didn't connect with any of them. Which may just be a "me" thing.
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-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
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Starts off very deceptively with a procedural run-through of all the familiar YA tropes - the casting, the initiation, the friends, the foes. However, from thereon, Atlas Six refuses to advance it's plot using big, explosive events or bombastic characters moments; rather, it descends mercilessly into the twisted, infinitely deep psyche of it's cast, leaping with great effort and jarring effect from one disparate mind to another, then violently blurring all mental boundaries in a forging of an antagonistic collective of monstrously flawed humans. When the trial by fire arrives, you can almost feel the scorch on your own skin, you feel the psychological shock and moral tremors in your very bones because Olivia Blake is able to describe in deliciously dark, visceral detail the collective's moral degeneration, their descent into an occult darkness where magic violently dissolves conventional morality. The psychological warfare, the intellectual jousting can get so intense (high point was definitely the chapter after the interlude, absolutely riveting, brilliant writing) that you can feel chills running down your spine.
My only gripe with this book is, without spoiling much, that it decided to go full X-men in the last 20 pages when it could've been a nice, depressing dark academia with a dash of occult horror in the vein of Midsommar.
My only gripe with this book is, without spoiling much, that it decided to go full X-men in the last 20 pages when it could've been a nice, depressing dark academia with a dash of occult horror in the vein of Midsommar.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-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
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m still confused.
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
Fand es super und es hat mich sehr abgeholt, dass Ezra am Ende doch eine wichtige Rolle spielt, ich hab nur das mit dem Hungern und Fasten nicht so ganz verstanden, worüber er die ganze Zeit nachdenkt. Liebe es wie die Moralvorstellungen bei den Charakteren verschwimmen und man sieht, wie schnell sowas gehen kann. Ich erwarte außerdem irgendwie die ganze Zeit dass Nico und Libby oder Libby und Tristan zusammenkommen, weil das so angedeutet wird, aber es passiert halt nicht und ich checke auch, weil das nicht so gut zu dem Buch und dem Vibe passt und einen gesunde Beziehung unter den Umständen sowie so nicht möglich ist. Und der Dreier war unerwartet aber mich holt das ab dass nichts meinen Vorstellungen entspricht und am Ende ganz anders ist, als ich dachte.